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Born 1811
From History of Clayton County, Iowa : from the earliest historical times down to the present : including a genealogical and biographical record of many representative families, prepared from data obtained (1916)
Eliphalet Price was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on January 31st, 1811, and died at Colorado Springs, Colorado, on December loth, 1880. A sketch of his life work and writings are fully set forth in this book by his talented and affectionate friend, Judge Samuel Murdock. Mary Lowe Cottle, the wife of Eliphalet Price, was born at St. Charles, Missouri, on April 30th, 1814, and died at her home in Jefferson township, Clayton county, Iowa, November 19th, 1865. She was the mother of two girls and six boys, all living at the time of her death, except her son Valmah.
As printed in History of Clayton County, Iowa : from the earliest historical times down to the present : including a genealogical and biographical record of many representative families, prepared from data obtained (1916). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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