MILES PRICE

PRICE, MARKHAM, CONNER

Posted By: Debbie (email)
Date: 7/23/2009 at 18:30:31

JULY 6, 1916 LEADER
OBITUARY
MILES PRICE.
Miles Price was born Oct. 21, 1837, in Catawiana, Columbia County,
Penn. He died June 23, 1916, at his home in Russell, Iowa. In 1862 he was
united in marriage to Emeline Markham, of Bardolph, McDonough County, Ill.
To this union were born nine children-- Cecelia S., William F., Harriet A.,
Charles S., Ella May, Lu Ida, Asa A., Mabel R., and Walter J. There are
also twenty-two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Those living are
the wife and four children- Mrs. Harriet A. Conner, of Ottumwa, S.D.;
Charles S., Lu Ida and Asa A. of Russell. These were all present at this
bedside doing all that loving hands could do.
When the call was given for volunteers he was one among the first to
answer his country's call and enlisted in Co. A, 16th Ill. infantry. He
served until the close of the war and received his honorable discharge the
26th of September, 1865. He and his family moved from Illinois to Lucas
County, Iowa, March 1876, and located on a farm near Russell.
He confessed faith in Christ and united with the Christian church in
1882, remaining a consistent member until death. A kind and loving husband,
father and brother, has answered the last call. A patient man through all
his years of suffering.
The funeral services were conducted at the Christian church, Sunday
afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, and he was laid at final rest in the Russell
cemetery, where a host of friends had assembled to show their respect for
him and their friendship for the family.