Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Price, Daniel B.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Falls Township


DANIEL B. PRICE farmer, P.O. Fallsington, was born in 
Middletown township, Bucks county, December 3, 1823, being a 
son of John and Rachel (Burgess) Price, of English and Welsh 
origin.  His paternal and maternal ancestors were usually 
farmers and were early settlers of Pennsylvania.  Both 
families were members of the Society of Friends.  In 1690 
Samuel Burgess, great-grandfather of Daniel B., gave the 
land (six acres) where the Friends' meeting-house now stands 
at Fallsington.  John Price, father of Daniel, was a 
shoemaker in early life, but later on followed farming.  He 
had a family of four children, of whom Daniel B., the only 
son, and Lydia B. are now living.  Daniel B. at his father's 
death in 1841 went to live with his uncle, Daniel Burgess, 
remaining there from 1841 to 1848, when he commenced farming 
on a rented farm.  By industry and successful business 
management he has succeeded in accumulating a handsome 
fortune.  He is the owner of three farms, containing in all 
four hundred acres of land.  The farm where he resides has 
all first-class improvements.  He was married in 1848 to 
Hannah B., daughter of Moses and Nancy (Burdick) Childs, 
natives of Jefferson county, N. Y., and of English descent.  
Her parents were members of the Society of Friends.  The 
fruits of this union were four children:  Rachel Anna, 
Clinton, deceased; Elizabeth, wife of John W. Tatum, who is 
now general manager of the Trenton china pottery company, 
and Mary C.   Mrs. Price died in 1880.  Mr. Price was 
married in 1883 to Rachel, daughter of John and Phoebe 
(Pierce) Bennington, this state.  In politics Mr. Price is a 
republican.