When Edward Arthur Toyne was born on 15 January 1885, in Lanesboro, Carroll, Iowa, United States, his father, Thomas Toyne, was 45 and his mother, Ann Denton, was 38. He married Gwendoline Irene Frost on 19 May 1909. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Bristol Township, Greene, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Cedar Township, Greene, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 12 July 1963, in Lake City, Calhoun, Iowa, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Lanesboro Cemetery, Lanesboro, Carroll, Iowa, United States.