The Shemwell Family

Byron FrostAge: 86 years18631950

Name
Byron Frost
Given names
Byron
Surname
Frost
Birth October 24, 1863 42 23
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Birth of a brotherMontgomery “Montie” Frost
June 27, 1867 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 3 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 3 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterAda Frost
March 1, 1869 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 5 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Census July 29, 1870 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Price
January 31, 1871 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterIda Frost
August 17, 1872 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherAnthony Wayne “Jack” Frost
May 16, 1875 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAmelia Lonesome “Millie” Patterson
September 14, 1876 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherVance Frost
December 25, 1877 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 22, 1880 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a sisterMae Frost
April 17, 1882 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a brotherElijah P Frost
January 30, 1886 (Age 22 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherEleanor Jane “Ellen” Root
February 23, 1888 (Age 24 years)
MarriageAlice Elizabeth McKenzieView this family
December 15, 1891 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Rowena Frost
about 1896 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a son
#2
Ernest Eugene Frost
May 28, 1900 (Age 36 years)
Death of a brotherVance Frost
October 6, 1904 (Age 40 years)
Death of a fatherElijah Frost II
November 28, 1904 (Age 41 years)
Death of a half-brotherWilliam Isaac Frost
November 14, 1911 (Age 48 years)
Death of a brotherHouston Frost
September 18, 1916 (Age 52 years)
Burial of a brotherHouston Frost
September 20, 1916 (Age 52 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Canyon Hill Cemetery
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 52 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 53 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 54 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death of a motherMatilda Price
April 9, 1921 (Age 57 years)
Death of a brotherMontgomery “Montie” Frost
December 27, 1924 (Age 61 years)
Burial of a brotherMontgomery “Montie” Frost
December 28, 1924 (Age 61 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Canyon Hill Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 65 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a wifeAlice Elizabeth McKenzie
October 18, 1940 (Age 76 years)
Death of a sisterAda Frost
April 17, 1942 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 78 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a brotherAnthony Wayne “Jack” Frost
April 8, 1949 (Age 85 years)
Death of a sisterIda Frost
December 17, 1949 (Age 86 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 86 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 82 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death May 8, 1950 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Willows Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 29, 1856Nebraska, United States
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
3 years
himself
Byron Frost
Birth: October 24, 1863 42 23Susanville, Lassen, California, United States
Death: May 8, 1950Los Angeles, California, United States
4 years
younger brother
Montgomery “Montie” Frost
Birth: June 27, 1867 46 27Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: December 27, 1924Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
20 months
younger sister
Ada Frost
Birth: March 1, 1869 48 29Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: April 17, 1942Canyon, Idaho, United States
4 years
younger sister
Ida Frost
Birth: August 17, 1872 51 32Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: December 17, 1949West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
younger brother
Anthony Wayne “Jack” Frost
Birth: May 16, 1875 54 35Star, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: April 8, 1949Adel, Lake, Oregon, United States
3 years
younger brother
Vance Frost
Birth: December 25, 1877 57 37Idaho, United States
Death: October 6, 1904Canyon, Idaho, United States
4 years
younger sister
Mae Frost
Birth: April 17, 1882 61 42Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: March 19, 1969Alameda, California, United States
4 years
younger brother
Elijah P Frost
Birth: January 30, 1886 65 46Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: September 23, 1957Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States
Father’s family with Amelia Abshire - View this family
father
step-mother
Amelia Abshire
Birth: October 17, 1823 34 25White, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 20, 1850Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Marriage: July 29, 1849Atchison, Missouri, United States
9 months
half-brother
Family with Alice Elizabeth McKenzie - View this family
himself
Byron Frost
Birth: October 24, 1863 42 23Susanville, Lassen, California, United States
Death: May 8, 1950Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Alice Elizabeth McKenzie
Birth: October 5, 1865 25 18Middleton, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: October 18, 1940Willows, Glenn, California, United States
Marriage: December 15, 1891Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
5 years
daughter
4 years
son
Ernest Eugene Frost
Birth: May 28, 1900 36 34Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: December 25, 1981Placerville, El Dorado, California, United States

Byron Frost has 84 first cousins recorded

Father's family (84)

Parents Micajah Frost + Catherine Elizabeth Greer
1Thomas Frost1847
Parents William English Frost + Nancy Adeline Lacy
3Elijah Clay Frost18561909
10Clara Adeline Frost18721939
Parents Thomas Simpson Frost + Mary D Burlison
1Micajah Frost18631890
Parents Mathew Frost + Margaret C Robinson
Parents Mathew Frost + Nancy Jane Hale
2Sevier White Frost18641957
4Eugene Eli Frost18731954
5Ida M Frost18751875
Parents Mathew Frost + Henrietta Harriet Arnold
1Luther J Frost18721940
2Gay Frost18861974
Parents Isaac Newton Hickey + Nancy Ann Frost
Parents Joseph Frost + Deborah Acord
2Joseph Hiram Frost18521939
3Mahala Jane Frost18541882
4Amelia Emily Frost18561930
5John Wesley Frost18581931
Parents John Monroe Beaty Walker + Mary Adaline Frost
4Rhoda Emily Walker18601942
5James Young Walker18621939
7Mary White Walker18671894
8Bettie Walker18731944
Parents Mathias “Mathew” Baker + Elizabeth Jane Frost
1Mary A Baker1854
4John Bell Baker18601927
5Felix G Baker18631918
6Emelia J Baker18651884
Parents Pvt Jeremiah “Jerry” Gibson + Elizabeth Jane Frost
3Alice Lee Gibson18701964
4Hattie Gibson18731927
Parents William R Reynolds + Rhoda P Frost
Parents Sevier Frost + Elizabeth Savira McGlothlin
2William T Frost18681913
Parents Sevier Frost + Mary Rebecca “Molly” Peach
1Early Snow Frost18701927
2Hardy Lee Frost18721906
3Cora Ann Frost18741953
4Charles W Frost18751917
5Lee W Frost18781914
7Cecil Sevier Frost18811957
Parents White Frost + Eugenia C Buren
1Paul Emil Frost18701945
Parents Snow Frost + Elisa Ellen “Louisa” Bradshaw
2Charley W Frost18761877
3August Snow Frost18781917
4Ernest Snow Frost18801955
5Jessie Pearl Frost18821914
6Vesta Jane Frost18851918
Parents Winter Frost + Nancy J Snyder
Parents Winter Frost + Darthula Jane Johnson
2Arthur Mack Frost18721934
3Anna Mary Frost18741955
5Infant Son Frost18791879
6Onnie Frost18811881
Parents Young Brigham Frost + Mariah Katherine “Katie” Robey
1Anna M E Frost18701900
4Mattie Lee W Frost18781917

Mother's family (0)

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Elijah Frost II - Household

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Frost, Elijahhead49MWFarmer30002000TNX
Frost, Matildawife30FWKeeping HouseMO
Frost, William Ason20MWWorks on FarmIAX
Frost, Houstonson9MWNE
Frost, Byronson6MWCA
Frost, Montgomeryson4MWID
Frost, Adadaughter1FWID

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Elijah Frost II - Household

District No. 2, Ada, Idaho, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Frost, ElijahWM59headMFarmerTNTNTN
Frost, MatildaWF39wifeMMOOHOH
Frost, ByronWM17sonSCATNMO
Frost, MontieWM13sonSIDTNMO
Frost, AdaWF11daughterSIDTNMO
Frost, WayneWM7sonSIDTNMO
Frost, VanceWM2sonSIDTNMO
Frost, IdaWF9daughterSIDTNMO