Pvt.
John
P.
Price
Born about in United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Dorcas (Campbell) Price
— married
before 1860 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 45
in Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jun 2018
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Biography
John Price is a part of US Black heritage.
John was born between 1818[1]-1825[2] in Mississippi[3] or Pennsylvania[4].
Occupations
- 1850, 1860, 1863: Barber
Residences
- 1863: Elmira, New York (military enlistment)
- 1860: Elmira, New York with his wife Dorcas and children
- 1850: Elmira, New York with his (presumed) daughter Rebecca and Dorcas Campbell
Military Service
Private in the all-black 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry regiment, Company F. Enlisted on 8 April 1863 from Elmira, New York. He was about 38 years old, married and working as a barber when he enlisted. Mustered out 20 August 1865.
Census Race
- 1860: Black
- 1850: Mulatto
Descendent Surnames
Reynolds
His daughter Augusta married a Mr. Reynolds.
Projects
Sources
- ↑ gravestone inscription
- ↑ birth year calculated from age at military enlistment
- ↑ 1850 census
- ↑ 1860 census
- 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Elmira, Chemung, New York; Roll: M432_486; Page: 245B; Image: 493
- 1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Elmira, Chemung, New York; Roll: M653_730; Page: 434; Family History Library Film: 803730
- 1890 United States Veterans Schedules for Elmira, New York (widow Dorcas)
- Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
- Find a Grave: John P. Price
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Rejected matches › John Knight Pearce (abt.1824-1869)
Categories: New York, Free People of Color | United States of America, Black Barbers | 1850 US Census, Chemung County, New York | 1860 US Census, Chemung County, New York | Elmira, New York | 54th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry (Colored), United States Civil War | Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York
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