Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Frost, Alfred April 5, 1802 - 1848
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      Alfred Frost, deceased, was among the most prominent 
merchants of Greene County, and was born in Pennsylvania, 
April 5, 1802.  He was a son of William Frost and Mary 
Murphen Frost, natives of Washington County.  Mr Frost was 
reared on the farm and attended the common schools.  He 
chose farming as his vocation; but after his father's death 
he was obliged to work as a hired farm hand until he 
accumulated enough to begin business for himself.  By dint 
of industry and economy, he succeeded in acquiring a very 
fair share of this world's goods.
  
     In early manhood he engaged in the mercantile business, 
and for years owned a store in Carmicheals.  He was united 
in marriage January 23, 1830, with Mary Sharpnack, daughter 
of Henry Sharpnack and Elizabeth Stairs Sharpnack of German 
origin.  Mr and Mrs Frost were the parents of three 
children: Mary E Frost, now living in Carmicheals at the old 
home; William H Frost (deceased) late of Kansas City, 
Missouri, who married Caroline Fair of Leavenworth City, 
Kansas; Elizabeth Frost who is the wife of Geroge D D 
Mustard, and the mother of the following children: John, 
Mary S, Charles, William D, James A and George D.  Mr and 
Mrs Frost were prominent members of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church.

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