Lafayette Cooper Frost

Brief Life History of Lafayette Cooper

When Lafayette Cooper Frost was born on 28 February 1893, in Gapcreek, Wayne, Kentucky, United States, his father, William Shelby Coffey Stonewall Jackson Frost, was 38 and his mother, Myra Jane Alcorn, was 31. He married Winnie Ellen Piercey on 31 January 1917. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Clinton, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Magisterial District 2 Hayes, Clinton, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 13 July 1957, in New Lisbon, Dudley Township, Henry, Indiana, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in New Lisbon Cemetery, Henry, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lafayette Cooper Frost
1893–1957
Winnie Ellen Piercey
1894–1989
Marriage: 31 January 1917
Lee Ovalene Frost
1918–2009
Rex Fox Frost
1920–1951
Dillen Shoff Frost
1921–2014
Hamilton Harold Frost
1924–2006
Audra M Frost
1926–
Dorothy M Frost
1929–
Myra Frost
1930–
Eva Dot Frost
1933–
Dean Frost
1935–
Gene Frost
1935–
Perry Shelvy Frost
1937–2024

Sources (19)

  • Lafe C Frost, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Lafe Frost, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015"
  • Lafe Frost, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

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Name Meaning

English, German, Danish, and Swedish: nickname for someone who suffers from being cold, or perhaps used in the sense ‘frosty, cold as frost, without warmth of feeling’, or perhaps ‘having the appearance of being covered with frost’ for one with white hair or a white beard. From Old English, Old High German, Old Norse frost ‘frost’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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