Thomas Rees Price and family

I am continuing my Price family line from the previous post. My line continues from Jonathan and Elizabeth Price through their ninth child, Thomas Rees Price. Thomas was born August 26, 1851 in Danville, PA. He started working in coal mines, but later left that profession to pursue cabinet making. In the early 1870's he moved from Pennsylvania to Knoxville, TN. In 1874 he married Ann Maria "Annie" Richards in Knoxville. They had four children, though two died in infancy. In 1880 Thomas started the Knoxville Furniture Company of which he held the office of President for the company until his death in 1906. Thomas also held many other positions in the Knoxville area, i.e. an incorporator and Director of the Knoxville, LaFollette and Jellico Railroad, Vice-President of the Logan-Maphet Lumber Company, and was a Director of two area banks.

Generation No. 1

1. THOMAS REES³ PRICE (JONATHAN², REES¹) was born 26 Aug 1851 in Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania, and died 04 Mar 1906 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. He married ANN MARIA RICHARDS 15 Sep 1874 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, daughter of JOSEPH RICHARDS and ANN THOMAS. She was born 16 Jul 1854 in Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania, and died 16 Mar 1941 in Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia.

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Burial: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

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Burial: 18 Mar 1941, Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

Children of THOMAS PRICE and ANN RICHARDS are:

i. ANNIE⁴ PRICE, b. 1875, Knox County, Tennessee; d. 1876.

ii. JOSEPH R. PRICE, b. 15 Sep 1877, Knox County, Tennessee; d. 02 Oct 1878, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

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Burial: 03 Oct 1878, Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

iii. JOSEPH J. PRICE, b. Jan 1879, Knox County, Tennessee.

iv. MARY PRICE, b. 20 Sep 1885, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; d. 26 Sep 1965, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; m. (1) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ORR, 17 Oct 1905, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; b. 23 Jan 1873, Sugar Run, Lee County, Virginia; d. 05 Dec 1959, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; m. (2) BRUCE BILL WILLIAMS, Aft. 1940; b. 05 Aug 1886, Columbia, Lexington County, South Carolina; d. 10 Aug 1953, Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee.

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Burial: 28 Sep 1965, Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

More About BRUCE BILL WILLIAMS:

Burial: 13 Aug 1953, Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

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Burial: 09 Dec 1959, Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Prince George County, Maryland

Jonathan Price and family

Since my last post was about my g-g-great-grandfather, Jonathan Price, I thought I would post a little information on Jonathan and his family.

Generation No. 1

1. JONATHAN² PRICE (REES¹) was born 30 Nov 1811 in Wales, and died 20 Jun 1857. He married ELIZABETH JONES. She was born 17 Oct 1816 in Wales, and died 10 Apr 1885 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

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Burial: 11 Apr 1885, Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

Children of JONATHAN PRICE and ELIZABETH JONES are:

i. ANN³ PRICE, b. 30 Aug 1835, Pennsylvania; d. 02 Feb 1915, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; m. EDWARD P. ROBERTS; b. 25 Mar 1826; d. 11 Dec 1896, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

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Burial: 03 Feb 1915, New Grey Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

More About EDWARD P. ROBERTS:

Burial: New Grey Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

ii. MARGARET PRICE, b. 10 May 1837; d. 12 Aug 1838.

iii. DAVID PRICE, b. 25 Sep 1838, Pennsylvania; d. Bef. 1900; m. AMELIA; b. Oct 1840, Wales.

iv. MARY PRICE, b. 19 Jun 1840.

v. HANNAH PRICE, b. 12 Mar 1842, Scranton, Pennsylvania; d. 03 Nov 1906, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; m. JOSEPH DAVIES; b. 06 Aug 1842, Wales; d. 10 Dec 1887, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

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Burial: 04 Nov 1906, Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

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Burial: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

vi. ELIZABETH PRICE, b. 28 Dec 1843.

vii. JONATHAN EDWARD PRICE, b. 26 Jan 1847, Pennsylvania; d. 19 Aug 1918, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; m. ELIZABETH, Abt. 1872; b. Dec 1849, Wales; d. 19 Jan 1910.

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Burial: 21 Aug 1918, Forest Hills, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee

viii. WILLIAM HENRY PRICE, b. 18 Dec 1848; d. 13 Sep 1850.

ix. THOMAS REES PRICE, b. 26 Aug 1851, Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania; d. 04 Mar 1906, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; m. ANN MARIA RICHARDS, 15 Sep 1874, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; b. 16 Jul 1854, Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania; d. 16 Mar 1941, Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia.

More About THOMAS REES PRICE:

Burial: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

More About ANN MARIA RICHARDS:

Burial: 18 Mar 1941, Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

x. ABRAHAM JONES PRICE, b. 06 Sep 1854, Pennsylvania; d. 11 Nov 1916, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; m. ANNIE RICHARDS, 09 Jan 1879, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; b. 15 Dec 1859, Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania; d. 22 Dec 1928, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

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Burial: 13 Nov 1916, Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

More About ANNIE RICHARDS:

Burial: Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

xi. CATHERINE PRICE, b. 06 Sep 1854.

xii. LEVI JONES PRICE, b. 12 Apr 1856, Pennsylvania; d. 18 Aug 1897, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; m. ELLA CATHERINE CALDWELL, 28 May 1879, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; b. 03 Dec 1859; d. 03 Mar 1953.

More About LEVI JONES PRICE:

Burial: New Grey Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

More About ELLA CATHERINE CALDWELL:

Burial: 07 Mar 1953, New Grey Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

Price Family Comes From Wales

I was so excited earlier this week to see that Ancestry has opened their Immigration Collection to the public for the month of December. I have missed working on my genealogy the past month or so and was elated to do some searching! The first person I wanted to look for is my g-g-great-grandfather, Jonathan Price, who left his home in South Wales to come to live in Pennsylvania. I knew that Jonathan and his wife, Elizabeth, had their first child in 1835 and that she was born in St. Clair, PA. So I entered in a six year time span and what do you know? I found him! Jonathan came to America with his parents, Rees and Ann Price, as well as three of his siblings, David, William, and Hannah. They left from Swansea, Wales and arrived in New York on August 26, 1833 on a ship named Elizabeth Clark. I also looked and found another sister of Jonathan's, Margaret Price Larmey, who along with her husband and three children came from Wales in 1842. It is amazing how much I have learned in the past six years in researching this family.