Life span: 07/13/1834 to 03/24/1864Dickinson Connection: Class of 1853TabsLife SummaryFull name: John G. FrowPlace of Birth: Mifflintown, PABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateFamily: James Frow (father), Jane Ann (mother)Education: Dickinson (Carlisle College)University of PennsylvaniaOccupation: MilitaryDoctor, Dentist or NurseRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderMilitary: Union Army Note Cards John G. Frow (Dickinson Chronicles) ScholarshipJohn Frow was born on July 13, 1834 in Mifflintown, Blaine Perry County, Pennsylvania to James and Jane Ann Frow. He entered Dickinson as a sophomore in 1850 but retired in 1852. As a student he was a member of the Union Philosophical Society as well as the Zeta Psi fraternity. Frow received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1856 and became a physician in Mifflintown. Frow enlisted in the U.S. Army and became a surgeon with the U.S. Volunteers from 1861 until 1863. He died on March 24, 1864 at Mifflintown.John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “John G. Frow,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/f/ed_frowJ.htm. Events Major TopicsDickinson College Documents Bibliography
John G. Frow (Dickinson Chronicles) ScholarshipJohn Frow was born on July 13, 1834 in Mifflintown, Blaine Perry County, Pennsylvania to James and Jane Ann Frow. He entered Dickinson as a sophomore in 1850 but retired in 1852. As a student he was a member of the Union Philosophical Society as well as the Zeta Psi fraternity. Frow received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1856 and became a physician in Mifflintown. Frow enlisted in the U.S. Army and became a surgeon with the U.S. Volunteers from 1861 until 1863. He died on March 24, 1864 at Mifflintown.John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “John G. Frow,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/f/ed_frowJ.htm.