Nathan Pinchback Toomer (1894 - 1967)

Born 26 Dec 1894 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Died 30 Mar 1967 at age 72 in Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Jean Toomer is Notable.

Jean Toomer was an American poet and novelist associated with the Harlem Renaissance.^[1]

Nathan Pinchback "Jean" Toomer was born in Washington, D.C. on December 26, 1894,^[2] the son of Nathan Toomer and Nina Pinchback.^[3] His father abandoned the family not long after Nathan was born. His mother, daughter of a biracial former Louisiana politician, died in 1909, and subsequently he lived with his maternal grandparents in Washington D.C.,^[4][5][6] where he graduated from M Street High School in 1914.^[3]

Best known as the author of Cane (1923), an influential novel about African-American life in the rural South, based on his experiences in Sparta, Georgia,^[3] he was living in Manhattan by 1930.^[7]

He married Margery Bodine Latimer of Wisconsin in 1931.^[3] They had one child together, born in Chicago the following year. Margery died of complications of the birth. Their daughter, Margery Latimer Toomer, survived.^[8]

He married Marjorie Content, a New York photographer, in 1934 in Taos, New Mexico.^[9] She had a son and daughter from a prior marriage,^[10] but they had no children together.^[9] In 1940 he and Marjorie bought a home in rural Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he and the two Marjories were living when the census was taken.^[11]

He and Marjorie remained together in Bucks County until his death in a nursing home in Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania on 30 March 1967.^[3][9][12]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Jean Toomer," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean_Toomer&oldid=1143198178 (accessed March 15, 2023).
2. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZF7-1RH : 24 December 2021), Eugene Pinchbach Toomer, 1917-1918.

   Born Washington D.C. 26 Dec 1894

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Keith Hulett, "Jean Toomer 1894-1967," New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Apr 28, 2021.
4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "P. B. S. Pinchback," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P._B._S._Pinchback&oldid=1135724711 (accessed March 15, 2023).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMXB-3VX : accessed 27 January 2022), Eugene P Foomer in household of Pinckney Penchback, Washington city, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12, sheet 4A, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,158.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKLJ-GC1 : accessed 27 January 2022), Eugene Toomey in household of Bismarck Pinchback, Precinct 8, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 159, sheet 8B, family 139, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 153; FHL microfilm 1,374,166.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X42S-8Q2 : accessed 27 January 2022), Jean Toomer in household of Alexandre Sach De Paris, Manhattan (Districts 1001-1249), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1186, sheet 22A, line 41, family 16, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1558; FHL microfilm 2,341,293.
8. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2S8-NDBH : 18 May 2016), Jean Toomer in entry for Margery Latimer Toomer, 16 Aug 1932; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 30182, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} Wikipedia contributors, "Marjorie Content," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marjorie_Content&oldid=1115159661 (accessed March 16, 2023).
10. ↑ Death Notice newspaper clipping, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89754370/nathan-jean-toomer : accessed 26 January 2022), memorial page for Nathan Jean Toomer (26 Dec 1894–30 Mar 1967), Find A Grave: Memorial #89754370; Maintained by Bobby J. Chamberlain (contributor 47564797) Burial Details Unknown. Includes photos, and death notice news clipping is #3 of 6.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ8Z-NKR : 7 January 2021), Nathan Toomer, Buckingham Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-25, sheet 11B, line 51, family 231, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3445.

    Nathan Toomer Head Male 46 District Of Columbia

    Marjorie Toomer Wife Female 46 New York

    Margery Toomer Daughter Female 7 Illinois

    Franklin Davenport Lodger Male 26 New York

12. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2QB-FNL : 8 January 2021), Nathan Toomer, Mar 1967; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).