Howard County IN Archives Biographies.....Price, Luther D. 1852 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com April 14, 2006, 10:57 pm Author: Jackson Morrow LUTHER D. PRICE. The student interested in the history of Howard county, Indiana, does not have to carry his investigation far into its annals before learning that Luther D. Price has long been an active and leading representative of its leading agricultural interests and that his labors have proven a potent force in making this a rich agricultural region. Through several decades our subject has carried on farming, gradually improving his valuable place, and while he has prospered in this he has also found ample opportunity to assist in the material development of the county, and his co-operation has been of value for the general good. Luther D. Price was born January 22, 1852, in Preble county, Ohio, the son of Michael Price, who was born September 24, 1828. Charles Price, grandfather of the subject, was a native of Virginia, who went to Preble county. Ohio, and settled on Price creek, having been among the pioneers of that time, the creek having been named for the family. The grandfather was a hard worker, and after securing wild land set about making a good farm of it, clearing up and otherwise improving it. He married a Miss Vance, of Virginia. He died in 1842. Michael Price lived with his father in Preble county, Ohio, until 1851, when, on March 13th of that year he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Wysong, a native of Preble county. Ohio, and a daughter of Henry and Catherine (Oyler) Wysong, both natives of Virginia, and also were pioneers of Preble county. He was a mason and made brick in the early days. He died in Preble county, as did also his wife. Michael Price, the father of our subject, came to Howard county, Indiana, in 1858, settling in section 31 Ervin township, having secured eighty acres of wild land, being compelled to clear a place on which to build his slab shanty, which had no windows or floor. Later he built a log cabin and added eighty acres more to his farm, clearing much of the land and making modern improvements in general. He was always a hard-working man and successful. He was also a blacksmith by trade and was regarded as a very-skillful one. He was well known in his community. He was a Democrat but never aspired to office. He was a member of the Dunkard church. His first wife died in 1876 and he married a second time, his last wife being Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, a widow, of Ohio, who is still living at this writing (1908). Michael Price died August 30, 1900. The following children were all born to Michael Price by his first wife: Luther D., our subject; William Leander, who was born September 17, 1853, is a physician living in Indianapolis; Mary Catherine was born September 6, 1855, and is the wife of Nathan Peters, of New Lebanon, Ohio; Rebecca was born December 23, 1857, and died February 1, 1861; Levi Alexander was born March 19, 1861, and died February 14, 1907. He was a farmer and married Eveline Rinehart; Oretta, the sixth child, was born July 19, 1863, and married Charles Null, of Kokomo, Indiana; Asa V., who was born August 6, 1865, is now a farmer in Towner county, South Dakota, who married Alice Hurril. Luther D. Price, our subject, was educated in the common schools and lived at home until he reached the age of twenty-two. He was married on July 26, 1874, to Elizabeth Miller, a native of Ohio, daughter of Peter and Phoebe (Brubaker) Miller, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Ohio. Peter Miller was a young man when he came to America and settled in Ohio, where he married. In 1854 he came to Howard county, Indiana, and secured eighty acres of wild land in section 29, Ervin township. He added to this until he had a farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He cleared this himself and soon had a comfortable home. He was also a wagonmaker by trade and was considered a fine workman. He was a Republican and a member of the Dunkard church. His first wife died in 1868 and he married a second time, his last wife being Catherine Woods, who died September 30, 1907. Peter Miller died in August, 1897. He had eight children by his first wife, namely: John B., who died May 6, 1908, was a teacher and farmer of Ervin township, this county; Mary Phoebe is the wife of Noah Whistler, of Kokomo, Indiana; Elizabeth, the subject's wife; Harry C, a physician living in Greentown, Indiana; Sarah, deceased; Daniel owns the old homestead in Ervin township; George died June 24, 1907, at his late residence in Kokomo. He was county superintendent of schools, a prominent man and a well known teacher: Lydia, the eighth child, is the wife of Alonzo Simmons, of Kokomo. Four children have been born to the subject and wife, as follows: Armanda E. is the wife of Ora Wagner, living in North Dakota on a farm. They have one child, Winfred; Pearl May is the wife of Charles Mason, a fanner living in Ervin township, this county. They have three sons, namely, Orvil, Claude and Glen; Charles C., the third child of the subject, is connected with the Citizens' Bank at Kokomo. He married Grace Bock; John G., the youngest child of the subject, is living at home. These children were all well educated. Charles C. went to school two terms at Marion and two at Danville and also at North Manchester. He taught several terms. After his marriage our subject farmed for two years in Monroe township. Howard county, and then went to Carroll county, where he remained for four years, then returned to Howard county, locating in Ervin township, and in March. 1901, he bought the old place where he now lives, consisting of eighty acres, all of which are under a high state of cultivation with the exception of about eight acres. He raises all kinds of grain and the place is well improved and kept up to the standard of Howard county's best farms. He also devotes much time to his stock, always keeping an excellent variety of Shorthorn and Jersey cattle. He also owns a fine stallion named Pat and he raises some good horses. He has a comfortable and nicely furnished residence and numerous convenient outbuildings. He has always been a farmer, and a first-class one, too, as the fine appearance of his farm would indicate at a glance. Mr. Price has never aspired for any public, office, but his support can always be depended upon in the furthering of any movement looking to the development of his community in any way. He is a member of the German Baptist (Dunkard) church and he has a host of warm fiends as a result of his friendly disposition, his honesty and industry. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF HOWARD COUNTY INDIANA BY JACKSON MORROW, B. A. ILLUSTRATED VOL. II B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (circa 1909) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/howard/bios/price177bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/infiles/ File size: 7.2 Kb