Frederick Aaron Bost

Brief Life History of Frederick Aaron

When Frederick Aaron Bost was born on 30 August 1867, in Fillmore, Montgomery, Illinois, United States, his father, Caleb A Bost, was 35 and his mother, Nancy Blackwood, was 33. He married Ida May Hunt in 1892, in Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States for about 30 years and Civil District 2, Shelby, Tennessee, United States in 1940.

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Frederick Aaron Bost
1867–
Ida May Hunt
1871–1938
Marriage: 1892
Gwendolyn Ida Bost
1902–1993
George F Bost
1904–
Silva Ellen Bost
1907–2006
Frederick Aaron Bost Jr
1911–1996

Sources (10)

  • Frederick E Bost, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Frederick A Bost in entry for Robert Lauren Moran and Gwendoline Ida Bost, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • F A Bost, "United States Census, 1940"

World Events (8)

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

1871

In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

German (mainly Saarland): variant of Bast .

English: variant of Boast .

Dutch: topographic name, possibly a variant of Bos or in relation to ‘boxwood’, with suffix -t in collective plural. Bost is a village near Tienen in Flanders, hence the Flemish habitational name Van Bost.

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

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