Born to a family of an office worker, Fromas received some education at the Kražiai College.

Encouraged by his neighbor Mečislovas Davainis-Silvestraitis, Fromas began publishing his texts in the Lithuanian press in 1884.

In 1853, with the help of his wife's relatives, Fromas purchased a 60-dessiatin farm in Gongailiškiai (later incorporated into the Aušgirys [lt] village) near Girkalnis where he lived and worked until his death on 20 August [O.S.

[3] Fromas published his works in various Lithuanian periodicals, including Vienybė lietuvninkų, Lietuviškas politiškas laikraštis, Unija, Nemuno sargas, Aušra, Lietuviškasis balsas, Apšvieta, Ūkininkas, various calendars.

[2] He submitted his first three plays in response to a literary contest announced by Vincas Kudirka in Varpas.

[3] Mūsų praeities ir dabarties paslaptys (Secrets of Our Past and Future; 1894) deals with the Uprising of 1863 and describes the barbarity of Russian soldiers,[3] though does not have a more coherent plot.

[3] Literary critics note Seną pečių velnias kuria (The Devil Fires an Old Oven; 1893) which depicts a domestic family drama and is one of the first Lithuanian literary works to describe city residents (as opposed to villagers).

[11] In addition, Fromas wrote several articles and translated three parts of Dziady by Adam Mickiewicz into Lithuanian.