Samuel Buchanan Frost

Brief Life History of Samuel Buchanan

When Samuel Buchanan Frost was born on 2 January 1810, in Wake, North Carolina, United States, his father, McCaslin Frost, was 23 and his mother, Pennina Jane Smith, was 15. He married Rebecca Foreman on 7 August 1834, in Morgan, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 June 1888, in Coyote, Garfield, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Antimony Cemetery, Antimony, Garfield, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Buchanan Frost
1810–1888
Rebecca Foreman
1820–1857
Marriage: 7 August 1834
Mary Angeline Frost
1836–1919
Sarah Georgina Frost
1837–1873
Nancy Ann Frost
1840–1921
William Anderson Frost
1843–1844
Hettie Frost
1845–1932
Samuel Buchanan Frost Jr
1849–1884
George Washington Frost
1850–1851
James McCaslin Frost
1852–1868
John Wesley Frost
1855–1856
Clay Ann Frost
1857–1857

Sources (49)

  • Samuel Frost, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Samuel B. Frost, "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935"
  • Samuel Buchannan Frost, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · Kentucky Bend Created

During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.

1832 · Black Hawk War

"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."

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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Samuel Buchanan Frost 2 January 1810 – 27 June 1888

After the American Colonies had won their independence from Great Britain, they were also granted possession of the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. This ter …

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