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MRS. SAMUEL KNAPP FROST (JOSEPHINE C. Mayou) of Brooklyn, N.Y., elected an annual member 6 January 1926, was born in Warren, Mass., 17 April 1864, the daughter of Leon and Samantha Matilda (Haughey) Mayou, and died in Brooklyn, N.Y., 31 December 1942.
Mrs. Frost's father was a native of Worcester, Mass., where he was born 6 December 1822, and her mother was born in Newark, Ohio, 20 October 1844, daughter of Robert Mansfield and Rachel (Miller) Haughey. Mrs. Frost graduated from the Pittsfield, Mass., high school, where she married, 15 November 1902, Dr. Samuel Knapp Frost, who died 27 April 1930. An enthusiastic and energetic genealogist, Mrs. Frost filed nothing as to her paternal lineage. In the Long Island Historical Society Library are 119 entries under her name, including 20 published genealogies, 12 unpublished genealogies, 80 books of cemetery and church records and a card index to the vital statistics published in the Long Island Star, 1809–1845. She had also edited the four volumes of the Underhill Genealogy and three volumes of Jamaica Town Records.

She took an active part in church and club life, being a member of the Brooklyn Woman's Club; Long Island Historical Society; Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century (genealogist from 1914); National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution; Brooklyn Colony, National Society of New England Women; New England Historic Genealogical Society; New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Kosmos Club; New York State Historical Association; Mrs. Field's Literary Club; Connecticut Historical Society; Quaker Hill Historical Society; Kings County Historical Society; Underhill Society of America. She attended the Unitarian Church of the Saviour in Brooklyn, N.Y. THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, JANUARY, 1943.
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Name: Mrs. Josephine C. Mayou Frost
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Warren, Mass.
Relative: Stephen Miller, as follows:
Spouse: Samuel Knapp Frost
Comments: Mrs. Josephine C. Mayou Frost.
DAR ID Number: 154785;
Born in Warren, Mass.;
Wife of Samuel Knapp Frost.;
Descendant of Stephen Miller, as follows:;
Simeon Mayou (1832-96) m. 1860 Samantha M. Haughey (1844-91).;
2. Robert M. Haughey (1808-52) m. 1834 Rachel Miller (1808-52).;
3. Charles Miller (d. 1838) m. Elizabeth Hinkle.;
4. Stephen Miller m. Rachel —.;
Stephen Miller served as private, 1st battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania militia. He was born in Antrim, Pa.; died, 1799, in Pendleton County, Va., now West Va.
DAR ID. Number: 154785
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[thank you BKGeni ........that was nice of you] FIND A GRAVE ID 46895980
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message from Donna Kauffman Huddleston ღ on 19 Jun 2021

Josephine Frost
With blessings, I am transferring her to you!
Donna
FIND A GRAVE ID 47111008

I think I have the Josephine's memorial provenance right
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well dang for kicks I mage her famous now Name edits cannot be suggested for famous memorials pops up

thought the Middle name might be like Crossette after a family in the area

anyone know for sure what C. stands 4?
.....a girls name or is it someone's last name.. is it French? .... maybe not humm.... no no not.... it cant be Cryzette maybe Crossett after the family in the area

anyone know where Mr. Stillman [Seward son of Julia and Wm H. is buried?] or her brother.....George Anderson Mayou?
.... her brother George---

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THE CAMBRIDGE CHRONICLE, FEBRUARY 15, 1919. EAST CAMBRIDGE COURT NEWS. The following cases were disposed of before Judge Chase in the divorce court during the past week. All of the cases were uncontested and in each case a degree nisi was given.
Mrs. Mary E. Mayou of this city, vs. George A. Mayou, of New York city: married in Lebanon, N.Y., September 14, 1884.

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her dad ....

"SIM" MAYOU MUDERED
HIS BODY FOUND NEAR ROUSE'S, POINT, N.Y.
Tragic Ending of a Former Well Known Pittsfield Resident.
From Monday's Eagle.

Leon Mayou, better known as "Sim" Mayou, for 30 years boss carpenter for the Boston and Albany road, and during that time a well known resident of Pittsfield, was found dead at Rouse's Point, N.Y., Saturday, and the authorities have decided that he was murdered. The first intimation of the tragedy was given to the public Sunday, in the following item from the Springfield Union:

The local police received word Saturday that the body of a man, whom it was thought from the papers on the body, was Leo Mayou of West Springfield, had been out at Rouses Point, N.Y. The dispatch stated that it was supposed that the man had a son who was an engineer on the Boston and Albany Railroad. Late in the evening George A. Mayou was found at his home in West Springfield. He stated that his father was in the vicinity of Rouse's Point but he was not sure of the identity of the body found. He telegraphed for further details and for a description, as he did not wish to be to the expense of going on, only to find that his father was not dead. Last evening, however, although he had been unable to get a description of the man found, he decided that he would go after the body, and if it proved to be that of his father, he would have it brought here for burial."

This morning's Republican has the following detailed story of the circumstances surrounding the tragedy: "The body of the man found at Rouse's Point, N.Y., Saturday is without doubt that of Leon Mayou of West Springfield, more familiarly known as "Simeon" Mayou, a man about 74 years old, and who was formerly a bridgebuilder for the Boston and Albany railroad. The circumstances which surround the leading of the body strongly indicate foul play, and although there a no clew to the murderer, robbery is undoubtedly the motive, as Mayou was known to have had in his possession when he left the city in November between $800 and $1000, and no trace of the money was found about his person when the body was discovered. When found the body was lying in a swamp in the government reservation near Fort Montgomery, about one-half mile from Rouse's Point, burned to a crisp with the exception of the lower extremities. This, it was thought, was done to conceal the marks of violence.

