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Charles S. Toof

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Born: 2 April 1810, St. Armand, Quebec, Canada, son of David Toof and his wife Lucinda Hammond

Died: 15 January 1874, Bloomingdale, St. Armand, New York, buried Brookside Cemetery

Married: Philura Hayes (1816-1886)

Children: Lydia C. Toof (1834-1923), Mary H. Toof (1842-1903), Ebenezer Wellington Toof (1848-1898), Emma Toof (1856-1938)

Charles Stewart Toof was the first settler of the Town of St. Armand, arriving in 1842 to engage in lumbering. He named the town after his home in Quebec, according to an article by John Duquette.  Before 1920 the Bloomingdale Bog was known as the Toof Marsh.


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