The Frost Branches

From left: William Russell Jones, wife Margaret Frost Jones, Mazie Frost Tuell, baby Henry Tuell in the lap of his grandmother, Virginia Frost, Maud Frost Graham and husband Stanley Graham. Photo likely taken in Southwest Oklahoma around 1907.

Frost sisters Myrtle, Rosanelle, Maud and Margaret, take an obvious pose for the camera. The sisters were the daughters of Thomas Joshua Frost and Virginia White Frost. Not shown is the youngest daughter, Mazie Frost.

This appears to be a studio photo of the Frost twins, Maud and Maggie (Margaret). Their father, Thomas Joshua Frost, was a medical doctor, pharmacist and photographer, among other things, but it is unknown whether he took the photo.

The Frost family gathers on the porch of their cabin in Erin Springs, Indian Territory. Dr. Thomas Joshua Frost first came to Beef Creek, Indian Territory (now Maysville), then relocated to Erin Springs on the Washita River the following year. Once settled in Erin Springs, he sent for his wife and family in Missouri.

Dr. Thomas Joshua Frost was a physician, pharmacist, photographer and hotelier. He settled in Oklahoma Indian Territory after spending several years in California during the gold rush.

Rosanelle Frost, one of five sisters who came to Oklahoma Indian Territory with their parents during the land runs, married Edwin O'Connor, a young cavalry officer stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Clockwise from left: Dr. Thomas Joshua Frost, twin daughters Maud and Margaret (Maggie), wife Virginia White Frost, and daughter Myrtle Frost.

Dr. Thomas Joshua Frost and his wife Virginia White Frost settled in Oklahoma Indian Territory in the 1890s. They set up home in Erin Springs, a small community on the banks of the Washita River near what is now Lindsay, Okla.

Virginia Ann White Frost, wife of Dr. Thomas Joshua Frost. She was a tough pioneer woman who settled Oklahoma Indian Territory with her family around 1892. She lived to age 92.