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| | JerseyCityHistory.com - Genealogical History Of Hudson And Bergen Counties New Jersey - GENEALOGICAL - JOHN FROST |
 | | JOHN FROST, retired, one of the oldest residents of Weehawken, N. is the son of Isaac Frost and Maria Ward, natives of Wian-Farthing and Yacksam, England, respectively, and descendants of distinguished families. |
 | | The eldest, John H. Davis, enlisted in 1861 in the regiment known as the Oregon Rifles, and was wounded at the battle of Winchester, serving until the close of the Rebellion in 1865. |
 | | Frost was born in Yacksam, England, October 11, 1817, and there received his education, Having a desire to embark in a wider field of activity than his country seemed to offer, he left England when fifteen years of age and came to the United States, where he first obtained employment as a farm laborer. |
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