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S. C. PRICE, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, April 8, 1839. His parents, John B. and Eliza (Earhart) Price, were also natives of the Buckeye State. Father was born in 1808 and died in February, 1874, He was the son of Clarkson Price, and grandson of Hon. Hezekiah Price, a member of the legislature, which met and organized the State of Ohio. Mother born in 1811, now living near Hawthorne, Fla. Subject grew to manhood on a farm in Hamilton county, and received a liberal education in the common and high schools of Ohio. Commenced the study of medicine in the winter of 1859-60. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-third Ohio Infantry Volunteers, Colonel Fred Moore commanding, and served until the close of the war, most of the time as a physician. Was mustered out at Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, and returning to Cincinnati resumed his studies with Dr. John A. McIntyre; also took a course of lectures in the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati. In the spring of 1868 he came west to Illinois and commenced the practice of his profession in Marion county; also engaged there in the drug business. In 1869 he came to Kansas City, this state, and in the fall of that year entered the Kansas City College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in May, 1870. Came to Joplin in February, 1872, and engaged in practice. Dr. Price was married in Kansas City, Mo., May 11, 1871. Mrs. Price was born at St. Anthony’s Post, Minn., in June, 1850. They have two children: Clara Evangeline, born April 13, 1873, and Mabel Priscilla, born November 26, 1877. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity; also an A. O. U. W. He has membership in the county, district, and state medical associations. He has always taken great interest in public matters; is now president of the board of education of Joplin, and enjoys a large, increasing, and remunerative practice.