A pleasant homestead of fifteen acres on section 29, North Otter
township, occupies the attention of Job Price, who engages in general
farming. He was born in Sangamon county, Illinois, on the 22d of March,
1849, and is a son of Joseph and Maria (Clayton) Price, both natives of
New Jersey. The father all his life engaged in farming and at the time
of his demise owned four hundred acres of land. The mother has also
passed away. Three of the eight children born of their union are
surviving: Andrew J., who is a resident of Oregon; Job, our subject; and
Catharine. Those deceased are as follows: Anna; John B.; Firman; James,
who was killed in the war; and Caroline.
In common with the
majority of lads whose youth is spent on a farm, Job Price early became
familiar with the practical methods of agriculture, and at the age of
thirteen years began his career as a wage earner. For some years
thereafter he worked as a farm hand, but having acquired sufficient
capital to begin farming for himself when he was about nineteen years of
age, he rented land to the cultivation of which he directed his energies
for some time. His first investment in property was a ten acre tract
which he held for about three years; he sold this land and purchased
another fifteen acres, on which he has erected a nice residence and made
other improvements, now owning one of the attractive farms in that
section of the township.
Mr. Price chose for his wife and
helpmate Miss Elizabeth Swift, a daughter of John M. and Susanna
(Williams) Swift, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. Mrs.
Price is the eldest in a family of four, the others being: Annie, the
wife of George Richards, of Macoupin county; James W., also a resident
of this county; and John, who is deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Price
affiliate with the Baptist church and he votes with the democratic
party, but he has never actively participated in township affairs,
always having given his undivided attention to his personal interests.
Extracted 15 Nov 2018 by Norma Hass from History of Macoupin County, Illinois: Biographical and Pictorial, by Charles A. Walker, published in 1911, Volume 2, pages 501-502.
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