Story Gallery

Glorious-Sarah’s Hope

Sarah Lucretia Holbrook: “She died as she had lived, being sure and certain of a glorious resurrection.”

Judson Isaac Tolman’s Temple Wedding Trip

This story is an excerpt from Judson Isaac Tolman’s own account of when he first met his wife in school in Tooele, and later their trip to the Logan Utah Temple to be married.

Emma Mariah Tolman Hyde

Steady faith amid great challenges

A Short Sketch of the Life of Judson Tolman

Contribution by Ben Baker. It is relatively rare to have stories written by our ancestors themselves, but we have just that from Judson Tolman. Here are his own words.

Fanny’s Wedding Trip with Judson Isaac and Emerett

(An excerpt from the history of Judson Isaac Tolman.) In Marion, I met again the young girl who had first attracted my attention when at school in Tooele, she corrected the teacher as to her name as before referred to. She had come with her family to the Oakley valley...

A Short History by George Elza Tolman

(A short history written by George Elza Tolman on his memories of his parents, Daniel Henry and Mabel Tolman as well as his own experiences growing up in Marion.) They never had electricity in their home at Marion. They used the old coal oil lamps, which were very...

A Short History of Wilber Thomas Cranney

(Excerpts related to Marion from Wilber Thomas Cranney's short history and notes from his son, Ariel Oliver Cranney's account of his father.) Wilbur T. Cranney – from his short history I moved to Idaho in the spring of 1909, and bought a farm at Marion. In the year...

The Adams Home Today

Mary Elizabeth Tolman Glenn’s History

(Mary Elizabeth Tolman Glenn shares her history. Mary is the daughter of Cyrus Ammon Tolman and Maria Louisa Pickett.) Part One: And so I am to write a story of my life--FROM OUT OF MY MOUNTAIN HOME. I came into the world with the passing of the ox team, and the...

A New Mother for Sarah Alexander

(Megan Kaye Hyer interviews her mother, Trisha Bischoff Hyer, about her grandmother Sarah Alexander Tolman who was the daughter of Owen Joshua Tolman and Sarah Baskerviller Alexander. Contributed on 16 October 2014.) I interviewed my mother, Trisha Bischoff Hyer about...

Enduring Well to the End

(An account about Owen Joshua Tolman written by his grandson, Paul Montgomery.) Although Owen Tolman's life was filled with services and deeds performed to mankind, I would like to relate a portion of the services he did in the later years of his life. Owen was...

Owen Joshua Tolman’s Bear and Wolf Stories

(Owen Joshua Tolman's account of several bear and wolf encounters. Owen Joshua is the son of Joshua Alvin Tolman and Mary Jane Gorringe.) I was born December 15, 1880 in Salt Lake City in a little log cabin where the Walker building now stands. On a cold rainy day I...

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