Miracle blessing

Miracle blessing

Contributed By: RobertsArleneHintze1 · 4 June 2014 · While living on 8th East, just South of 21st South and attending 4th grade at Forest Dale School, Jennie became very ill, losing consciousness suddenly and for several weeks remained in that state.  A private nurse...
A daughter’s memories of Judson Tolman and Zibiah Jane Stoker

A daughter’s memories of Judson Tolman and Zibiah Jane Stoker

Martha Ann Tolman Thurgood recorded some wonderful detail about her life and relationship to her parents, Judson and Zibiah Jane: I was born 1 Jan. 1870 at Bountiful, Davis, Co., Utah in a two room adobe house a daughter of Judson Tolman and Zibiah Stoker. My mother,...
Talk given by John O. Tolman at William’s Funeral

Talk given by John O. Tolman at William’s Funeral

(Talk given by John O. Tolman at William’s funeral). This is the hardest assignment my Dad ever gave me. I told my brothers and sisters many times they had it easy growing up because I was the oldest and Dad did all the experimenting on me; by the time they came...
The Bear Attack from Martha’s Perspective

The Bear Attack from Martha’s Perspective

(An account written by Aaron Alexander Tolman’s niece, Goldie Adams Tolman, wife of Royal Clifford Tolman.) Uncle Alex’s encounter with the bear would not be complete unless I add this faith promoting story which was told by Aunt Martha Tolman when bearing...
An Encounter with a Bear

An Encounter with a Bear

(An account by Aaron Alexander Tolman, son of Cyrus Tolman and Alice Bracken, as related to Sarah Alexander Tolman, his niece in 1931.) I, Aaron Alexander Tolman, was herding sheep in the mountains of southern Idaho south of Kimberly and west of Oakley near Harrington...
Judson Isaac Tolman’s Mission

Judson Isaac Tolman’s Mission

(Judson Isaac Tolman relates experiences from his missionary service) It was October of 1894 that I received a call from the Church to fill a mission in the Southern States; we had two small children at that time and were expecting our third. I was to leave in April...
A Legacy of Faith and Tender Mercies

A Legacy of Faith and Tender Mercies

Picture: Joshua Alvin and Mary Jane Gorringe Tolman and Family in 1901. (Top Row: Cyrus Oakley, Owen Joshua, Mary Alice, William Alvin, Lydia Ann, Joseph Osborn, Parley Lambert; Middle Row: Daniel Henry, Joshua Alvin, Louisa Hancock, Fannie Burgess, Rulon Burl, Mary...
First Days in Oakley: A Stove Explodes

First Days in Oakley: A Stove Explodes

(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...
God will be our Physician

God will be our Physician

(Miraculous story about William Alvin Tolman, pictured above. Contributed by the Thomas Tolman Family Organization with quotations from Mary Jane Gorringe and Minnie Elizabeth Tolman Pickett.) They were married the 12th day of December, 1878, in Salt Lake City, Utah,...
A Tribute to Joshua Alvin Tolman and Mary Jane Gorringe

A Tribute to Joshua Alvin Tolman and Mary Jane Gorringe

1901 family photo in Oakley or Marion, Idaho. (Standing L to R: Cyrus Oakley, Owen Joshua, Mary Alice, William Alvin, Lydia Ann, Joseph Osborn, Parley Lambert; Sitting L to R: Daniel Henry, Joshua Alvin, Louisa Hancock, Fannie Burgess, Rulon Burl, Mary Jane, Front:...

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