FROST, William H.

FROST, MILLER, VARNAR

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 1/18/2014 at 10:58:06

Biography ~ William H. Frost

"Biographical and Historical Record of
Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa"
(Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), p. 681:

WILLIAM H. FROST, farmer, section 16, Center Township. The farm was entered, and the first improvements made by JOHN MILLER, one of the early settlers of Decatur County, now deceased. Mr. FROST has been a resident of this county since April, 1864. He first settled on section 3, and later, bought eighty acres on section 9, where he lived about twelve years. He settled upon his present farm in 1864. He was born in Licking County, Ohio, in 1838. His father JOHN FROST, settled in Licking County in an early day, and still lives on his original farm in that county. He is a native of Tennessee. WILLIAM H. was the eldest of a family of ten children – seven sons and three daughters. sons served in the army during the Rebellion. WILLIAM H. enlisted in 1863, in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-First Ohio Infantry. He was about six months in the service. His brother, JOHN W., served in Company A, Seventy-sixth Ohio Infantry, and died at Memphis, Tennessee, soon after the battle of Chattanooga. EZRA, another brother, served in the Thirty-first; was taken prisoner at the battle of North Mountain, Tennessee, and died a prisoner, at Florence, South Carolina. Mr. FROST is one of the well-known citizens of Center Township; he served as assessor several years. He was married in Ohio, to Miss MELINDA JANE VARNAR, a native of Ohio, and they have seven children – ANNA BELL, MARTHA JANE, ORA E., JOHN W., WILLIAM M. MARY A. and ANGIE MAY. Politically, Mr. FROST is a Republican.

Transcribed by Sara LeFleur, Decatur County Historial Society Musuem, January of 2014