McCaslin Frost

Brief Life History of McCaslin

When McCaslin Frost was born on 11 December 1786, in Rockingham, North Carolina, United States, his father, James Frost, was 44 and his mother, Isabella Van Dyke, was 42. He married Pennina Jane Smith on 28 November 1809, in Johnston, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 12 May 1874, in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Richmond City Cemetery, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

McCaslin Frost
1786–1874
Pennina Jane Smith
1794–1869
Marriage: 28 November 1809
Samuel Buchanan Frost
1810–1888
Nancy Illinwood Frost
1812–1901
William Frost
1814–1822
Isabelle Vandyke Frost
1816–1897
Feraba Smith Frost
1818–1900
James William Frost
1820–1834
Martha McKinney Frost
1825–1902
Mary Ann Frost
1827–1829
Margaret Elzirah Frost
1830–1920

Sources (49)

  • Mc Caslin Frost, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mccaslin Frost, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1789 · Becomes 12th State

On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.

1812

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

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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Penina Smith Frost (1794-1869)

Pennina Smith Frost (1794-1869) Pennina (Peninah) Smith Frost was born 1 February 1794 in Wayne County, North Carolina, to John and Margaret Brown Smith. There were five children in the Smith family, …

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