His death certificate records Enoch Toliver, age 87 years, 2 months, 19 days, born on 7 Oct 1840 in North Carolina, died on 26 Dec 1927 at Maben, Wyoming Co, West Virginia, married, father Hiram Toliver, mother’s maiden name Nancy Hill, cause of death fractured skull, homicide, buried on 28 Dec 1927 at Maben, West Virginia, informant, Ery E. Cook, Maben, WV.

Her death certificate records Rhoda Toliver, age 66 yrs, 6 months, 16 days, born on 10 Jun 1861 in West Virginia, died on 26 Dec 1927 at Maben, Wyoming Co, West Virginia, married, father James Cline, mother’s maiden name Pricie Roberts, cause of death fractured skull, homicide, buried on 28 Dec 1927 at Maben, West Virginia, informant, Ery E. Cook, Maben, WV.

Wyoming Co., WV marriage records show a license issued on 19 Apr 1922 to Enoch Tolliver, age 82, born in NC to marry Rhoda Bailey, age 63, born in WV, both residents of Maben, WV, information given by Booker Toliver, no return by minister.

"Reference Book of Wyoming County History", 1965, by Mary Keller Bowman, pages 480 and 481, containst the profile (in a section on the Tolliver family) "...4. Enoch Tolliver (b. 1855, Ashe County, North Carolina) married (1) Anna Short; (2) Rhoda Bailey; lived near head of Black Fork. He was a merchant, postmaster and Primitive Baptist preacher. He and his second wife were brutally murdered at their home on Dec. 25, 1928 (sic, should be 26 Dec 1927) when he was 87 years old, by a wayward son. Children of the first marriage were Hiram; William; Charles; Crawford; Booker; Lee who died at Camp Mead, Ind., in Oct 1918; Sarah; Rebecca; Minerva; Etta; and Nancy Tolliver..."

The “wayward son” was Wise Bailey, son of Harvey Bailey and Rhoda Cline, and thus a stepson of Enoch. Wise committed suicide one month later by hanging himself in his jail cell.