"Among the painstaking tillers of the soil and stock raisers of Portland township, Ionia county, is Orson V. Frost, who was born in Wayne county, New York, August 22, 1849.
He is a son of S. C. and Miriam (Van Auken) Frost. The father was born in Wayne county, New York, and was of English descent, three brothers having come to America from England many generations back, and settled in the state of Connecticut, later removing to the state of New York. S. C. Frost was reared on a farm in his native county and there received his education and married. Miriam Van Auken was a native of Orange county. New York, where her parents lived on a farm, and she was descended from the earliest Dutch settlers, her ancestors having come to this country at the time Henclrick Hudson located a colony along the great river that bears his name. S. C. and Miriam Frost spent their married life on a farm in Wayne county, New York, and died there. To their union six children were torn, namely: Alanson died when two years old; Orson V., the subject of this sketch; Charles lives in Portland township, Ionia county; Levi died in 1861, when eight years old; William lives in Portland township, Ionia county, and a son that died in infancy. Orson V. Frost's father died when he was six years old and four years later he left home and began life for himself, working out as a farm hand (luring the summer months and attending school in the winter time. When twelve years old he went to Cayuga county, in his native state, where he continued working on farms during the crop seasons and attending school in the winter until he was seventeen years old, when, in the spring of 1867, he came alone to Ionia county, Michigan, arriving in Portland township with very little money, and here he worked out as a farm hand until his marriage on December 22, 1875, to Calista H. Maynard, a daughter of James F. and Martha (Andrews) Maynard. He purchased the eighty-acre farm where he now lives in 1877, in section 16, Portland township. Here he has resided continuously and has made a comfortable living as a general farmer. His wife was called to her rest, after a lingering illness, on April n, 1913. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Frost, namely: Franklin S. died when four years of age; George E. died in infancy, and Harry V., who was educated in the local schools, is at home assisting his father on the farm.
Politically, Mr. Frost is a Republican. He served as justice of the peace for seven years consecutively, and gave eminent satisfaction. He has been a director in school district No. 2 for the past thirty years, also a moderator, but is not active at the present time. He has done much to improve the local schools. He and his son are both members of Portland Grange No. 174, the father having been master of the same from 1909 to 1912, inclusive. He has always manifested a lively interest in all movements for the general good of his community".
Source: History of Ionia County, Michigan
Published by B.F. Bowen & Co., 1916
He is a son of S. C. and Miriam (Van Auken) Frost. The father was born in Wayne county, New York, and was of English descent, three brothers having come to America from England many generations back, and settled in the state of Connecticut, later removing to the state of New York. S. C. Frost was reared on a farm in his native county and there received his education and married. Miriam Van Auken was a native of Orange county. New York, where her parents lived on a farm, and she was descended from the earliest Dutch settlers, her ancestors having come to this country at the time Henclrick Hudson located a colony along the great river that bears his name. S. C. and Miriam Frost spent their married life on a farm in Wayne county, New York, and died there. To their union six children were torn, namely: Alanson died when two years old; Orson V., the subject of this sketch; Charles lives in Portland township, Ionia county; Levi died in 1861, when eight years old; William lives in Portland township, Ionia county, and a son that died in infancy. Orson V. Frost's father died when he was six years old and four years later he left home and began life for himself, working out as a farm hand (luring the summer months and attending school in the winter time. When twelve years old he went to Cayuga county, in his native state, where he continued working on farms during the crop seasons and attending school in the winter until he was seventeen years old, when, in the spring of 1867, he came alone to Ionia county, Michigan, arriving in Portland township with very little money, and here he worked out as a farm hand until his marriage on December 22, 1875, to Calista H. Maynard, a daughter of James F. and Martha (Andrews) Maynard. He purchased the eighty-acre farm where he now lives in 1877, in section 16, Portland township. Here he has resided continuously and has made a comfortable living as a general farmer. His wife was called to her rest, after a lingering illness, on April n, 1913. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Frost, namely: Franklin S. died when four years of age; George E. died in infancy, and Harry V., who was educated in the local schools, is at home assisting his father on the farm.
Politically, Mr. Frost is a Republican. He served as justice of the peace for seven years consecutively, and gave eminent satisfaction. He has been a director in school district No. 2 for the past thirty years, also a moderator, but is not active at the present time. He has done much to improve the local schools. He and his son are both members of Portland Grange No. 174, the father having been master of the same from 1909 to 1912, inclusive. He has always manifested a lively interest in all movements for the general good of his community".
