Monogrammed Brick Stories
Brick: Tolbert, F. M., Arlene
Contributed by Anita Montgomery
Frances Marion Tolbert (1855-1942) of Belmont County, Ohio, and Amelia Schwarberg (1863-1934) married 1870 in Wayne County, Illinois, where she was born. Family came to Oklahoma Territory from Kansas shortly after Run of 1889 with four children and all they owned in a wagon. Homesteaded 160 acres in Canadian County. Spent first winter living in a tent. In spring built a house out of sawn cottonwood logs. By fall, even though crops were bad, he and others had built a sod schoolhouse. Once proved up, this farm was sold and a better one purchased north of El Reno. Buried in Pauls Valley.
Children: Isaac, Ida May, William Roy, Frank, Ellen, Elizabeth and Clifford Tolbert, all of whom became upstanding citizens, and Carl who died in infancy.
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In 2012 the Oklahoma Historical Society invited those who purchased one of the monogrammed bricks paving the Red River Journey at the Oklahoma History Center to share about the person or group their brick honors. Below is a list of those who submitted stories and the message shown on their brick. Use the links below to read the contributed story.
This project was made possible by a generous donation from Catherine B. Wootten.
