Mary Elizabeth Tolman Glenn’s History

Mary Elizabeth Tolman Glenn’s History

(Mary Elizabeth Tolman Glenn shares her history. Mary is the daughter of Cyrus Ammon Tolman and Maria Louisa Pickett.) Part One: And so I am to write a story of my life–FROM OUT OF MY MOUNTAIN HOME. I came into the world with the passing of the ox team, and the...

A New Mother for Sarah Alexander

(Megan Kaye Hyer interviews her mother, Trisha Bischoff Hyer, about her grandmother Sarah Alexander Tolman who was the daughter of Owen Joshua Tolman and Sarah Baskerviller Alexander. Contributed on 16 October 2014.) I interviewed my mother, Trisha Bischoff Hyer about...
Enduring Well to the End

Enduring Well to the End

(An account about Owen Joshua Tolman written by his grandson, Paul Montgomery.) Although Owen Tolman’s life was filled with services and deeds performed to mankind, I would like to relate a portion of the services he did in the later years of his life. Owen was...
Owen Joshua Tolman’s Bear and Wolf Stories

Owen Joshua Tolman’s Bear and Wolf Stories

(Owen Joshua Tolman’s account of several bear and wolf encounters. Owen Joshua is the son of Joshua Alvin Tolman and Mary Jane Gorringe.) I was born December 15, 1880 in Salt Lake City in a little log cabin where the Walker building now stands. On a cold rainy...

Island Store

As a child, Hattie Stinger Tolman remembers taking a ride with her mother in a one-horse buggy from her home to the Island Store to learn an important life lesson. The one-horse buggy would have been similar to the one in this picture. Related Stories Hattie’s Orange...

Owen Joshua Tolman and Sarah Baskerville Home

Owen Joshua Tolman and Sarah Baskerville Alexander’s Gravestone in the Marion Cemetery This spot marks the approximate location of Owen Joshua Tolman and Sarah Alexander Baskerville’s home in Marion, Idaho. Look for Owen Joshua and Sarah and three of their...

William Alvin and Hattie Naomi Tolman Log Home

Pictured in 1918: William O. Tolman, Alma Tolman, Emerson Tolman, Marvin Tolman, and Armenia Tolman This is the approximate location of William Alvin and Hattie Naomi Tolman’s second home where they lived beginning around 1910. This home was a three-room log...
A Short  History of Joshua Alvin Tolman

A Short History of Joshua Alvin Tolman

(A short history of Joshua Alvin Tolman written by his daughter Louisa Tolman Cranney.) My father, Joshua Alvin Tolman was born 28 Mar 1858 in Tooele, Utah. His wife Mary Jane Gorringe was born 12 Oct 1857 in Bountiful, Utah. They were married 12 Dec 1878 in the...

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