William Price

Birth Date

c1821

Death Date

1897-05-26

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Kenton County, Kentucky, minister and soldier. Native of Wales. Married to Leah Price. Father of Mary Price. Minister of the Baptist Chapel in Monmouthshire, Wales, in 1851. Employed Mary Davies as a house servant in Monmouthshire in 1851. Baptist minister in Kenton County, Kentucky, in 1860. Employed Esther Williams as a servant in Kenton County in 1860. Served in the 2nd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as chaplain from June 5, 1861, to August 31, 1863.

1851 Wales Census, Monmouthshire County, Mynyddyslwyn Civil Parish, p. 30.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 4, p. 696.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 167.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Application #660.283, Certificate #452.478.
Find A Grave, "William Price (Unknown-1897)," Memorial #122190098, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122190098 (accessed July 24, 2020).

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