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McCaslin Frost

McCaslin Frost[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]

Male 1787 - 1874  (86 years)

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  • Name McCaslin Frost 
    Christened Dec 1785  Richmond Hill, Alamance, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 11 Dec 1787  Richland, Rockingham, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 12 May 1874  Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 15
    Buried 14 May 1874  Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Person ID I9629  Main Tree
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2009 

    Father Captain James Frost,   b. 1742, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 1815, Johnston, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Or Isabell Van Dyke,   b. 4 Nov 1744, New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1831, Johnston, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 1769  Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 17, 18
    Notes 
    • 2 _PREF Y
    Family ID F621  Group Sheet

    Family 1 Pennina Smith,   b. 1 Feb 1791, Of Wayne, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1869, Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 28 Nov 1809  Johnston, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20
    Notes 
    • 2 _PREF Y Stephen Brown; W. E. Sanders
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Buckhamon (Buchanon) Frost,   b. 2 Jan 1810, Wake, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1888, Coyote, Garfield, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +2. Nancy Jane Ilewood Frost,   b. 11 Aug 1812, Wake, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1901, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    +3. Isabella Van Dyke Frost,   b. 14 Feb 1816, Knox, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1897, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +4. Fereba Smith Frost,   b. 17 Sep 1818, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1900, Weeping Water, Cass, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     5. James William Frost,   b. 30 Aug 1820, Knox, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1834, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 14 years)
    +6. Martha Mckinney (Patsy) Frost,   b. 7 Oct 1825, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1902, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     7. Mary Ann Frost,   b. 27 Oct 1827, Of Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1829  (Age 1 years)
    +8. Margaret Elzirah Frost,   b. 28 Apr 1830, Knox, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1920, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F819  Group Sheet

    Family 2 Martha Harris,   b. Abt 1780, Of North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4038  Group Sheet

  • Photos
    Children of McCaslin & Pennina Frost
    Children of McCaslin & Pennina Frost
    Notes on the photo label the individuals as follows (left to right): Sam Frost, Patsy Frost Wiser, Nancy Frost Kerr, Margaret Frost Rawlins
    Daughters of McCaslin & Pennina Frost
    Daughters of McCaslin & Pennina Frost
    Patsy Frost Wiser, Fereba Frost Barger, Nancy Frost Kerr, Margaret Frost Rawlins. This photograph had to be taken before April 1900 because Fereba died in that month.
    Hancock County Townships
    Hancock County Townships
    Mccaslin Frost
    Mccaslin Frost

    Documents
    McCaslin Frost and Pennina Smith Nauvoo Temple Index Record
    McCaslin Frost and Pennina Smith Nauvoo Temple Index Record
    This is the image from McCaslin Frost and Pennina Smith Nauvoo Temple Index Record
    McCaslin Frost Patriarchal Blessing
    McCaslin Frost Patriarchal Blessing
    This is McCaslin Frost's patriarchal blessing.
    Map with call outs showing baptism dates
    Map with call outs showing baptism dates
    This map shows baptism dates of our ancestors.

    Headstones
    McCaslin Frost and Pennina Smith Headstone
    McCaslin Frost and Pennina Smith Headstone

    Histories
    [From 'Glimpses' Compiled by Lyle Rawlins] 
History of McCaslin Frost
    [From "Glimpses" Compiled by Lyle Rawlins] History of McCaslin Frost
    McCaslin Frost was the son of James and Isabella Van Dyke Frost. He was born Dec. 10, 1785 in Richland, Rockingham County, North Carolina. He was the fifth child in a family of 9 children - 7 boys and 2 girls. Elekiel, Jonas, John, James, McCaslin, Nicholas, Samuel who married Nancy Childers, Sarah, and Rachel who married Reddin Britt.

  • Notes 
    • BIRTH: Birth date also shown as 11 Dec 1786

      AVOCATIONS: Written in long hand on the back of Eulalie L. Taggart's FGS for McCaslin Frost: "McCaslin Frost made violins and played them when he was so old he lost his hearing but could still play the times, someone would tune his violin then he would play and everybody enjoyed hearing him. He had a hobby of gathering pins; he always found a pin when others never saw them.

