Mrs. Evelyn Primas Toler was born in Prince William County in 1899. Her parents were Thomas and Maria Barbour Primas. They lived in the Broad Run area. Miss Primas attended Hampton Institute and Virginia State College. Whether Miss Primas boarded in Morgantown or commuted daily to the school is currently not known. She taught for at least one term in Morgantown 1927-28 and Lillian Smith (b.1917) was one of her students. She married Henry W. Toler in 1942.

Evelyn Primas Toler


Mrs. Toler passed away in 1966 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

—The cover page of a school roster in Miss Primas’ handwriting and news article of her death are on the website.

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