Early Life in Utah and Idaho William Cyrus Tolman was born on June 28, 1873, in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah, to William Augustus Tolman and Marintha Althera Bates Tolman. His father, William Augustus, was the son of Cyrus Tolman and Alice Brecken—some of the earliest settlers in Tooele County, Utah. Marintha Althera Bates was the daughter of Ormus Ephriam Bates …

Grace Millicent Major is my 2x great-grandmother. Grace is the mother of my great-grandfather Ralph Sutton Naylor whose son is Ralph Veldon Naylor my grandfather, whom I have previously written about in My Grandfather the Spy. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory on September 15, 1879. She was the daughter of William Duncomb Major and Virginia Faithful …

Abraham Brown & Harriett Amanda Sheldon are my 4th great grandparents through my maternal or Naylor side of the family tree. Abraham also went by the name Abram at times probably to distinguish himself from his father. Their lives spanned a period of time from the early 1800’s to later part’s of the 1800’s. They were both born in Vermont …