Atchison County Biographies
E. W. Howe's Historical Edition of the Atchison Daily Globe
These biographies were originally published in 1896 in the Atchison Daily Globe, written by the editor and publisher, E. W. Howe. In 1916 the biographies were reproduced in Sheffield Ingall's "History of Atchison County, Kansas," with a few updates such as death information.
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JOHN M. PRICE.
John M. Price arrived in Atchison with his wife on the first of
September, 1858, the day the Massasoit House was formally opened for the public.
They came here from Platte City, Mo., to visit some old friends from
Kentucky, who had moved to Kansas, and after they arrived concluded to remain.
The Prices originally came from Irvine, Ky. Mr. Price studied law in Irvine;
was admitted and elected county attorney before coming to Atchison. He
was a Union man, in spite of the fact that he came from Kentucky, and was
very active in a business and professional way during the early days of his
residence in this county, and for many years thereafter. He constructed more
large and substantial buildings in Atchison than any other individual who ever
lived here. He built the house for a residence, now occupied by Mt. St.
Scholastica Academy, an opera house and many blocks of business buildings
and residences. He was a member of the legislature several times; was
prominently mentioned as a candidate for United States senator. Mr. Price died
on the twentieth day of October, 1898.
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