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William E. Price (Christian County, Kentucky, merchant and manager of the Western Lunatic Asylum.)

b. 1807? d. 1869-12-29

Christian County, Kentucky, merchant and manager of the Western Lunatic Asylum. Maryland native. Married to Margaret Coleman Price in Christian County, Kentucky, on April 16, 1833. Father of Lucy Price. Merchant in Christian County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Merchant in Christian County in 1860. Owned eleven enslaved persons in Christian County in 1860. Manager of the Western Lunatic Asylum in Christian County in 1861.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 423B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 675.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, Hopkinsville, p. 273B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film 001942963.

"William Elgin Price (1806-1869)," Find A Grave, Memorial 89559073, accessed January 10, 2024, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89559073.

KYR-0001-025-0072.

Citation

Price, William E.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32202282 (November 12, 2026).

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