WILLIAM H. PRICE was born in this township May 11, 1847, and is the son of Aaron and Mary (Hancock) Price, natives of Ohio. The parents came to this township in 1845, and settled two and a half miles northeast of Idaville, where! they lived thirty years, and then moved to Idaville, where the father died January 30, 1882. The mother survives at the age of sixty-six. William H. Price was reared a farmer, and was married, January 1, 1867, to Miss Mahala C. Shull, born in this, township October 5, 1848, and daughter of Louis and Clementine (York) Shull, natives of Ohio. To this union were born seven children, of whom five are living-Burley G., Aaron, Alonzo W., Harlan H. and Gracie L. After marriage, Mr. Price farmed on rented land -for six years, and then purchased eighty acres on Section 10, which he has redeemed and improved with substantial buildings. Mr. Price is a Democrat in politics, and be and wife are members of the Church of God.

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