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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Perry County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Dr. John E. Price, druggist and physician, and resident of Perry County, much esteemed for his substantial worth, was born in Washington County, Tenn., September 25, 1841. His father, Joseph D. Price, of English descent, and a son of Benjamin Price, of Maryland, was born in Tennessee, in 1815, and is a brick-mason by trade. He married Elizabeth Young, and for a long time resided at Milligan, Carter County, Tenn., later making his home in Washington County, Tenn., where his wife died in 1852. In 1871 he removed to Carter County, Tenn., and still lives there. In this family were eight children, of whom the subject of this sketch was next to the eldest. He was reared in his native county, where he received most of his education, and subsequently began the study of medicine there with Dr. Thomas T. Young. In 1868 he entered upon the practice of his profession, and in 1871 came to Perry County, Ark., where he soon became prominent, and now has a lucrative practice, a great part of which he was obliged to give up on account of health. He served in the Union army about three years, and in 1870 married Miss Sabra E. Taylor, daughter of Dr. C. C. Taylor, of Carter County, Tenn., where she was born in 1839. She died in March, 1871, leaving one child, also now deceased. In 1877 Mr. Price married Miss Rhoda J. Guerin, who was born in Perry County, in 1856, being the daughter of William and Elizabeth Guerin, early settlers of Perry County, both deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Price have one child: Fay (born July 16, 1879). The Doctor is a member of the Masonic order. He was appointed one of the county supervisors by Gov. Baxter, and has served as superintendent of public instruction and special probate judge, by virtue of the appointment of Gov. Garland. He is an influential citizen and highly respected, his career during his location here having been marked by close application and earnest devotion to the interests of those among whom he has labored. Well qualified for the position to which he has been called, he is recognized as a man of worth and integrity. He is a Republican, and cast his first vote for Lincoln. Dr. and Mrs. Price are both members of the Christian Church.

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