JOHN PRICE - Biography

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This biography appears on page 656 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

JOHN PRICE, capitalist, Union Grove; was born in England, near Kent,
March, 1808; came to Ohio in 1841; was sick there ten months; upon
recovering, returned to England, and in 1850, again returned to this
country, locating in Kenosha Co., and bought farm of 200 acres near
Paris Corners; came to Union Grove, in 1863; has been extensively
engaged in buying grain, and through industry and good judgment, has
accumulated wealth. Married Martha Bowen, in 1833; have had seven
children, four living. Has held numerous offices; was one of the
founders of the Union Grove Company. Is a member of the Congregational
Church.