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Our branch of Frosts first show up in the U.S. in New York around 1710. They migrated to Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri and then Oklahoma Indian Territory. Dr. Thomas Joshua Frost (Tom's namesake), was a pharmacist and a country doctor - and a photographer and hotel manager, as well.

After leaving Missouri, T.J. Frost worked on one of the later gold rushes in California for a short time (whether as a doctor or prospector I'm not sure), then came back to the Great Plains, staking a claim in Indian Territory during one of the Oklahoma land runs. But while he was away on a trip to Missouri, a claim jumper successfully disputed that claim. Nonetheless, he established another homestead in Erin Springs, a settlement in the Chickasaw Nation near the home of his friend Ike Eagan, whom he had known in Missouri.

This time, rather than returning to Missouri for his family, he sent for them. His wife, Virginia, packed up their belongings and five daughters in a covered wagon and headed to Erin Springs - likely as part of a wagon train.

See Frost family photos

Find out more about the Frosts in the family catacombs