Tipton-Howard County IN Archives Biographies.....Price, William L. 1853 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 9, 2007, 10:13 pm Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883) WILLIAM L. PRICE, M. D., is a native of Preble County, Ohio, and was born September 17, 1853; he is the second of seven children born to Michael and Elizabeth (Wysing) Price, both natives of Ohio, and of German descent; his parents settled in Howard County in 1859, locating on Peach Run; he now owns 160 acres of good land; his faithful wife died February 22, 1876; he is a highly respected citizen, and a worthy member of the Dunkard Church. W. L. Price assisted his father on the farm until he was twenty-one years of age, when he began teaching in the public schools; he read medicine first in the office of Dr. Charles Chittick, and in the winter of 1877-78 attended medical college at Ann Arbor. Previous to this he had taken a literary course of four months at Lebanon, Ohio. In September, 1878, he began the practice of medicine at Sharpsville, Ind., and a few weeks later he located at Windfall and entered a partnership with Br. Austin: this partnership continued until the fall of 1879, when Dr. Price began teaching in the high school; in 1880, he located at East Branch, Hamilton Co., Ind., where he practiced medicine a few months, when he removed to West Liberty, Howard County; in September, 1881, he returned to Windfall and assumed charge of the intermediate department of the high school, and the following spring again embarked in the practice of medicine; in January, 1883, he formed a partnership with Dr. Zeek, and he and Dr. Zeek are now the leading physicians of the town, enjoying an extensive practice. Dr. Price was married in August, 1879, to Miss Fannie M. Swaim, of Windfall, and daughter of John M. and Eveline Swaim. This union is blessed with one child, Glena L. Mrs. Price is a member of the Christian Church. Additional Comments: Extracted from: COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. ILLUSTRATED. CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. 1883. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/tipton/bios/price1001gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb