Montour-Dauphin County PA Archives Biographies.....PRICE, Thomas J. 1855 - living in 1899
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  THOMAS J. PRICE, superintendent of the Mahoning Rolling Mill Company of
  Danville, and a highly respected citizen of that town, was born at Tredegar,
  Wales, February 26, 1855, and is a son of Prof. John M. and Mary (Roberts)
  Price, and a grandson of Thomas Price.
  
    The father of our subject was born at Rhymny, Wales, in 1828, and came to the
  United States in 1854, locating in New York City. In the same year he moved to
  Danville, Pa., where he became boss-roller of the Montour Rolling Mills. In 1865
  he was employed in the Rough and Ready Mills, now the Mahoning Rolling Mill
  Company, and two years later he went to Syracuse, N. Y., where he accepted a
  position as superintendent of the Syracuse Rolling Mill Company. In 1881 he
  retired from that line of business and devoted his time to music, having studied
  music when -young and also while working at his trade. Mr. Price possessed a
  beautiful voice. While a resident of Danville, Pa., he organized a quartet
  composed of John A. Jones, Robert James, Joseph Parry and himself. This quartet
  acquired an extended reputation, and in 1865 they took a trip to England, where
  they were cordially received. Mr. Parry received numerous prizes for his
  excellent compositions and was made professor of music in the College of
  Swansea, Wales. Mr. Price is now successfully engaged in following the musical
  profession in New York City. He was united in marriage with Mary Roberts, a
  daughter of Thomas Roberts, a native of Wales. The following children resulted
  from this union: John T., superintendent of the Spuyten Duyvil Iron Foundry of
  New York City; George T., assistant superintendent of the Spuyten Duyvil Iron
  Foundry of New York City; Ella J., wife of Thomas Hoskins of New York City;
  Frank S., a sergeant of the New York City police; Mary A., a teacher in music;
  Sarah, who died at the age of three years; Jeannette, a music teacher and
  stenographer residing at Rome, N. Y.; and Thomas J., our subject. The mother of
  our subject died in 1867 at the age of thirty-four years.
  
    Thomas J. Price came to the United States with his mother in 1856 and settled
  in Danville, Pa., where he received his intellectual training. At Syracuse he
  assisted his father in the iron works, learning the iron and steel trade. He
  then went to New York City in 1879 and was engaged with the Spuyten Duyvil
  Rolling Mill Company until 1883, when he returned to Danville to accept the
  position of boss-roller at the Glendower Rolling Mills.
  
  In 1885 he went to Harrisburg, Pa., and engaged as a boss-roller in the Lochiel
  Steel Works until 1886, when he resigned his position and returned to Danville
  to accept the position of superintendent of the Mahoning Rolling Mill Company,
  in which capacity he has since served.
  
    Mr. Price was married to Sarah Foley, a daughter of Edward Foley of Danville,
  and to this union three children were born, namely: John, who died at the age of
  two years; Annie Florence; and Edward F. Our subject served as chief burgess of
  Danville from 1890 to 1896, and was school director one year. He is a supporter
  of the principles advocated by the Republican party. Socially he is a member of
  Danville Lodge, No. 780, I. O. O. F.; and of the Improved Order of Heptasophs.
  He was appointed postmaster of Danville, February 15, 1899, and took possession
  of the postoffice April 1, 1899.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from:
    
    Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
    Published by 
    Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
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