Augustus Tolton

Born

Apr 1, 1854

Picture Augustus Tolton was born of the marriage union of Peter Paul and Martha Jane Tolton in Ralls County, Missouri on April 1, 1854.

Sister Anne is born

Apr 1, 1859

Civil War Begins

Apr 14, 1861

Confederate forces fire upon Ft. Sumter

Mother Martha escapes from slavery to Illinois

Apr 1, 1862

Brother Charles Dies

Apr 1, 1863

At the age of 9, Augustus Tolton begins working in a Quincy tobacco factory and his brother Charles dies at age 10.

Emancipation Proclamation

Apr 1, 1863

The Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln delivers his Emancipation Proclamation

Enters St. Boniface School but is forced to leave

Apr 1, 1865

Augustus Tolton entered St. Boniface School and left a month later because parish and
staff were being threatened and harassed
by his presence.

The Civil War Ends

Apr 26, 1865

First Mass In Quincy

Jul 18, 1866

Celebrates his first Mass in Quincy
at St. Boniface Church on July 18
and becomes pastor of
St. Joseph Church.

Enrolled in St. Peter School, Quincy.

Apr 1, 1868

School Site

Enrolls in St. Francis College

Apr 1, 1878

Augusts Tolton enrolls in St.
Francis College, now Quincy
University. Receives special
instruction because he was
far advanced over the
other students.

Departs For Rome

Apr 1, 1880

Departs for Rome on February 15 to enter
the seminary at the
Collegium Urbanum de Propaganda Fide. Expects to become a missionary priest in Africa.

Ordained

Apr 24, 1886

Augustus Tolton ordained
at St. John Lateran
Basilica in Rome on April
24 and told he would
return as a missionary to
his home country of the
United States in Quincy.

First Mass

Apr 25, 1886

First Mass at St. Peter’s
Basilica in Rome on April 25.

New Ministry in Chicago

Apr 1, 1889

Father Tolton begins his ministry
in Chicago on December 19.

Plessy vs Ferguson

Apr 1, 1896

US Supreme Court in a vote of 7 to 1 upholds the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation under the doctrine of "separate but equal".

Dies

Jul 9, 1897

Mercy Hospital in
Chicago on July 9.
He was 43.
Tolton died of heat stroke and uremia

Funeral #1

Jul 12, 1897

Funeral at St. Monica Church, 36th and
Dearborn Street
on July 12. Life TimeLineFuneral at St. Monica Church, 36th and
Dearborn Street
on July 12.

Funeral #2

Jul 13, 1897

Funeral at St. Peter Church in Quincy on July 13. Attempt at SainthoodFuneral at St. Peter Church in Quincy on July 13.

Considered for Sainthood

Mar 1, 2010

Cardinal Francis George announces his intention to pursue the Cause of Sainthood for Father Augustus Tolton.