DR. L. D. FROST
Dr. L. D. Frost, druggist, was born in Morrow county, 0., in Aug., 1834; removed to Guthrie county, Ia., in the fall of 1854; engaged in running the hotel and stage station at the old town of Morrisburg, and devoted much time to the study of medicine.
The following year he removed to his present location, on the south side of the square, where he has a fine stock of drugs, groceries, confectionery, etc. He has an elegant private office, and fine library in connection. This was the first drug store in Shelby county. He was elected city treasurer in 1881. In 1854 he was married in Morrow county, 0., to Lydia Babcock. He has an orchard of ten acres adjoining town, with one thousand bearing apple trees, and quantities of small fruit. This is the largest orchard in the county.
Transcribed February, 2018 by Cheryl Siebrass from: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth, published in Sioux City, IA.: Western Publishing Company, 1882, pg. 418.
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