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Price, Robert, Bishop of Paris Second Ward, Bear Lake county, Idaho, since 1877, was born June 19, 1835, and is the son of Simon Price and Mary Louisa Stanners. He was baptized at his birthplace, Great Missenden, Buckhamshire, England, in September, 1853, by Frederick Smith. He was ordained a Teacher by Eli Sutton Isacke Feb. 5, 1854; a Priest, an Elder, a Seventy at Salt Lake City in 1862, by James Jack; a High Priest Feb. 5, 1876, by John U. Stucki, and a Bishop in August, 1877, by President John Taylor. He has also been a Sunday school teacher, Ward teacher, home missionary, Bishop's counselor in Paris Ward from 1872 to 1877, clerk to Bishop Edward Hunter in Salt Lake City, and the position first named above (Bishop) since the Ward's organization in 1877. He took a special mission for genealogy to England in 1898. His first marriage occurred in 1855, the wife's maiden name being Mathilda Kelsey, six children having been born to them, three living; he married Susanna Juchau in 1864, who bore him thirteen children, twelve living; married Christine Shepard in 1879, the issue being nine children, seven living; and was married Ellen Muir in 1887, and served children being borne by her, both living. He came to America in 1855 and crossed the plains in 1861, locating in Salt Lake City till 1869, and then moved to Paris, where he has resided ever since. In the interim between reaching this country and coming to Utah, he worked in New York and Connecticut, serving in the former as branch clerk under John Taylor. He is a carpenter by trade and did the first mechanical work on the Salt Lake Tabernacle, besides being a lumber manufacturer and dealer, and is also engaged in farming and stock raising. He has held two civil positions-treasurer of Bear Lake county and city councilman of Paris.
Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 vols. Salt Lake City 2:36. |
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