PRICE, RICHARD

PRICE, NEFF

Posted By: Administrator
Date: 10/4/2001 at 12:46:18

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P.
Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

RICHARD PRICE, manufacturer of brick; is a native of England; born Aug 13, 1824, he emigrated to America in 1842 ; lived in Ohio, and went to Galena, Ill., in 1845. He served in the Mexican war; enlisted in the 8th Regt. U. S. Infantry, Co. A, the grenadier company of the regiment; served two years. He came to Sabula, Iowa, in 1853, to Clinton in May, 1859 and engaged in manufacturing brick. He has held the office of City Alderman for eleven years, and was Chairman of Streets and Alleys, for eight years. He married Louisa M. Neff, a native of Ohio, in September, 1852; they have seven children-Henry Clay, Thomas J., Bertha, Richard, Stella, Willie and Ada; they have lost three children.