PRICE, William Mason, A.M., M.D., son of James
B. and Frances (Mason) Price, natives of Tennessee and Virginia, and of Scotch-Irish and English
extraction, respectively, was born near Florence, June 3, 1837.
The senior Mr. Price who was a farmer during his lifetime, was one of the early settlers of Lauderdale County,
married here, reared his family of
four sons and two daughters, and here died in 1883, at the age of 78 years.
William M. Price took his Baccalaureate at the
Florence Wesleyan University, class of 1857, and
received the degree of M. A. from that institution
in 1800. As Doctor of Medicine he graduated
from the University of Nashville in 1865, and began the practice at Bayley Springs, Lauderdale
County, immediately after leaving college, and was
there until his coming to Florence in 1879. He
entered the army, in 1862, as a private and served
one year, most of the time on detail in the surgeon's
office. It was probably while in this department
that he conceived the idea of, and determined upon, the profession of medicine.
Dr. Price was married at Corinth, Miss., in 1858,
to Miss Martha Jane Fort. She died in 1863, leaving one son, now Dr. Percy I. Price, at Florence.
The Doctor's second marriage occurred in Maury
County, Tenn., September 13, 1865, when he led
to the altar Miss Nannie Henderson. To this
marriage are eight children born.
Dr. Price probably stands at the head of the
medical profession in Lauderdale County. He is
a member of the State Medical Society, president
of the Lauderdale Medical Society, chairman of
the County Board of Censors, a Knight of Honor,
and a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Northern Alabama Historical & Biographical
by T.A. DeLand and A. Davis Smith 1888 Birmingham AL
Died 29 Jun 1907
PRIDE, James E., was born at Tuscnmbia, this
State, July 2, 1832, and is the eldest son of John
F. and Susan Smith (Barrett) Pride, natives of North Carolina.
The senior Mr. Pride was married in Limestone
County, and, in 1822, settled at Tuscnmbia, where
he lived a great many years. From there the old
gentleman removed to his present home at Pride
Station, and at this writing (18S7) is upward of
ninety-six years of age. His wife died in August,
1885, at the advanced age of eighty-two years.
The Prides came originally from Wales, and the
Barretts from France. John F. Pride was a
soldier in the war of 1812, and his father was a
minister of the gospel away back in the colonial
days. It is related of the Rev. Mr. Pride that,
for selling a negro woman that she might go with
her husband, who was being carried to another
part of the country, the authorities of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of whose minuter he was,
revoked his license as preacher. The old grandfather Barrett was also a colonial minister, but of
what church, the data is not at hand. The Prides
settled first in Virginia, thence into the Carolinas,
from whence, they came, later, into Alabama. Of
the seven children born to John F. Pride, in addition to the subject of this sketch, we have the following data: two of the sons, William M. and Dr.
J. P., and a daughter, Jacqueline, who married Col.
Sam Thompson, reside at Pride Station; George
was killed at the battle of Fishing Creek. Ky.,
where he participated as a member of the Sixteenth
Alabama Infantry: when found his body lay beside
that of Zollicoffer. John F., Jr., died in Mississippi;
he was also a member of the Sixteenth Alabama
Infantry, and was a paroled prisoner at the time of
his death; one daughter died in infancy.
William M. Pride was a gallant soldier of the
late war, and served under Forrest.
James K. removed from Tuscumhiato Florence
in 1885. He was married, at Charlotteville, Va.,
September 10, 1855, to Miss S. A. Price, a native
of that place, and has had born to him five children, one of whom died in infancy, Mr. Pride is
a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Source: Northern Alabama Historical & Biographical
by T.A. DeLand and A. Davis Smith 1888 Birmingham AL
