History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 456, Astoria Township
Thomas W. Price, harness-maker and dealer in saddlery, is a
native of New Salem, Pa., where he was born in 1846. There he
partially learned his trade, and completed it in Astoria, where he
moved in 1863. Until 1866 he was employed as a journeyman by
Green & Gilliland, whose interest he purchased that year, and now
through his well-known skill as a workman and fair dealing conducts the
harness trade of Astoria. Mr. P. has held various town offices of
trust and responsibility, and is the present township Treasurer of
school funds and also a member of the Town Board. In 1876 he was
elected Clerk of the town. He is also Noble Grand in the Society
of Odd Fellows. In 1866 he was married to Miss Olive Hudnall,
daughter of S. A. and S. E. Hudnall, by whom he has 6 children.
