Wilson Price (1793 - 1874)

Born 1793 in North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Husband of Elizabeth (Mullen) Price — married before 1820 in Illinois, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1874 at about age 81 in Lawrence, Illinois, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

On the 1850 census Wilson was listed as born in 1793. His wife Elizabeth was born about 1800 in Virginia. ^[1] They had 5 children living with them at this time:

1. Elizabeth - born about 1834
2. Amanda - born about 1836
3. Emily - born about 1837
4. David - born about 1839
5. George - born about 1842

In 1865 Wilson Price was living in Illinois with 3 white females and 4 white males. ^[2]

His wife died in 1865.

In 1870 he was living in household of Thomas Shoemaker in Illinois. This is his son in law. His daughter Amanda is Thomas' wife. He was 84 years old implying birth year of 1786. His birth location is given as North Carolina. ^[3]

Elizabeth Mullins and Wilson Price's son Willam C Price married in 1883. He was born in 1820. ^[4]

Their daughter Emily died in 1912. ^[5]

His daughter Margaret Amanda died in 1913. ^[6]

Their daughter Elizabeth died 1929. ^[7]

Note from FamilySearch on his life and death: Wilson Price was born in North Carolina circa 1796. He served in the War of 1812 out of Sumner Co, TN. He married Elizabeh Mullins in Wilson Co, TN. They had four children in Jefferson Co, TN before moving to Lawrence County about 1823. The four children born in TN were Harriet, William Coswell, James Allen, and Mary Jane. Elizabeth Matilda, Margaret Amanda, Emily, Daniel and George were born in Lawrence County. Wilson Price died in Lawrenceville in 1874.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RS-J5X : 4 April 2020), Wilson Price, Lawrence county, Lawrence, Illinois, United States; citing family 898, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "Illinois State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCK3-YQY : 16 August 2019), Wilson Price, , Oblong, Crawford, Illinois; citing , Oblong, Crawford, Illinois, Census, p. 46, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6HM-PYL : 19 March 2020), Wilson Price in entry for Thos Shoemaker, 1870.
4. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-8582 : 4 November 2017), Wilson Price in entry for William C Price and Lou Newlin, 24 Dec 1883; citing , Crawford, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,310,116.
5. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HG1Y-DDW2 : 14 February 2020), Wilson Price in entry for Emily Gillin, 1912.
6. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HGB5-VR3Z : 14 February 2020), Wilson Price in entry for Margaret Mandy Shumaker, 1912.
7. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N326-RHH : 8 March 2018), Wilson Price in entry for Elizabeth M. Goff, 11 Apr 1929; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,643,031.

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LCWK-DKT