Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Price, J. H.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Richland Township N-Z


   J. H. PRICE clothing manufacturer, P.O. Richlandtown, was 
born in Montgomery county in 1840, was married in 1864 to 
Miss Caroline, daughter of William and Mary Weisner, of 
Lehigh county.  There were five children born to this union: 
 Charles (deceased), Emma Jane, Elizabeth Ann, William Henry 
and Harvey Allen.  Jonas and Elizabeth, father and mother of 
our subject, were natives of Montgomery county.  There were 
nine children born, of whom five are dead.  Elizabeth, the 
mother, died in 1851, and the father was married again three 
times, and is now living with his fourth wife.  Our subject, 
at the age of 18, commenced his business life as a clerk in 
a store.  In 1868 he had charge of a country store at Line 
Lexington, Bucks county.  Commencing business on a moderate 
scale at his present location, he has increased, since 
starting, from seventy-five to five hundred employees.  In 
connection with this enterprise, he superintends the farming 
of one hundred acres of land near the town of Richland.  He 
was elected minister of the German Baptist church in 1880.