Source: History of Ionia County, Michigan
Published by B.F. Bowen & Co., 1916
"Among the painstaking tillers of the soil and stock raisers of Portland township, Ionia county, is Orson V. Frost, who was born in Wayne county, New York, August 22, 1849.
He is a son of S. C. and Miriam (Van Auken) Frost. The father was born in Wayne county, New York, and was of English descent, three brothers having come to America from England many generations back, and settled in the state of Connecticut, later removing to the state of New York. S. C. Frost was reared on a farm in his native county and there received his education and married. Miriam Van Auken was a native of Orange county. New York, where her parents lived on a farm, and she was descended from the earliest Dutch settlers, her ancestors having come to this country at the time Henclrick Hudson located a colony along the great river that bears his name. S. C. and Miriam Frost spent their married life on a farm in Wayne county, New York, and died there. To their union six children were torn, namely: Alanson died when two years old; Orson V., the subject of this sketch; Charles lives in Portland township, Ionia county; Levi died in 1861, when eight years old; William lives in Portland township, Ionia county, and a son that died in infancy. Orson V. Frost's father died when he was six years old and four years later he left home and began life for himself, working out as a farm hand (luring the summer months and attending school in the winter time. When twelve years old he went to Cayuga county, in his native state, where he continued working on farms during the crop seasons and attending school in the winter until he was seventeen years old, when, in the spring of 1867, he came alone to Ionia county, Michigan, arriving in Portland township with very little money, and here he worked out as a farm hand until his marriage on December 22, 1875, to Calista H. Maynard, a daughter of James F. and Martha (Andrews) Maynard. He purchased the eighty-acre farm where he now lives in 1877, in section 16, Portland township. Here he has resided continuously and has made a comfortable living as a general farmer. His wife was called to her rest, after a lingering illness, on April n, 1913. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Frost, namely: Franklin S. died when four years of age; George E. died in infancy, and Harry V., who was educated in the local schools, is at home assisting his father on the farm.
Politically, Mr. Frost is a Republican. He served as justice of the peace for seven years consecutively, and gave eminent satisfaction. He has been a director in school district No. 2 for the past thirty years, also a moderator, but is not active at the present time. He has done much to improve the local schools. He and his son are both members of Portland Grange No. 174, the father having been master of the same from 1909 to 1912, inclusive. He has always manifested a lively interest in all movements for the general good of his community".
Source: History of Ionia County, Michigan
Published by B.F. Bowen & Co., 1916
He is a son of S. C. and Miriam (Van Auken) Frost. The father was born in Wayne county, New York, and was of English descent, three brothers having come to America from England many generations back, and settled in the state of Connecticut, later removing to the state of New York. S. C. Frost was reared on a farm in his native county and there received his education and married. Miriam Van Auken was a native of Orange county. New York, where her parents lived on a farm, and she was descended from the earliest Dutch settlers, her ancestors having come to this country at the time Henclrick Hudson located a colony along the great river that bears his name. S. C. and Miriam Frost spent their married life on a farm in Wayne county, New York, and died there. To their union six children were torn, namely: Alanson died when two years old; Orson V., the subject of this sketch; Charles lives in Portland township, Ionia county; Levi died in 1861, when eight years old; William lives in Portland township, Ionia county, and a son that died in infancy. Orson V. Frost's father died when he was six years old and four years later he left home and began life for himself, working out as a farm hand (luring the summer months and attending school in the winter time. When twelve years old he went to Cayuga county, in his native state, where he continued working on farms during the crop seasons and attending school in the winter until he was seventeen years old, when, in the spring of 1867, he came alone to Ionia county, Michigan, arriving in Portland township with very little money, and here he worked out as a farm hand until his marriage on December 22, 1875, to Calista H. Maynard, a daughter of James F. and Martha (Andrews) Maynard. He purchased the eighty-acre farm where he now lives in 1877, in section 16, Portland township. Here he has resided continuously and has made a comfortable living as a general farmer. His wife was called to her rest, after a lingering illness, on April n, 1913. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Frost, namely: Franklin S. died when four years of age; George E. died in infancy, and Harry V., who was educated in the local schools, is at home assisting his father on the farm.
Politically, Mr. Frost is a Republican. He served as justice of the peace for seven years consecutively, and gave eminent satisfaction. He has been a director in school district No. 2 for the past thirty years, also a moderator, but is not active at the present time. He has done much to improve the local schools. He and his son are both members of Portland Grange No. 174, the father having been master of the same from 1909 to 1912, inclusive. He has always manifested a lively interest in all movements for the general good of his community".
Source: History of Ionia County, Michigan
Published by B.F. Bowen & Co., 1916
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