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				ISAIAH G. AND MARIA (VERNOOY) FROST

	Isaiah G. Frost was born in Dutchess Co., N. Y., Nov. 5, 1805, and was the fourth in a 
family of eight children.  His parents, Thomas and Phebe (Green) Frost, were born in the same 
State, and the father was a merchant in the city of New York.  with him the son remained until he
was twenty-three years of age, when he established himself in trade in Ulster County, where he 
married Maria Vernooy, March 17, 1832, who was born in Ulster Co., N. Y., Sept. 16, 1812, being 
the fifth in a family of ten children.  Her parents, Charles and Sarah (Dubois) Vernooy, were 
born in the same county, their parents being early settlers and came from Holland, they being the
builders and owners of the first flouring-mill in that vicinity.  Mr. Frost sold out his business
in 1838 and floated westward on the title of emigration, finally landing, July 14th of that year,
in the township of Danby, Ionia Co., Mich., where he had the previous year made a purchase of 
land.  He occupied a house on the place of a neighbor until he could prepare and build a house of
his own.  The same farm has since been Mr. Frost's home, except during the four years that he 
lived in Ionia while holding the office of county treasurer.  He has been prominent in the 
political history of his township since its organization, having held numerous offices therein.
	To Mr. and Mrs. Frost were born the following children, five in number: Isaac T., Jan. 8,
1836; Sarah M., Dec. 1, 1838; John G., Aug. 28, 1843, who died Feb. 4, 1846, aged two and a half 
years; John G., Jr., Dec. 1, 1846, who died April 13, 1870, from the effects of a fall, aged 
twenty-three years; Thomas, Dec. 6, 1847.  Isaac T. is now residing in New York City, Sarah M. is
the wife of William Hixson, and Thomas remains on the old homestead.
	Mr. Frost's religious views are of a liberal nature, yet he belongs to that school which 
allows perfect freedom of thought and respects the opinions of those who may differ with him.  
Mr. Frost and his wife have vivid recollections of their experience as pioneers, and the stories 
of other day, though oft told, seem ever new.



This biography is taken from "HISTORY OF IONIA AND MONTCALM COUNTIES, MICHIGAN" 
by John S. Schenck. Philadelphia:  D. W. Ensign & Co., 1881.  Pages 221-222.  Danby.