The Shemwell Family

Sevier White FrostAge: 92 years18641957

Name
Sevier White Frost
Given names
Sevier White
Surname
Frost
Birth October 29, 1864 39 22
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
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 2 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 2 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a brotherYoung Winter Frost Sr.
February 27, 1868 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 4 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 5, 1870 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-brotherLuther J Frost
December 13, 1872 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherEugene Eli Frost
March 20, 1873 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterIda M Frost
January 1875 (Age 10 years)
Death of a motherNancy Jane Hale
January 5, 1875 (Age 10 years)
Death of a sisterIda M Frost
February 1875 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAmelia Lonesome “Millie” Patterson
September 14, 1876 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 13 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 16, 1880 (Age 15 years)
Marriage of a parentMathew FrostHenrietta Harriet ArnoldView this family
October 7, 1885 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a half-brotherGay Frost
May 8, 1886 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherMathew Frost
June 26, 1890 (Age 25 years)
MarriageIsabelle “Belle” CottenView this family
about 1891 (Age 26 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Snow Frost
July 21, 1892 (Age 27 years)
Death of a sonSnow Frost
July 27, 1892 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Frost
October 6, 1895 (Age 30 years)
Death of a sonFrost
October 6, 1895 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 daughter
#3
Ruth P Frost
September 7, 1899 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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 half-sisterAmerica Evaline Frost
March 19, 1925 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 64 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 wifeIsabelle “Belle” Cotten
December 31, 1937 (Age 73 years)
Death of a half-brotherLuther J Frost
January 16, 1940 (Age 75 years)
Death of a brotherYoung Winter Frost Sr.
January 27, 1942 (Age 77 years)
Death of a sisterAmelia Elizabeth “Millie” Frost
November 29, 1942 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 77 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 85 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
Death of a brotherEugene Eli Frost
May 26, 1954 (Age 89 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 81 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 January 31, 1957 (Age 92 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oaklawn Cemetery
Note: No headstone, but buried next to his wife.
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 17, 1861Barry, Missouri, United States
9 months
elder sister
3 years
himself
Sevier White Frost
Birth: October 29, 1864 39 22Missouri, United States
Death: January 31, 1957Washington, District of Columbia, United States
3 years
younger brother
5 years
younger brother
22 months
younger sister
Ida M Frost
Birth: January 1875 49 33Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: February 1875Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Father’s family with Margaret C Robinson - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: March 17, 1854White, Tennessee, United States
-1 years
half-sister
Father’s family with Henrietta Harriet Arnold - View this family
father
step-mother
Henrietta Harriet Arnold
Birth: about 1853Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: about 1893Barry, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 7, 1885Barry, Missouri, United States
-13 years
half-brother
Luther J Frost
Birth: December 13, 1872 47 19Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: January 16, 1940Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States
13 years
half-brother
Gay Frost
Birth: May 8, 1886 60 33Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: March 18, 1974Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States
Family with Isabelle “Belle” Cotten - View this family
himself
Sevier White Frost
Birth: October 29, 1864 39 22Missouri, United States
Death: January 31, 1957Washington, District of Columbia, United States
wife
Isabelle “Belle” Cotten
Birth: April 11, 1873Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 31, 1937Sulphur, Murray, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: about 1891
19 months
son
Snow Frost
Birth: July 21, 1892 27 19Dougherty, Murray, Oklahoma, United States
Death: July 27, 1892Dougherty, Murray, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
son
Frost
Birth: October 6, 1895 30 22Dougherty, Murray, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 6, 1895Dougherty, Murray, Oklahoma, United States
4 years
daughter
Ruth P Frost
Birth: September 7, 1899 34 26Dougherty, Murray, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 12, 1989Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Mathew Frost - Household

Sugar Creek, Barry, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Frost, Matthewhead45MWFarmer1000TN/
Frost, Nancy Jwife28FWNC
Frost, Emily Edaughter8FWMO/
Frost, Severe Wson6MWMO/
Frost, Young Wson2MWMO
Hickey, Thomas Hnephew11MWTNYes

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Mathew Frost - Household

Sugar Creek, Barry, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Frost, MathewWM55headWdFarmer6TN
Frost, WhiteWM16sonSAt home6/MOTN
Frost, YoungWM12sonSAt home6//MOTN
Frost, EliWM7sonSAt home//MOTN

Burial
No headstone, but buried next to his wife.