The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-10
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.COL0NlTEllL [ 1 DANIEL NI5I5il FROST.

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s. Colonel Daniel Frost, of Wheeling,
West Virginia.I was born In Belmont
county; Ohio, February22, 1890. When
Young he was placed IN charge of Bush
rohy Taylor Esq,S Of YYinchester, Va,
under whose guardian care he grew up
70 manhood and had the advantages of
a liberal education. .sni Mon Eisifs4iH
In lS4l he located in eParkersburg.
West, Va, occupying the chair5editoriai
of ot-that-stannch- paper known -as-the
PGrkerSbttTg Gazette. Here, for four
years, he prosecuted successfully the
duties of editor, and was alike success
tnl in his social relations, having, July
18th, 1s43, married. Miss Ellen Rafhbone
a reigning BELLE Of Jackson county Va.
In 1s45 he permanently settled in RAJ
venswoods Jackson county, and em-l
barked in the mercantile business,
Hefel heS soon received the earnest of
future success in the confidence, affec-
ton and support of the community.
stage which was to- be the scene
of his 1abofs and success was his
unsolicited election to the Legis-
lature OF Virginia in 1885, gI . f.,,,S
10 From that day hisutaIentS and time
were devoted to the serVice of his fell
low citizens IN the halls Of Legislation,
his career having led him, by a pro-
gFession founded on, the uncanYassed
but eHer.fnct easing confidence and re-
spectof the peopl through three success
'siVe terms of the leR Rislatnre, Hefehisi In
huence made itselt q parti ularly felt, for
here, his familiarity with the forms of
business, his cooperative spirit; his ge-
tai n -
manner, all consptred to give authority
to his opinions on Questions Of fact and
law, = -isssi.l y 4.l.i s.,y l1lg ~ .,1-f45li
81 Possessingu a liberal and cultivated
mind, which admitted, of no. narrow
views abled; him to- embrace, in all
Its comprehend simplicity theideG of
ourlrepublican form of government as
tablished by its great and revered
founders! He fully comp prehended that
true idea promulgated by the fathers,
that men, intelligent, high-minded men
are what constitutes a State. He saw
that the real wealth Of a country con-
ststs not in the sums ofmoney paid into
its treasury-that. its real strength con-
sists not in Its fleets and armieS-that its
real glory consists not in the splendid
palace, lofty sptre, or towering dome;
but in the intel lLigeIlce and morality, the
comfort and the happiness of its citizens.
He labored hoping for the success of
these great and abiding principles, and
that, that t9sRsGPts night appFseiats Ia and re-
In1S57 he esta blished in RaYenswood
the HIrgistid OtronieIe, as medium to
convey to the people these great truths,
and which was in successful operation
when the REBEL ion broke out in 1851.
~ Colonel Frost took ID prominent part
in resisting the rebellion and lre-orga-
niHing the State G0vernment-waSnR
member of both the memorable conven-
HphA that assembled respectively on
the i13th,of May and on the / 11th of June,
1881, din Wheeling, the former of which
c6nd demned the Ordinance of Secession
as being destructive of the rights and
interests, social and pol teal of Western
| Virginia, and the latter repudiated all
allegiance to the Rebel GoVernmenta and
reofganiEed ithet State Government.
Colonel FROST was aImembery of the
Legislature of Virginia, reorganized,
which met at Wheelingy July 2, 1881,
and was elected aSpeake of that body.
a. While thus laPoripg for the welfare
of his State and the General Govern
Thenb the renegade.Wise had marched
unmolested with his guerrilla horCles
into the river cotintieS, and was Sconr.
ing the. hills in SEARCH of Union meme
| blood and had offered a reward for Col.
Frost. Oftthis the Coloneliwas not cog
infant until he returned toshis home In
I
the Legislature, 4. s.s.5I -49dt,5 20 -ztai
Arriving at his home and learning
that guerrill9s were prowlfng nightly
around his dwelling, he immedt dtately
returned to Wheeling, and thus, for a
time, escaped the bullet Of the maraud-
ing guerrilla.
His arrival at Rayenswood being
known To some of the rebel spies, rum
pers were dispatched forthwith into the
neighhorhpQd to arrange for carrying
into execution lthelupreconoeItedyt plan
for his capture or murder; bTtere the
cowardst GOULD rallytheir forces, he had
| made good his escape.
Colonel Frost received the commits
sion ofLientenant Colonel In the 1Ith
regiment West Virginia Volunteer In
fantryy at the time of its organizations
and in May, 1862, he was commissioned
by Governor Pierpoint as Colonel in
'ns aeWssl e 20 on duty dnty in. the counties on @ of
Wood, Jackson, Writ, Calhoun, Gill
merand Roane until july 1853, when
he was ordered into pennsylvania at
the time the rebel army was INVADING
| that State, HeiWas on, duty In the VAL
leyitoH Virginia until October, 1868,
when again he was ordered to the field
of his first Military labors, where he re-
maiped until March, 1ss he partici
pated in the whole series of brilliant
engagements and skirmtshes in the
LIN July, 1884, he.was again ordered to
the Valley of Virginias where he fought
in nearly, all the engagements and
skirmishes during July, under. Geners
ads CrookJand Sheridan. lhiA .-sd5iss
| ). On the 18th of July, 1854, COLI Frost
fell nobly fighting for his cQuntry's
flag at the hard fought battle of Snick-
er's Ford, in the Valley of Virginia.
THUS Was slain BY the rebels, the
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