CS Price, Martha Head

Martha Head Price

:CSA1stNat:
Martha Price.jpg


Born: May 2, 1810

Birthplace: Orange County, Virginia

Father: John Head Sr. 1765 – 1852
(Buried: Head Family Cemetery, Randolph County, Missouri)​

Mother: Nancy Ann Sanford 1771 – 1846
(Buried: Head Family Cemetery, Randolph County, Missouri)​

Husband: Major General Sterling Price 1809 – 1867
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)​

Married: May 14, 1833 in Randolph County, Missouri

Children:

Brig. General Edwin Williamson Price 1834 – 1908​
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)​
Colonel Celsus Price 1841 – 1909​
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)​
Heber Price 1844 – 1868​
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)​
Martha Sterling “Stella” Price Willis 1846 – 1912​
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis Missouri)​
Quintus Price 1851 – 1943​
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri)​
Athol Price 1856 – 1860​
(Buried: Price – Allin Cemetery, Brunswick, Missouri)​

Life Events before War:

1830: Emigrated with her family to Missouri from Orange County, Virginia​
1833: Married her husband Sterling Price in Randolph County, Missouri​
Lived with her family on a farm south of Keytesville, Missouri​
1834: Birth of her son Edwin Williamson Price​
1836 – 1838: Her husband served as a Missouri State Representative​
1841: Birth of her son Celsus Price​
1844: Birth of her son Heber Price​
1845: Death of her sister Harriet Amanda Head Rucker​
1845: Death of her brother Waller Head​
1845 – 1846: Her husband was a United States Congressman.​
1846: Birth of her daughter Martha Sterling Price Willis​
1846: Death of her mother Nancy Ann Sanford Head​
1846 – 1848: Her husband Served in Mexican War, rising to Brig. General​
1851: Birth of her son Quintus Price.​

1852: Death of her father John Head
1853 – 1857: First Lady for the State of Missouri​
1856: Birth of her son Athol Price.​
1857 – 1861: Her husband was Missouri State Bank Commissioner.​
1860: Death of her son Athol Price.​

Civil War Life Events:

1862 – 1865: Her husband was Major General in the Confederate Army.​

Life Events after War:

1867: Death of her husband Major General Sterling Price.
Death.jpg
1867 – 1870: Widow of Major General Sterling Price.​
1868: Death of her son Heber Price.​

Died: March 5, 1870

Place of Death: Saint Louis, Missouri

Cause of Death: Pneumonia

Age at time of Death: 59 years old

Burial Place: Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Back
Top