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William Prescott Frost Jr.

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William Prescott Frost Jr.

Birth
Kensington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
5 May 1885 (aged 34)
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
Burial
Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Father of the poet, Robert Frost.

William Prescott Frost, Jr., was born on 27 Dec 1850 in Kingston, Rockingham Co., N.H.

He was a descendant of colonist Nicholas Frost from Tiverton, Devon, England who had sailed to New Hampshire in 1634 on the Wolfrana.

Frost was a teacher and later an editor for the San Francisco Evening Bulletin. He had aspirations for his son Robert to follow his path and become an editor in California. However, Robert Frost became a poet.

William Prescott FROST and Isabelle (Belle) MOODIE were married on 18 Mar 1874 in Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Pa.

He died on 5 May 1885 of tuberculosis in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., Calif.

Father of the poet, Robert Frost.

William Prescott Frost, Jr., was born on 27 Dec 1850 in Kingston, Rockingham Co., N.H.

He was a descendant of colonist Nicholas Frost from Tiverton, Devon, England who had sailed to New Hampshire in 1634 on the Wolfrana.

Frost was a teacher and later an editor for the San Francisco Evening Bulletin. He had aspirations for his son Robert to follow his path and become an editor in California. However, Robert Frost became a poet.

William Prescott FROST and Isabelle (Belle) MOODIE were married on 18 Mar 1874 in Lewistown, Mifflin Co., Pa.

He died on 5 May 1885 of tuberculosis in San Francisco, San Francisco Co., Calif.



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