Wilbur E. "Webb" Frost
Marriages
Abigail A. Borden Frost - 1882
Abigail Frost died in 1910.
Mary E. Moreland Frost - 1914
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - November 26, 1920
W. E. FROST Answers The Call of The Master. With the
death of W. E. FROST last Friday, November 19, passed away one, if not the
very earliest actual settlers on Brush creek, in this County. Mr. FROST came
into the valley in the spring of 1880, and located a homestead three or four
miles from the present town site of Eagle. He returned to Middle Park that
summer and sent his cattle in here that fall to winter, in charge of George S.
WILKINSON. Two years later he was married to Abigail A. BORDEN and
brought his bride to his new home, who shared his pioneer life until 1910,
when she died.
Mr. Frost was a true pioneer, loving the solitude of the unbeaten trail, and as
neighbors began to cluster around him he moved farther back into the hills,
settling on a homestead on East Brush creek, not far from the mining camp
of Fulford. He remained there until 1918, when at the age of 62 years, he sold
out all his holdings, loaded into a wagon and started west to seek a new
country to conquer. But after crossing the Utah desert, a longing for the hills
in which he had spent most of his life became too strong to resist and he was
back on his old and familiar stomping ground within a few months after his
departure. He then purchased an unimproved ranch near the head of West
Brush creek, and it was, undoubtedly, the hard toil incident to the life of
building up a home on new land in the high altitude that brought on his
sudden death.
"Webb" FROST was what the world calls a "square man." Honest to the
core, respected and beloved by his neighbors who trusted him in all matters
with implicit faith, he will be sadly missed in this community.
In 1914 he remarried to Mary E. MORELAND, who survives her husband.
His first marriage was blessed with four children, of whom three are living;
Eugene, of Eagle, Mrs. W. F. THORP, of Idaho Falls, Ida., and Mrs. A. J.
SMITH, of Grand Junction, all of whom were present at his bedside at the
time of his death. The funeral services were held Saturday afternoon from the family home in Eagle and the body laid to rest in the little cemetery on
the Newcomer ranch, where it was his request to be buried.
