William H. Price, Sr.
1826 - 1900-
Suffix Sr. Born 24 Apr 1826 Pulaski, KY Gender Male Died 26 Apr 1900 Pulaski, KY Buried Woodstock Cemetery, Pulaski, KY Father James Price, Jr, b. 18 Dec 1798, Pulaski, KY , d. 27 Aug 1861, Pulaski, KY Mother Susan Gastineau, b. 26 Jul 1806, Pulaski, KY , d. Abt 1874, Pulaski, KY Family 1 Jane VanHook, b. 18 May 1828, Pulaski, KY , d. 3 Jul 1862, Pulaski, KY Married 7 Oct 1846 Pulaski, KY Notes Married:
- Jane VanHook, the second daughter of Benjamin VanHook and Esther Gaston was born in Pulaski County, Ky., on 18 May 1828.
She married William H. Price Sr. in Pulaski County on 7 October 1846. James Price was the surety on the marriage bond and Jane's father Benjamin was a witness to this marriage. William H. Price Sr. was born 24 April 1826. He was 20 years old at the time of their marriage and Jane was 18.
Their first child (George A.C. Price) was born the next year and they had 7 children altogether, of which only 4 lived to adulthood.
Their last child (Mary E. Price) was born on the first of March in 1862. Jane died 4 months later on 3 July 1862. This last daughter died about 3 weeks later.
Jane and her 3 children that died in childhood are buried in the Starnes family cemetery on Welborn Road of Highway 39 in Pulaski County. This is also the cemetery where Jane's father and mother are buried as well as a number of her brothers and sisters. William H Price Jr. survived his first wife by almost 38 years and died on 26 April 1900. He married 2nd Sarah Colyer and had more children with her. Although there is a stone for William in the Starnes Cemetery, he is buried with his second wife Sarah in Woodstock Cemetery.
1850 US Census - Dist 1, Pulaski Co., KY
William Price, 24, b. KY, farmer
Jane Price, 22, b. KY
George A. Price, 3, b. KY
Samuel Price, 2, b. KY
1860 US Census - Dist 1, Pulaski Co., KY
William Price, 34, b. KY, farmer
Jane Price, 32, b. KY
George A. C. Price, 12, b. KY
Esther S. Price, 9, b. KY
James R. Price, 7, b. KY
Nancy J. Price, 2, b. KY
Sarah A. Price, 6 months, b. KY
Children 1. George Alfred Price, b. 23 Aug 1847, Pulaski, KY , d. 8 Oct 1918, Springfield, Greene, MO 2. Samuel Price, b. 18 Nov 1848, d. 14 Mar 1857 3. Esther Susan Price, b. 10 Nov 1850, Pulaski, KY , d. 26 Aug 1943 4. James Robert Price, b. 29 Oct 1852, Pulaski, KY , d. 1 Feb 1931, Ocala, Pulaski, KY 5. Nancy Jane Price, b. 1 Mar 1858, d. 6 Sep 1865 6. Sarah Ann Price, b. 9 Feb 1860, Pulaski, KY , d. 8 May 1947, Pulaski, KY 7. Mary E. Price, b. 1 Mar 1862, d. 21 Jul 1862 Last Modified 10 Dec 2019 Family ID F1025 Group Sheet
Family 2 Sarah (Sallie) Abbott Colyer, b. 8 Jan 1842, Tennessee , d. 29 Sep 1895, Pulaski, KY Married Abt 1864 Notes Married:
- 1870 US Census - Glades, Pulaski Co., KY
William Price, 44, b. KY, farmer
Sarah Price 28, b. TN
James R. Price, 17, b. KY
Sarah A. Price, 9, b. KY
Martha E. Price, 4, b. KY
Thomas J. Price, son, 2, b. KY
Mary E. Collier, 8, b. KY
1880 US Census - Dist 92, Woodstock, Pulaski Co., KY
William Price, 52, b. KY, farmer
Sallie Price 38, b. TN, father b. KY, mother b. TN
Thomas J. Price, son, 12, b. KY
William H. Price, son, 9, b. KY
Elbert Price, son, 6, b. KY
Balzorah W. Price, daughter, 4, b. KY
Sabra M. Price, daughter, 2, b. KY
Rachel Price, step daughter, 1 month, b. KY
Jefferson G. Price, brother, b. KY
1900 US Census - Dist 111, Glades, Pulaski Co., KY
after the death of William H. Price Sr. in April of 1900, Sabra Price Siler and Rachel Price were living with their older brother William H. Price Jr.
Children 1. Martha E Price, b. 27 Nov 1865, Pulaski, KY , d. 18 Oct 1970, Pulaski, KY 2. Dr. Thomas Jefferson Price, b. Dec 1867, Pulaski, KY , d. 1910, Rockcastle, KY 3. William H. Price, Jr., b. Feb 1871, Pulaski, KY , d. 1924, Monroe Twnsp, Putnam, IN 4. Elbert Price, b. Abt 1874, Pulaski, KY 5. Balzora Watson Price, b. 10 Nov 1875, Pulaski, KY , d. 24 May 1968, Bradenton, Manatee FL 6. Sabra Margaret Price, b. 7 Nov 1877, Woodstock, Pulaski, KY , d. 25 Mar 1961, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH 7. Rachel Price, b. Apr 1880, Pulaski, KY 8. Armina Price, b. Abt 1881, Pulaski, KY 9. Minerva Lou Price, b. 5 Feb 1884, Pulaski, KY , d. Dec 1969, McAlester, Pittsburg, OK Last Modified 20 Apr 2015 Family ID F240 Group Sheet
Photos William H. Price (1826-1900) and Sarah Colyer (1842-1895)
This tintype is believed to be a photograph of William Price and his second wife Sarah (Colyer) Price. The original tintype belonged to George Price, son of William and his first wife Jane (Vanhook) Price. It is part of a photo collection from Pulaski Co., Kentucky. William was 15 years older than Sarah.
Notes - William Price has a headstone in Woodstock Cemetery next to wife Sarah and a headstone in Starnes Cemetery next to wife, Jane. The headstone in the Starnes Cemetery documents his middle initial as, "H".
- Jane VanHook, the second daughter of Benjamin VanHook and Esther Gaston was born in Pulaski County, Ky., on 18 May 1828.