Elias Carrington Frost, brother of our Ancestor Johnson Lyman Frost

Isaac C. Frost, and sons, Lyman and Elias Carrington Frost, lived in Olmstead, Middleburg District, where Isaac was the town’s first treasurer, during the late 1820s. This was not far from the Cedar Trail Valley and Rocky River. Elias C. Frost was a doctor, and lived near Kennedy Ridge and Columbia Drive. [I believe this is now the location of a mall.] He is said to have been a classmate of Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland, back in CT. Kirtland’s father was one of the first members of the Connecticut Land Company and in that capacity made some of the earliest trips of exploration. And the grandfather, Jared Potter, was one of the first doctors of the area. Perhaps Elias and Lyman studied under him, as both are listed as doctors in census records. Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland is still known in Ohio as a renowned physician, botanist, and legislator.

In 1829, Elias Carrington Frost opened one of the first post offices in Olmstead, OH. He applied for the town name of Lennox, but it was already in use, so he used his own name and home and called the Post Office “Frostville”. There has never been such a town, but this name remained in use long after the town adopted the Olmstead name, and is now the name of the well known Historical Museum of Olmstead Falls, Ohio. Frostville Museum is located in the Rocky River Reservation not far from Frost’s original home near the corner of Columbia and Kennedy Ridge Road. The Cedar Valley Settlers’ Celebration is held every year in September at the Frostville Historical Center.