WILLIAM THOMAS PRICE
William Thomas Price, b March 10, 1842 in Giles County, Tennessee, d June
4, 1917 at Stranger, Falls County, Texas and buried in the Stranger Cemetery –
was the youngest surviving child of John Hamilton and
Adeline Rebecca (Henry) Price. On
April 22, 1862, William T. enlisted at Alto Springs as a Private in Company B,
5th Calvary, Green's Brigade, Hardiman's Division, Trans-Mississippi Army. While
en route to Val Verde, New Mexico with Captain Willis L. Lang, he contracted the
measles at EI Paso and was left behind there - missing the tragic battle. Later,
he became the Bugler for the company, and was in Galveston at the time of the
surrender - remaining there for about a year after the end of the war to care
for a sick friend.
In 1867, William Thomas Price married Margaret Jane Busby, b September
25, 1847 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, d October 10, 1939 at Stranger and buried
next to her husband-a daughter of David T. and Martha (Sweeney) Busby.
William T. and Margaret lived on the Busby land, building the Price beginning with the log cabin. They had five tenant families, raising cotton and
corn. They reared four of seven children to adulthood:
Martha Jane Price, b ca 1868 - married Charles O. Robertson of Kosse,
Limestone County, Texas, and had three children: Rupert Robertson who married
Lois Rose, resided in Marlin, Texas, and had Sally and Jack Robertson; Lucy
Marie Robertson (called "Tissie"), b December 5,1898, who married Charles Roy
Brothers of Stranger, and had Charles Robertson Brothers and Jane (Brothers)
Knight; and William J. Robertson who married Fern Wilson and operated a variety
store in Marlin.
Minnie Price, b March 8, 1870, d March 21, 1880 at Stranger and buried in
the Stranger Cemetery.
Milton A. Price, b December 23, 1872, d - date not known, and buried in
the Blue Ridge Cemetery at Blue Ridge, Falls County, Texas.
John David Price, b September 13, 1878, d July 11, 1888 and buried in the
Stranger Cemetery at Stranger.
Clara Belle Price, b August 26, 1875, - married David McKinney of
Stranger - a son of William M. and Elydia ("Lida" Barclay) McKinney. They ran a
boarding house in Marlin, Texas, and had no children.
Margaret Ellen Price, b July 6, 1882, d January 19, 1940, and never
married.
William Archer Price, b November 28, 1884, d June 25, 1967 - married Lula
A. Hughey.
William Thomas Price took care of his sister, Mary Martha Price, b April
2, 1833, d August 9, 1883 and his brother, George Robert Price, b November 24,
1836, d November 24, 1908, until their deaths. He also took in a Confederate
Corporal from Kosse, Solomon W. Stephen- son, b July 3, 1826, d April 23, 1912,
who came by his as a peddler and while there he was blinded by an
accidental gun powder explosion. When he died, William Thomas Price buried him
in the Stranger Cemetery in the Price family plot, and had the grave marked with
a Confederate tombstone. Mr. Stephenson lived with the Price family until his
death, and they cared for him as though he were part of the family.
William Thomas and Margaret Jane (Busby)
Price were members of the Methodist Church, with their membership in the
Methodist-Presbyterian Union Church at Stranger. After his death, Margaret
continued to live for twenty-two years in her where their son, William
Archer Price and his wife, Lula, lived and reared their two children. A
grandson, William Archer Price, Jr. now resides in the original home.
Copyright Permission granted to
Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to
this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 367 column 1 and 2 and page 368 column 1.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.
