Arthur Karl Frost Born on March 31,1898 in Brunswick, Nebraska, Arthur Karl was the fourth child of Sophie Peterson Frost and Arthur Knowlton Frost. Hans, Elbert, Edith, Kenneth, Dorothy, and Donald (father of Bill Frost in Alaska) were Arthur's siblings. The family farmed wheat, corn and other crops on their 60 acre section of the family land. His father was a house builder, a fine carpenter, and a farmer. Arthur Karl learned carpentry from his father and Tom Frost has a desk that Arthur built at age 16. In 1916 Arthur Karl joined the marines at age 18 with his brother Hans. They were deployed to France, assigned to the Fifth Marine Brigade of the Second Division of the American Expeditionary Forces. He fought in France from August 15, 1918 through November 11, 1918 and participated in major operations including Blanc Mont, Meuse-Argonne, and St. Mihiel where he was shot in the hand. He spent several weeks in a field hospital where his cousin Laura Frost served as a nurse. After the Armistice, Arthur Karl stayed and served another year of occupation duty in Wolfeknacker, Germany. He returned to a homecoming parade in New York City on August 8, 1919. Five days later, with his pay of one hundred sixty-one dollars, and his mileage paid to Omaha, Arthur Karl went home. Back in Brunswick, Arthur Karl worked for his father as a carpenter. Left: Arthur Karl's parents, Arthur Knowlton Frost and Sophie Petersen Frost at their home in Brunswick, Nebraska. Right: Caroline and the women from Arthur Karl's family, 1936, when Grandmother Frost visited Lead, family home on Ridge Road in Lead. back: Frances Nagle Frost (m. to Elbert), Marion Frost (m. to Kenneth), Dorothy Frost Riggs, front: Sophie Petersen (Arthur's mother), Caroline holding Helen, Edith Frost Martin. Previous Table of Contents Next