Sacramento County
Biographies
HON. A. L. FROST
Hon. A. L. Frost.—This gentleman
occupies the responsible office of county assessor, having been elected thereto
in the fall of 1886. Like so many of the old Californians, his life has
been one full of incident, variety and adventure, ending now happily in comfort
and the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens. Mr. Frost was born
April 18, 1828, in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, and there in the country
schools be made acquaintance with books, although he owes the better part of
his education to the rougher but most valuable schooling of experience and the
rubs and chances of an active life. When but a youth he went to work in a
sash and door factory in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
In 1845, still only in his ‘teens, he made his way to Maine, where he remained
until 1852, when he determined to come to California and test for himself the
truth of the stories of gold that came from this western land. The trip
was made by way of the Isthmus of Panama, and was
unattended by any serious mishaps. On the 22nd of September of
that year Mr. Frost arrived in this State, and immediately engaged in mining in
El Dorado County.
There he resided continuously, meeting with the varying success of the miner,
until May 20, 1873, when he was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the
Fourth District of California, with office and headquarters in Sacramento.
This office Mr. Frost held until August, 1855. In the following year he
received the nomination for county assessor upon the
Republican ticket, was elected, and is still the incumbent of the office.
He is a director and the vice-president of the Sacramento Glass and Crockery
Company. Mr. Frost is a zealous believer
in the principles of the Republican party, and an
effective worker for all interests which he is persuaded conduce to the public
good. He is a member in high standing of the Masonic order, belonging
both to Council and Chapter, and is also a member of the Knights Templar, Commandery No. 2. He was married in California,
to Miss Elizabeth Lum, of El
Dorado County.
They have a son and a daughter. In conclusion it should be stated that
Mr. Frost is both a popular and an efficient officer,
a gentleman of genial bearing, and one who fills a place of acknowledged
importance in the community.
Transcribed by Karen Pratt.
Davis, Hon. Win. J., An Illustrated History of Sacramento County,
California. Page 546. Lewis Publishing Company.
1890.
© 2006 Karen Pratt.
Sacramento
County Biographies