Cyrus Hewett Tolman age 81
Mormon Pioneer, High Councilman, Patriarch

1837 Maine to Iowa
"at the age of seventeen" the family moved from Maine to Iowa.
Moved to Cedar (?Center) Point, Linn, Iowa, probably about the same time as Cyrus Tolman's mother. They lived near the cemetery.

1843 Married: Keosauqua, Van Buren Co. IA
Miss Lydia Ann KASBEER, age 15
Cyrus Tolman
Married March 23, 1843
Territory of Iowa Van Buren County,
I certify that in the Twentithird day of March 1843 at Iowa in said County I solemnized the rites of Matrimony between Mr Cyrus Tolman of said County of Van Buren aged twenty five & Miss Lydia Ann Kasbeer of Van Buren County aged fifteen years. (signed) John W Starr
Marriage record Van Buren, Iowa 1837-1845,
US Film 967640 Vol A.
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1844 Wapello County, Iowa
Daughter, Julia Ann Tolman
born May 1st 1844

1845
Brothers Cyrus, Judson, Benjamin Tolman baptized.

1845 Baptized Linn county, Iowa
"In the beginning of the year 1845, he heard the first Gospel Sermon and with his wife was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the following April by Amos Davis, in Linn county, Iowa."
(Reference: A Golden Wedding (end of third paragraph).

1845 Iowa
Lydia was thrown from a sleigh in a runaway horse accident. She died in premature childbirth. The infant lived one day, Cyrus named the child Lydia.

"Before the year 1845 closed Brother Tolman was left a widower with one child."
A Golden Wedding

1846 Mt. Pisgah, Union, Iowa.
In Mt Pisgah, Iowa, Cyrus formed an acquaintance with Alice Bracken whose family had moved from Nauvoo that year.

1847 Married: Mt. Pisgah, Union, IA
Cyrus Hewett Tolman, widower
Miss Alice BRACKEN, (not yet 14)
28 November 1847

1848 June to September
Mormon Pioneer Overland Trail
CAPTAIN Brigham Young
Brigham Young Company (1848)
Departure: 5 June 1848
Arrival: 20-24 September 1848
Number in Company: 1053
Cyrus H Tolman, age 28
Alice Bracken 16
Cyrus Ammon Tolman, infant, b. 6 Sept 1848 WY
Julia Ann Tolman age 4 (dau. of Lydia)
Judson Tolman 21, brother
Nancy Jane Tolman infant born 4 Feb 1848 IA
Benjamin Hewett Tolman, 19, brother

1850 Census Tooele, Utah Territory
Cyrus Tolman 31, Maine
Alice Tolman 19, England
Julia A Tolman 6, born Iowa (mother is Lydia)
Cyrus Ammon Tolman 3, born Wyoming
William Tolman 1, born Tooele, UT (Deseret)

1853 Married: Salt Lake City, Utah
Cyrus Tolman
Margret Elizabeth UTLEY, third wife
30 June 1853
Lived about 2 years in Fountain Green, Utah

1860 Census Tooele, Utah Territory
Cyrus Tolman 41
Alice Tolman 28
Cyrus M Tolman 11
William A Tolman 10
Alice M Tolman 8
Sarah B Tolman 6
John A Tolman 5
Joshua A Tolman 4
Alpharetta Tolman 7 months
Aaron Brecken, 16

1860 Moved Utah
Spring moved to Fountain Green
Lived about 2 years in Fountain Green, Utah

1862 Moved Utah
Moved to Richfield, Sevier county

1865 Moved
Due to Indian troubles, Pres. Young advised families to move north. Alice Tolman started journey with a young babe just four days old.

1870 Census Tooele, Tooele, Utah Terr.
Cyrus Tolman 52, farmer
Alice Tolman 37
Cyrus Tolman 20
William Tolman 19
Alice Tolman 18
Sarah P Tolman 16
John A Tolman 14
Joshua Tolman 12
Jane A Tolman 10
Joseph Tolman 5
A Alexandra Tolman 3
Judson Tolman 5 months
Living next to George/Elizabeth Tolman

1876 Tooele
Joseph A Tolman Accident and Death.
Correspondence.
Tooele City, July 5, 1876
Editor Deseret News: On the 3d instant a sad accident occurred at this place, resulting in the death of Joseph A Tolman, a son of Cyrus Tolman, aged eleven years. About 4:30 p.m. he was driving a team from this place to Lake View, two or three miles distant, when one of the lines dropped, and he, reaching down to catch it, fell from the wagon, the wheels running over his body, whereby he received internal injuries, from which he died in the course of two or three hours.
Yesterday a Coroner's inquest was held on the body of said Joseph A. Tolman, Coroner John Gillespie of this place conducting the inquest, and Edwin Broad, James B Smith, and Joseph Rowberry, jurors, rendered a verdict in accordance with the above facts. Monitor.
Deseret News, 1876-07-12 Page 9.

1878 Utah
... listened to a very impressive sermon preached by Elder Lyman of the council of Apostles on tobacco. Although having been a heavy smoker for forty years, he formed a new resolve and from that time has never touched the poisonous weed.

1880 Census Ophir, Tooele, Utah Ter.
Cyrus Tolman 60, farmer
Margaret E. Tolman 45, 3rd wife
James M. Tolman 24
Little J. Tolman 18
Wilford Tolman 15
Martha Tolman 12
Franklin Tolman 10
Orson Parley Tolman 6
Maggie Belle Tolman 3
Also in Ophir sons John, Wm, Judson Tolman

Tolman Homestead Ophir Creek, Utah
Site of Cyrus Tolman - Margaret Eliza Utley dwelling carved into the banks of Ophir Creek in Rush Valley of Tooele was identified by a small group of family members with the help and kindness of Tooele County historian John Skinner.
Mr Skinner indicated that the location has long been known by old-times as the old Tolman place.
Cyrus [Tolman] seldom had opportunity to see his third-wife family so the burden of rearing that family fell upon Margaret and the older sons during this Ophir Period of the family history...
The actual area is within sight and on the west side of the main highway between Ophir and Mercur junctions and a few hundred feet down the creek bed which has been dry for many years...
A number of rock and plaster walls still stand ...a testament to the durability of the construction...
A room which was probably the kitchen of the original dwelling was constructed into the side of the creek bank and contains the rock chimney still well preserved. Another room extended from the kitchen to the south was approx 12' by 12'... the log wall had been lathed over and then plastered.
...Some digging and a metal detector turned up a number of items...a beautiful nickel-silver spoon identified from that period, square nails, and broken doll pieces.
George and Marilyn Barrus, Sat Oct 1989

1881 Moved to Idaho
Due to drought, moved to Marion, Idaho, on the Goose Creek in Oakley Valley.

1897
A Golden Wedding
The celebration of a golden wedding is an occasion of such rare occurrence, that it naturally gives rise to reflections peculiar to itself...
In the year 1820 on the 6th of April Brother Cyrus Tolman was born in Windsor Township, Hancock county, Maine. At the age of seventeen he moved to Iowas and was married in the early part of the year 1843. In the beginning of the year 1845 he heard the first Gospel sermon and with his wife was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints, the following April by Amos Davis, in Linn county, Iowa.
Before the year 1845 closed Brother Tolman was left a widower with one child. During the next year, however, he formed an acquaintance with Alice Bracken, who was born in England . . . on 28th November . . . Alice was married to Bro. Tolman and since that time has shared with him the vicissitudes of pioneer life. They have lent a hand in the settling up to five different places; have had born to them thirteen children, the first of whom was born at Fort Bridger on the journey across the plains,. .
During all these years earning a living and building homes has not been the only going on. In Tooele he was ordained a Seventy when the Forty-third quorum was organized. He as acted as presiding Elder several times; was a member of the High Council of the Cassia Stake; and in the spring of the present years was ordained a Patriarch.
Thirteen years ago he listened to a very impressive sermon preached by Elder Lyman of the council of Apostles on tobacco. Although having been a heavy smoker for forty years, he formed a new resolve and from that time has never touched the poisonous weed.
Brother Tolman takes special joy in the work for the dead and has spent considerable time in the Temple . . .
Deseret News 1897-01-02, page 25.

1900 Census Marion, Cassia, Idaho
Cyrus Tolman, 80, own farm
Alice Tolman, 68, 13 children, 10 living
Living near Joshua A and Mary J Tolman

Biography of Cyrus Tolman

1912
Branch of the Tolman Family
The name Tolman was originally "Le Tollere," or "le Toller," then "Toleman" and "Tolman," meaning they who took the king's levy. There is a tradition that the family was of German orgin, and settled early in England. The earliest record of the name, . . . is of "Sir Thomas Tolman, grand Almoner to Egbert, first King of the United Saxons, A D 823" . ..
Davis County Clipper 1912-05-31, page 3.


Father: Nathan TOLMAN
Mother: Sarah HEWETT
Sister Sarah Tolman Peva 1814-1903
Brother Judson Adonirum Tolman 1826-1916
Maggie Bell-dup

1820 Maine, born April 6th
1837 Moved to Iowa
1843 Van Buren county, Iowa
1844 Wapello county, Iowa
1845 Linn county, Iowa
1846 Mt Pisgah, Union, Iowa
1848 Pioneer to Utah Territory
1850 Tooele Co. Utah Territory
1860 Tooele Co. Utah Territory
1860 Moved to Fountain Green, Utah Terr.
1862 Moved to Richfield, Sevier, Utah Terr
1865 Moved (?Ephraim) due to Indians
1870 Tooele Co. Utah Terr.
1880 Ophir, Tooele Co. Utah Terr.
1881 Moved to Marion, Cassia, ID (drought)
1897 Golden Wedding with Alice Bracken
1990 Marion, Cassia, Idaho
1901 Died September 18th