BIOGRAPHY: John B. PRICE, Mifflin County, PA

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The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, Comprising 
the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania.
Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume II, pages 740-741

  JOHN B. PRICE, deceased, was born in Derry township, July 13, 1829;  son of 
Isaac and Elizabeth (Book) Price.  The father of Isaac Price came from Lancaster 
county and settled in Mifflin county.  The children of Isaac and Elizabeth Price 
are:  John;  Samuel;  Isaac, of Ohio, married Jane Fox, had five children, after 
her death he married Mercy Filson, and they had three children;  Matilda (Mrs. 
William Thompson); Harriet (Mrs. Jeremiah Ganoe); and Reuben, who married 
Elizabeth Webber.  The father, Isaac Price, died at an advanced age at 
Yeagertown.
  John B. Price attended the schools of the district and learned farming.  At 
the age of twenty-four, he began to work on shares his father's farm, where his 
family now resides.  He was very successful.  After eleven years of successful 
labor, he bought the farm from his father.  Mr. Price was a Republican; he 
served his township in various offices.
  Isaac Price was married February 9, 1854, to Barbara, daughter of John and 
Mary (Saltsman) Seeber.  Their children are: David, who married Cina Albright, 
and has four daughters and one son; Mary; Sarah Alice and Isaac Albert, twins;  
Henry, died February 9, 1863;  Minnie May, died December 12, 1883.  Isaac Price 
was a minister of the Brethren church, and was often called upon in cases of 
sickness and distress in his community.  He was highly esteemed.  His death 
occurred August 22, 1874.