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 …

In a previous post, I wrote about my 2nd great-grandfather William Augustus Tolman, and DiamondFeild Jack. I laid out the story of how he came to be shot and lived to talk about it. His son William Cyrus Tolman corrected misinformation that was printed in the news. As I was browsing YouTube searching for family names, I came across a …