Thomas Tolman Family Organization

Tooele Library Pioneer Memorial

Dedicated in October 2000, this monument’s purpose is to celebrate and honor the men, women and children who came across the plains prior to 1869 and settled in Tooele.  The monument features 800-plus names of the original pioneers and is located at 200 West and...
Sarah Jane Angell (1834-1869)

Sarah Jane Angell (1834-1869)

(Contributed by the Thomas Tolman Family Organization. The following excerpt is taken from Benjamin Hewitt Tolman: Brother, Pioneer, Husband, Father by Dawnine T Mills Johnson, First Edition, 2014, pages 2-1 to 2-20). [Author’s Note: In order to accurately share Sarah...

Benjamin Hewitt Tolman appears to his brother in a dream

Benjamin Hewitt Tolman married Sarah Jane Angell on 2 January 1851 in Salt Lake before the Endowment House was built, so they were not sealed for eternity. Benjamin died on December 14, 1857, at the age of 28, leaving Sarah Jane Angell Tolman, his young wife and three...

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