Tombstone Tuesday - Samuel Price Family

SAMUEL PRICE

JUNE 16. 1809 – DEC. 3. 1858

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FRANCIS

DIED AUG. 31. 1844 AGED 2 YRS. 11 MOS

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LOUISA

DIED APR. 23. 1846 AGED 2 YRS. 4 MOS

DAUGHTERS OF

SAMUEL & LYDIA A. PRICE

BURIED AT CECILTON, MD

LYDIA ANN

WIFE OF

SAMUEL PRICE

& DAUGHTER OF RICHARD & MARY R.

LOCKWOOD

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OCT. 2. 1819 – APR. 11. 1904

MARY L. PRICE

FEB. 9. 1859 FEB. 4. 1928

[1]1850 United States Federal Census from Maryland shows Samuel Price as head of house hold born about 1809 in Delaware, male, white, occupation listed as a farmer, value of real estate owned listed at 12,000, 41 years of age. Lydia A Price was born about 1819 in Delaware, female, white, no occupation listed, 31 years of age. John Price born about 1839 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 11 years of age. Edwin Price born about 1846 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 4 years of age. George Price born about 1848 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 2 years of age. John Adderson born about 1822 in Maryland, male, white, occupation listed as laborer, 28 years of age. James Davis born about 1828 in Maryland, male, white, occupation listed as laborer, 22 years of age. Morris Davis born about 1831 in Maryland, male, white, occupation listed as laborer, 19 years of age. Sarah England born about 1834 in Maryland, white, female, occupation listed as laborer, 16 years of age.

[2]1860 United States Federal Census in St. Georges Hundred in New Castle County in the state of Delaware, Post Office Middletown, Delaware. Shows that Lydia A Price as head of house hold, born about 1820 in Maryland, female, white, occupation listed as farmer, value of real estate owned listed at $12,000 and value of person estate listed at $1,500, 40 years of age at the time. John Price born about 1839 in Maryland, male, white, occupation listed as farmer, 21 years of age. Edwin Price born about 1846 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 14 years of age. Geo W. Price born about 1848 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 12 years of age. Rich L Price born about 1850 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 10 years of age. Samuel Price born about 1853 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 7 years of age. Mary L Price born about 1855 in Delaware, female, white, no occupation listed, 5 years of age. Cornelius Bowles born about 1843 in Ireland , male, white, occupation listed as farm laborer, 19 years of age. Thos Wright born about 1839 in Maryland, male, black, occupation listed as farm laborer, 21 years of age. Jane Caulk born about 1839 in Delaware, female, black, occupation listed as servant, 21 years of age. Ora Sterling born about 1848 in Delaware, female, black, no occupation listed, 12 years of age. Wesley Warner born about 1857 in Delaware, male, black, no occupation listed, 3 years of age.

**Special Note:  Samuel Price, John Adderson, James Davis, Morris Davis and Sarah England who were listed on the 1850 census are not listed on the 1860 census. 

[3]1870 Untied States Federal Census in New Castle County, Middletown state of Delaware. Shows Lydia A Price as head of house hold, born about 1820 in Delaware, female, white, occupation listed as keeping house, value of real estate listed at $11,500 and value of personal estate listed at $300, 50 years of age. Geo W Price born about 1848 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, value of personal estate listed at $150, 22 years of age. Richard L Price born about 1851 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 19 years of age. Samuel Price born about 1853 in Delaware, male, white, no occupation listed, 17 years of age. Mary L Price born about 1854 in Delaware, female, white, no occupation listed, 16 years of age. Anna Urry born about 1860 in Maryland, female, black, occupation listed as domestic servant, 10 years of age.

**Special Note: Cornelius Bowles, Thos Wright, Jan Caulk, Ora Sterling and Wesley Warner who were listed on the 1860 census are not listed on the 1870 census. 

[4]1880 United States Federal Census in St. Georges Hundred in New Castle County in the state of Delaware. Shows that Lydia A Price as head of house hold, born about 1820 in Delaware, both parents also born in Delaware, female, white, occupation listed as keeping house,  47 years of age.  Mary L Price born about 1855 in Delaware, female, white, father born in Maryland and mother in Delaware, no occupation listed, 25 years of age. Geo W. Price born about 1848 in Maryland, male, white,  father also born in Maryland and mother in Delaware, occupation listed as music teacher, 32 years of age. Samuel Price was born about 1853 in Delaware, male, white, father born in Maryland and mother in Delaware, occupation listed as RR agent, 27 years of age. Catherine Touett born about 1830 in Delaware, female, white, both parents born in Delaware, occupation listed as dress maker, 50 years of age. Harrett A Wright born about 1858 in Maryland, female, black, both parents born in Maryland, relationship to head of house hold listed as servant, occupation listed as cook, 22 years of age.

**Special Note: Richard Price and Anna Urry who were listed on the 1870 census but not on the 1880 census.  

[5]1900 United States Federal Census in West St. George Hundred in New Castle County in the state of Delaware. Shows Lydia Price as head of house hold, born OCT 1819 in Delaware, female, white, widowed, mother of six children and all six living, occupation not listed, 80 years of age. George W Price is son to head of house hold, born MAY 1850 in Maryland, male, white, single, father born in Maryland and mother in Delaware, occupation is listed as Musician, 50 years of age. Mary L Price is son to head of house hold, born FEB 1855 in Delaware, female, white, single, father born in Maryland and mother in Delaware, occupation is not listed, 45 years of age.

**Special Note: Samuel Price, Catherine Touett and Harrett A Wright who were listed on the 1880 census are not listed on the 1900 census. 

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[1]1850 United States Federal Census Ancesty.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.  Census Place: District 1, Cecil, Maryland; Roll: M432_290; Page: 57A; Image: 118 Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls) 

[2]1860 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com (http://www.ancesty.com : accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Census Place: St Georges, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: M653_96; Page: 837; Image: 140; Family History Library Film: 803096 Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls.

[3]1870 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Place: Middletown, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: M593_120; Page: 718A; Image: 661; Family History Library Film: 545619 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. 

[4]1880 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com (http://www.ancesty.com: accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Place: Saint Georges, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: 120; Family History Film: 1254120; Page: 350D; Enumeration District: 030; Image: 0221 Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). 

[5]1900 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 30 March 2015) Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Census Place: Middletown, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: 157; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0063; FHL microfilm: 1240157