John Frost
John Frost (deceased) was born in Mantua Township, this county, March 21, 1823, son of James and Semira (Forward) Frost, the former a native of Massachusetts, and came to Ohio in 1816, the latter born in Connecticut, came in 1803. They were the second family in Mantua Township, and settled two miles west of the present site of Mantua Station. They reared a family of eight children, of whom five are now living: Frank, John, Madison, Mary and Benton; Elmer and his wife died of pneumonia, former, February 14, latter, February 17, 1885, and their funeral obsequies were both held on same day. Our subject was a farmer and miller by occupation, and head of the firm of John Frost & Co., of the Centennial Mills, an establishment employing the new process roller system and possessing a capacity of turning out seventy-five barrels of flour per day. The Centennial is the leading mill in the vicinity. John Frost died of pneumonia February 22, 1885, aged sixty-one years. He was a citizen of capital, enterprise and public spirit.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885