      UTAH_IMMIGRATION: Archibald Kerr and family brought his father and mother in-law McCaslin and Peninna S. Frost . They came to Utah in Phillemon C. Merrill Company to Salt Lake City 18 of Aug 1856. McCaslin Frost left Florence Neb. 5 June 1856 in Capt. Philemon C. Merrill's Company. I got this information 5 Mar 1937 from the Church Historian's office (Daisy Barger Larson). I got it from Abram Lafayette Barger of Downey, Ida. who had got it from his sister. Oct 1, 1953 , Eulalie L. Taggart.

      #362; 2M 10; 1M 15; 1M 30; 1M 40; 1F 5; 1F 10; 2F 15; 1F 30; 1F0 #141 1M 50-60; 1F 15; 1F50- 60 Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index, 1842; p. 187; 4N 7W

      PATRIARCHAL_BLESSING: Patriarchal Blessing given by Elmer Harris. age 71;

      b. NC with Rawlins, Harvey; age 84; p. 182; b. NC. Lived 5 miles from Carthage when the Prophet Joseph Smit h was killed.

      BAPTISM: Joined LDS Church in Jefferson Co., IA, baptized by son Samuel B . Frost.

      Web_Links: Patriarchal Blessing http://www.rawlins.org/histories/html/frost_mccaslin_blessing.html

      Web_Links: Patriarchal Blessing (hand written)\ http://www.rawlins.org/histories/graphics/fullsize/100010.hp.gif

      Web_Links: Photo (older) http://www.rawlins.org/histories/graphics/fullsize/100010.p1.jpg

      Web_Links: History from Glimpses http://www.rawlins.org/histories/html/frost_mccaslin_history.html

      Web_Links: Frost History. Genealogy Article 7/25/1910\ http://www.rawlins.org/histories/graphics/fullsize/m10001.h1.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S100] McCaslin Frost Biograph.

    2. [S41] Margaret Elzirah Frost Rawlins Autobiography, Margaret and Granddaughter Eulalia L. McCaslin.

    3. [S93] Marriage Bonds of Johnston Co. North Carolina.

    4. [S216] Census Records, Fremont County, Iowa -- 1850.

    5. [S98] Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1830 to 1848, Black, Susan Ward Easton (Main Author) Brigham Young University. Religious Studies Center (Added Author), (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990), 289.3 Ea85m: 6031596., This record shows and additional marriage to Martha Harris, 4 April 1857 EH. None of the f.

    6. [S96] Endowment House archives.

    7. [S97] Logan Temple Archives.

    8. [S85] Johnston Co. Newsletter 975.641, B2n Johnston Co. N.C. Gen. Soc. 305 Market St. Smithfield, N.C. 27577, Children:~~Ezekiel Frost - born ca. 1771, married Elizabeth Buchanan~~Jonas Frost - born.

    9. [S95] Nauvoo L.D.S Records, Baptisms..

    10. [S149] Harvey M. and Margaret Frost Rawlins, Compiled by Nellie Rawlins.

    11. [S30] Family Records: Young, Sara., Young, Sara.

    12. [S29] Family Records: Young, Sara -- CD, Sara Young, (Receive on CD January 2001).

    13. [S327] Frost, McCaslin -- Biography.

    14. [S86] World Connect Project, Rootsweb.

    15. [S148] Rawlins, Harvey McGalyard - History of, Lyle Rawlins, compiler, (From "Glimpses"), . In May 1874 Father Frost, who had lived with Harvey M. and family most of the time, died.

    16. [S373] Elzira Frost Rawlins History, History of Margaret Elzirah Frost Rawlins gives burial location..

    17. [S85] Johnston Co. Newsletter 975.641, B2n Johnston Co. N.C. Gen. Soc. 305 Market St. Smithfield, N.C. 27577, . Wife Isabella Van Dyke, born ca. 1751, married ca. 1769 in Pennsylvania, died 10 Oct 183.

    18. [S8] Family Records: Rawlins, Julia Whitney, Julia Whitney Rawlins, FGS with1996 Rawlins Family Newsletter.

    19. [S475] Marriages of Johnston County NC, Bennett Dodd, p. 74.

    20. [S85] Johnston Co. Newsletter 975.641, B2n Johnston Co. N.C. Gen. Soc. 305 Market St. Smithfield, N.C. 27577, McCaslin Frost - born 10 Dec. 1785, married Peninah Smith.