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William Henry Price

William Henry Price[1, 2]

Male 1852 - 1905  (53 years)

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  • Name William Henry Price 
    Born 1851/1852  Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Feb 1905  Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Buried Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I8667771982  Master Tree
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2004 

    Father Ezekial Price,   b. 1815, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1888, Richland, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Lydia A. Stambaugh,   b. 2 Aug 1827, Columbania, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 1912, Springfield, Clark, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 28 Aug 1845  Portage,Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • _STATMARRIED
    Family ID F7975167013  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Emily Riley,   b. 1852/1853, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • _STATMARRIED
    Children 
     1. Charles Price,   b. 1873/1874, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Feb 1905  (Age 31 years)
     2. George Edwin Price,   b. 1876, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Hester M. Price,   b. 1877/1878, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1915  (Age 38 years)
     4. Walter Price,   b. 1879/1880, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Feb 1905  (Age 25 years)
     5. J. N. Price,   d. Aft Feb 1905
    Family ID F7975167022  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Lucretia Piper Funk 
    Married 28 Oct 1901  Crawford, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
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      Their marriage record states that William Henry is the son of Ezekial.
    Family ID F7975167289  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1851/1852 - Ohio, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 28 Oct 1901 - Crawford, Ohio, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Feb 1905 - Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • In the 1880 Richland County, Ohio Census, William is employed as a machinist. He, his wife, their children, and his sister-in-law reside in Mansfield next door to his parents and siblings.

      According to his mother, Lydia's, December 2, 1912 obituary, William was already deceased at that time as he is not mentioned among her seven surviving children.

      William H. Price who was "killed by cars" at age 52 in Galion, Ohio on 2 February 1905 is buried in Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. The following is his obituary from the Mansfield Daily Shield, February 3, 1905:


      PARTICULARS REGARDING THE DEATH OF W. H. PRICE.

      Concerning the death of Conductor Price, reported in the Shield yesterday the ASkron Times-Demoncrat says:

      William Henry Price of Galion one fo the oldest and best known conductors on the Erie railroad was struck and instantly killed by B. & O. passenger train No. 5, at 2:50 Thursday morning, near Exchange street this city.

      Price was running an east bound freight train on the Erie and had just pulled into the Exchange street siding making a stop to do some switching and pick up some cars to take on to Kent. Price rode on the locomotive until the train stopped, so as to be able to direct the engineer.

      Just as the train stopped, Price stepped down and in a cloud of steam and the noise of his own train, he was unable to see or hear, and stepped onto the B. & O. tracks just as the fast passenger came running by. He was struck and hurled about fifty feet.

      Another member of his crew who saw the accident rushed to Price, but life was already extinct. The injuries were a fractured skull, a broken leg and bruises about the spine.

      Park's ambulance took the remains to the morgue and they will be taken to Galion this evening by a committee from Crawford Division Order Railway Conductors, of which the decedent has been, for many years, financial secretary. This committee arrived from Galion this morning.

      Mr. Price was about 54 years old. He was twice married and lieaves (sic) his wife and five children. Two of the children live here, Mrs. Albert R. Stannah, 290 Perkin(s) street and J. N. Price 504 Ohio street. Mr. Price was a prominent member of several secret societies and of the Disciple church, being one of the officials of the Galion church, under the pastorate of Rev. John P. Sala, formerly of this city.

      A peculiar feature of the accident is that Mrs. Price is left a widow for the second time by railway accident, her first husband having met death in a similar manner ten years ago. She was married about four years ago to Mr. Price.

      The dead man had been in the employ of the Erie all his life and had run a train for may years. He was one of the most popular men on the road. He has several brothers who also work for the Erie.

  • Sources 
    1. [S8029507917] 1880 United States Census.

    2. [S8072068432] 1860 United States Census.

    3. [S8029499273] Obituary of Lydia A. Stambaugh Price, The Mansfield News (Richland County, Ohio), December 2, 1912.

    4. [S8029499352] Obituary of William H. Price, Mansfield (Ohio) Daily Shield, February 3, 1905.

    5. [S8029499204] Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio.