Background
Tolman, Edgar Bronson was born on September 5, 1859 in Nowgong, India. Son of Review Cyrus Fisher (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary Ruth (Bronson) T.
Tolman, Edgar Bronson was born on September 5, 1859 in Nowgong, India. Son of Review Cyrus Fisher (Doctor of Divinity) and Mary Ruth (Bronson) T.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1880, Master of Arts, 1883. Bachelor of Laws, Union College Law, 1882. Doctor of Laws, Northwestern University, 1927.
Blanche South. (Mistress Albert C. Fiedler). Practiced in Chicago since 1882. Member Tolman, Megan & Bryant.
Corporation counsel, Chicago, 1903-1906.
Special assistant to United State Attorneys general, 1934-1938.
Member advising committee to Supreme Court of the United States Court to draft and submit federal rules of civil procedure since 1934. Major 1st Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Spanish-American War. Member Illinois State Bar Association (president 1917-1918), Chicago Bar Association (president 1911-1912), Law.
Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Flossmoor Country, Iroquois, Quadrangle.
Married Nellie M. Browne, 1883 (died 1888). Married second, Blanche North. Stevens, 1889 (died 1903). Children: Ruth M., Helen I.