"Mr. Mayou had been living with his son, George A. Mayou, who lives at 45 Main street, Merrick, West Springfield. His son was formerly an engineer on the Boston and Albany railroad, who had a part in a wreck on the Athol road last spring. He says that his father had left shortly before Thanksgiving to visit a schoolmate in St. Blair, Can., and that on his way out he stopped for about a week to visit his daughter, Mrs. J.C. Stillman, in Pittsfield. He then went up to Canada on a hunting trip, after visiting his old home in Cooperville, N.Y. He also stopped off at St. Johns, P.Q., to see his cousin, Peter Moleur, a banker. His son says that he was very fond of hunting, and several times had been to Lake Champlain, to the Adirondacks and up into Canada on trips. The last time his son received two letters from him, one dated December 16, from St. Blair, and one dated December 26 from Cooperville, N.Y Since then no word was heard from Mr. Mayou till the news came of his death.

"The letter written from Cooperville casts some light on his subsequent movements and may be connected with the supposed foul play. It is as follows:

"'I went to Cooperville last week and I have met a man named Fereth. We used to work together in 1858. When we left Cooperville he went West and I went to Vermont. He wanted me to go back with him to have company. He is worth $500,000. He told me he would give me $75 a month and board, so I have gone West with him. He don't want me to do any work at all, so we left Cooperville last Monday, December 20. Don't write to Canada any more. I hope this will find you all well. I will be gone two or three years before I come back to Springfield, so don't worry about me. I will have a good home. Kiss the two children for me when they get back from Boston." This letter is supposed to refer to an old acquaintance of Mayou's who is now on a large Ranch in Spokane, as Mayou had before spoken of Spokane. The writing is most illegible and "Fereth" may not be the right name of the man mentioned in the letter.

"Information from the Frontier House in Rouse's Point shows that on December 17 a man speaking French and English, about 70 years old, five feet, eight inches tall, weight 160 pounds, bald, with gray whiskers, and rather infirm, wearing a black suit and overcoat, registered at the hotel as G. Morgan, Buffalo, N.Y. Owing to poor writing this might be a misinterpret time of 'L. Mayou.' This description is very close to that George Mayou gives of his father. He left the hotel on the morning of December 24 and took dinner that day at the home of Abraham Leware, who claimed to be his uncle, and said his name was Mayou. He left the Lewares shortly after noon with the expressed intention of going to Springfield on the first train, and no trace was found of him until Friday the 8th, when a laborer found the body in the swamp. The Lewares identified the foot-gear as that of Mayou's. The Lewares also have Mayou's russet leather valise which he left with them and the key on the body fits the lock of the valse. In the valise was soiled linen, the shirts having the makers' mark, Besse Carpenter & Co of this city. The inquest produced evidence which showed that, from the position and condition of the body, foul play was probable. The inquest will be held open until the 14th for the purpose of identification by articles on the body.

"It was difficult to identify the body because of the disfiguration, but the general description and some things found on the body are considered sufficient proof of the identity. The body was that of a man about five feet eight inches tall, weighing 160 pounds. It was clad in a black suit, with congress shoes and arctic overshoes, and in other respects was like that of the man who registered at the hotel. In the pockets were a bunch of keys, a metal tobacco box and a 38-caliber revolver, all of which, with the exception of the revolver, the son says his father had when be left home. Some papers on his person gave his name and the fact that his son lived here.

"The dates of Mr. Mayou's letters to sent son and the dates of his appearance and disappearance in Rouse's Point are somewhat conflicting. He was first heard of there December 17 and disappeared the 24th. His letter from St. Blair was dated the 16th, evidently before he went to Rouse's Point, but his letter from Cooperville was dated the 26th, after he had left Rouse's Point. This would show that be had gone back to Cooperville, and meeting the man there who had invited him to go West, had changed his mind and not returned to this city. Why he again was In Rouse's Point and how he came to be murdered in the swamp, have yet to be discovered.

"Before leaving the Frontier House he presented a watch and chain and briar pipe to the proprietor. This giving away of his trinkets would tend to support the idea that he was about to do away with himself, but his actions showed he was delighted at the prospect of seeing his grandchildren Christmas. Working on the basis that this is a case of murder, for the theory of suicide is scouted by everybody, there are some questions which are puzzling the authorities. Was he while alive lured by some person or persons to this out of the way place and there murdered, and how and what was used to so completely burn the body, or was he killed elsewhere and the body carried to the swamp to conceal or destroy it?

"Mr. Mayou was born in Canada near Cooperville, N.Y. He had been in vigorous health owing largely to the exercise he took in hunting. He had lived in the States nearly all his life, striking out for himself when 15 or 16 years old as a fireman in Vermont. He early learned the bridge-building business, and worked in Warren for some time. He lived in this city for a year or so after his marriage. In 1862 he went to Pittsfield, and was a bridge-builder for the Boston and Albany railroad for over 30 years. He was a carpenter and had charge of the wood-work on all the bridges from Chester to Albany, being foreman of that division. About three years ago the work was divided up differently on the road, and a number of the bridge-builders were discharged among whom was Mr. Mayou. Since that time he had made his home with his son. He had no relatives living except his son in West Springfield and his daughter in Pittsfield."

The Berkshire County Eagle, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Wednesday, January 13, 1897.