Lucy A.

Frost Post
Birth:
Death:

Sep. 16, 1849

Jan. 19, 1879

The Post Memorial Art Reference Library has

two delightful letters written by Lucy Frost.
The first letter was written from Quincy
College, April 25, 1868 to her brother and sister.
She chastises them for not writing often enough,
and she is anxious to get home again. She says
that she is doing well in her studies, taking
botany, arithmetic, algebra, German, and
drawing. She expresses a keen desire to further
her education and to become self-sufficient. "I
do not want to depend on someone all my days.
I want to do something for myself. I haven not
made up my mind as to what I will do yet. Pa
tells me that I ought to study medicine but I
guess he was just in fun....What do you think
about your sister being a doctor. Wouldn't it be
romantic just to think of seeing my name up on
a sign thus Miss Doctor Lucy Frost. Just
imagine you see it hung out in front of some
brick mansion. Don't you think I could be the
wonder of the day if I would try..."
The second letter was written to her parents on
April 2, 1876. Evidently her dreams of
becoming a doctor were not to be fulfilled. She
is living a hard life on the farm with her
husband, Adam Post, and three children. She
talks about the harsh weather, the crops, the
pigs, and the chickens, the difficulty in getting
good calico in Carthage. She's busy sewing
clothes for the children, Mary Maude, Mollie,
and Fred. She complains about her side and says
she's been taking medicine for it all the time.
Evidently her health did not improve, as she
died three years later at the age of 30.
Family links:
Spouse:
Adam C. Post (1834 - 1908)*
Children:

Winfred Bryant Post (1874 - 1941)*

*Point here for explanation

Burial:
Salem Cemetery
Jasper
Jasper County
Missouri, USA