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 …

Charles Wesley Edmondson, my great-grandfather, the father of Ruth Marie Edmondson my paternal grandmother. There are not many stories or memories of Charles that can be found. This is my attempt to write his life history based on the bits and pieces of his life in North Carolina, Texas, and Idaho. The information has come from the backs of photos, …