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...
A Short History of Alice Bracken

A Short History of Alice Bracken

(A short history of Alice Bracken Tolman, January 29,1832 to August 18, 1901, written by her daughter Minnie Elizabeth Tolman Pickett) “Even He who died for us on the cross, in the last hour, in the unutterable agony of death and mindful of His mother as if to teach...
Fanny Burgess Gorringe

Fanny Burgess Gorringe

(Fanny Burgess gives a short history of her life). I was born January 27, 1829, in a small town called Battle, County of Sussex, of England. My Parents, Joseph Burgess and Martha Jarrett, were working people in a farming district. They were followers of John Wesley...
Running Scared Aboard the Duchess of Atholl

Running Scared Aboard the Duchess of Atholl

An account from William Odell Tolman’s journal as he crosses the Atlantic Ocean on the passenger ship the Duchess of Atholl to begin his missionary service in England in November of 1928.

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