[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] nent in the construction of the Mutual Union and Baltimore and Ohio telegraph lines, whose wires traverse the town from the southern to the northern extremities. James is a resident of the South, and Isaac re-sides in Chicago. John has retired from active business, and Samuel owns a fine farm and res-idence on Primrose Street, near Mount Zion Church, a property that was formerly owned by his grand-father, but passed into the hands of the Marshall fam-ily, from whom it again came into the Wright fam-ily. On the road leading to Peekskill, and a mile ' east of West Somers depot, on an elevation that over-( looks much of the upper valley of the Muscoot, stands i a neat and attractive home. With its sloping lawn, < its sightly location, its thrifty surroundings, it forms < a pleasing picture. The house is new, and of mod-! em construction and improvements. The old house i stood a few rods west of the present building and i under the hill at the intersection of Tomahawk i Street and the West road. This has been torn down and removed. This residence is the home of Muuson E. Frost, whose father was Ebenezer Frost, a son of John Frost, whose father came from England 1 some time in 1700, and settled in Massa-1 chusetts. John Frost married a Miss Munsou, of Connecticut, and came to New York State, buying i land of the Brown family and settling just over the : present line of Putnam County, near Croton Falls. i Here Ebenezer was born July 8, 177t>.