Story Gallery

Integrity and Honoring Your Family Name

(Excerpt from William Odell Tolman: Patriarch, Genealogist, Teacher compiled by Loraine Tolman Pace, First Edition, 2009, pages 81-83, 101, 105). 1934: Times were really tough because we were going into the roughest years of the depression and jobs were scarce. It...

The Reverend Wilson

(Excerpt from William Odell Tolman: Patriarch, Genealogist, Teacher compiled by Loraine Tolman Pace, First Edition, 2009, pages 50-51). Saturday, 3 May 1930: A new Elder (Jules Gillette) came in today and we played a fast trick on him. The other three Elders Gurney,...

Elder William O. Tolman’s Early Talks, Street Meetings, and the Importance of the Spirit

(Excerpts from William Odell Tolman: Patriarch, Genealogist, Teacher compiled by Loraine Tolman Pace, First Edition, 2009, pages 29-35). Monday, 3 Dec 1928: After class I got five hundred tracts from Brother Johnston and we stamped two hundred each and went out and...

William Odell Tolman’s Call to the Mission Field and 24 Miracles

(Excerpts from “William Odell Tolman: Patriarch, Genealogist, Teacher,” compiled by Loraine Tolman Pace, First Edition, 2009, pages 19-24). I would like to record here a little detail about my call to go on a mission. It was unusual for a boy in our little ward to go...

Chickens, Dancing, and the Fire of Enthusiasm

(Excerpts from William Odell Tolman: Patriarch, Genealogist, Teacher compiled by Loraine Tolman Pace, First Edition, 2009, pages 11-16). 1924: I spent the next four years attending the Oakley Rural High School. When I started high school, the great desire that I had...

The Importance of Every Church Calling

(Picture: William Odell Tolman about age ten holding his brother Wendell). (Contributed by Derek John Tolman. Excerpt from “William Odell Tolman: Patriarch, Genealogist, Teacher,” compiled by Loraine Tolman Pace, First Edition, 2009, page 9). When thinking about the...

Memories from two of William Odell Tolman’s Sisters

(Picture: Emma, Naomi, Armenia, and William Tolman) (Excerpts from "William Odell Tolman: Patriarch, Genealogist, Teacher," compiled by Loraine Tolman Pace, First Edition, 2009, page 2). My sister, Naomi, records the following in her life story: “I recall very plainly...

William Odell Tolman: Patriarch, Genealogist, Teacher

William Odell Tolman: Patriarch, Genealogist, Teacher was compiled by his daughter, Loraine Tolman Pace. This 636-page history is a First Edition published in 2009 by Family Heritage Publishers. View the pdf in FamilySearch Books and enter "William Odell...

The Birth of William Odell Tolman

(The following are excerpts from William Odell Tolman: Patriarch, Genealogist, Teacher compiled by Loraine Tolman Pace, First Edition, 2009, pages 2-3) I was born in the little country community of Island, seven miles north of Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, 11 July 1910. The...