(Contributed by the Thomas Tolman Family Organization. Excerpt from Judson Tolman: Pioneer, Lumberman, Patriarch by E. Dennis Tolman, Second Edition, 2004, pages 117-118). Minnie was born January 5, 1874 in Tooele, Utah to Cyrus and Alice Bracken Tolman, the youngest...
This is the 1900 U.S. Census record for Minnie Elizabeth Tolman, Hyrum Pickett, and children.
Back Row: Hyrum Pickett, “Chippy the dog,” Moroni Pickett, “Jimmy the cat,” Oliver Pickett. Front Row: Eugene Pickett, Minnie Tolman Pickett (wife of Hyrum), Francis Amelia Clegg Pickett (wife of Moroni) holding Olive Pickett (now Mrs. Walt...
(From short history of Alice Bracken written by her daughter Minnie Elizabeth Tolman Pickett. She describes her family’s arrival to the Oakley Valley.) I well remember the day we drove down into the Oakley valley. The weather was hot and dry, the dust five or...