My Genealogy Hound
Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
* * * *
R. FRED. FROST, M. D., professor of the theory and practice of medicine, Joplin College of Physicians and Surgeons, was born in Portage county, Ohio, October 13, 1856. His parents E. M. and Agnes A. (Van Wagner) Frost, were natives of the Buckeye State. The subject of this sketch was raised principally on a farm and attended the common schools. When seventeen years of age he entered the Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio, where he pursued his studies two years; he then engaged in teaching one year, and in the fall of 1875 entered Mt. Union College at Mt. Union, same state. He attended college and taught alternately for three years; then went to Baltimore, Md., and attended the Baltimore College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating from that institution March 1, 1882, and out of a class of one hundred and fifty-two took fourth honors. He then returned to Portage county, Ohio, and engaged for several months in practice. In August, 1882, he was elected professor of theory and practice of medicine in Joplin College of Physicians and Surgeons, and in October following came to this city. Prof. Frost was married in Joplin, Missouri, in March, 1883, to Miss Maggie, adopted daughter of Rev. O. H. Martin of this city.
* * * *
This family biography is one of more than 1,000 biographies included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published in 1883. For the complete description, click here: Jasper County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps
View additional Jasper County, Missouri family biographies here: Jasper County, Missouri Biographies
Use the links at the top right of this page to search or browse thousands of other family biographies.