Ohio Family Group Sheet for the David PRICER Family
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Submitted by: Donna Barnes Clark
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Husband: David PRICER
Birthdate: December 27, 1824
Birthplace: Ross County, Ohio
Death date: July 27, 1891
Place of death: Pretty Prarie, Reno County, Kansas
Father: Henry PRICER
Mother: Elizabeth Ann Maria BENNER
Marriage date: December 29, 1814
Marriage place: Ross County, Ohio
Wife: Malinda EDMISTON
Birthdate: December 26, 1825
Birthplace: South Salem, Ross County, Ohio
Death date: January 19, 1902
Place of death: Pretty Prarie, Reno County, Ohio
Father: John EDMISTON
Mother: Malinda TETER
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Austin PRICER
Sex: M
Birthdate: September 08, 1852
Birthplace: Ross County, Ohio
Death date: September 10, 1932
Place of death: Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma
Marriage date: December 14, 1871
Marriage place: Des Moines Township,Jasper County, Iowa
Spouse's name: Mary Delcenia ELWOOD
Child No. 2: Mary Catherine PRICER
Sex: F
Birthdate: September 06, 1854
Birthplace: Ross County, Ohio
Death date: January 14, 1929
Place of death: California
buried Mount View Cem, San Bernardino, California
Marriage date: July 01, 1871
Marriage place: Jasper County, Iowa
Spouse's name: James Edwin ELWOOD
Child No. 3: Susan Jane PRICER
Sex: F
Birthdate: November 11, 1856
Birthplace: Ross County, Ohio
Death date: February 26, 1923
Place of death: Pretty Prarie, Reno County, Kansas
Marriage date: June 05, 1874
Marriage place: Reno County, Kansas
Spouse's name: Ira SELEY
Child No. 4: Cynthia Ann PRICER
Sex: F
Birthdate: October 31, 1858
Birthplace: Ross County, Ohio
Death date: February 10, 1941
Place of death: Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Marriage date: October 07, 1877
Marriage place: Reno County, Kansas
Spouse's name: Calvin S. LONG
Child No. 5: John Henry PRICER
Sex:
Birthdate: May 18, 1861
Birthplace: Ross County, Ohio
Death date: September 1949
Place of death: Pubelo, Pubelo County Colorado
Marriage date: March 03, 1888
Marriage place: Kingman County, Kansas
Spouse's name: Martha Jane CECIL
Child No. 6: Alice Elizabeth PRICER
Sex: F
Birthdate: October 15, 1865
Birthplace: Ohio
Death date: June 17, 1956
Place of death: Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas
Marriage date: November 30, 1881
Marriage place: Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
Spouse's name: David Simon SIMMONS
Documentation:
* David Pricer enlisted with 1st Lt. --- Le downs, Company 46 of the 15th Regiment of the United States, was
enlisted by Capt. E. Day at Bainbridge, Ohio on the 11th day of August 1862, to serve 3 years. His occupation was listed
as farmer. Discharged 10th day of November 1864 at Chicago, listed 1/2 disability due to Tuberculosis of the right lung,
and diarrhea contracted in the service. Was unable to perform duty in the Veteran Reserve Corps.
Certificate of Disability for Discharge.
David Pricer made the following statement.
During transfer from West Virginia to Nashville about the middle of February 1863 while on the steamboat about six
weeks later scurvy set in my left leg and I was taken to field hospital at Murfresboro, Tennessee. Each date I do not
remember about July 1, 1863. I was transferred from said hospital to Veteran Reserve Corps, but never was able to do
duty after going to above named hospital.
Personal description of David was 5 feet 11 inches tall, complexion fair, hair light, eyes blue.
Declaration for original invalid pension dated 21 day of June 1880, Reno County, Kansas
David was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps.
* Source: History of Ross & Highland Counties Ohio, PG. 121 Summary of General Affidavit No 257.157
David Pricer No 257.157, Private Co. H 89 Vol. infantry. Vols on this 24th day of November 1890. Sanford Caldwell
was 55 years old a resident of Soda in the county of Reno, state of Kansas. Post Office address Sego, Kansas. He had
known David for 14 years. David had told him he was in the same boat with thousands of the old soldiers that is a suffer
en from chronic diarrhea. David was often unable to perform any manual labor as he was troubled with scurvy and he was
unable to use his hands. Widow's Declaration for Pension or Increase of Pension (Pension) State of Kansas, County of
Reno on the 17th Day of August 1891. Malinda was 65 years old. Chronic diarrhea contracted while in Civil War was the
cause of David's death.
In the packet of Civil War information their is a copy of marriage certification, General Affidavit from a physician
that cared for David 26 years and was caring or him at the time of his death. Copy of a statement made by a student
doctor that had cared for David before he entered the service, stating David was free of diarrhea and scurvy at that
time. Student doctor later became a physician and wrote the letter as a physician.
Notes for John Henry Pricer:
* The following information was provided by Alma Hopkins in a letter to Donna Barnes Clark, April 1968.
Alma was born on a farm between Pretty Prairie and Kingman, Kansas. While she was still a baby they moved to
Hutchinson and from there to Topeka and then to Colorado. The first stop in Colorado was a ranch at Las Animas and she
states they were there three years. They then moved to Manzanola where she completed high school in 1908. They then
moved to Rocky Ford. John was the manager of a canning factory for a couple years. They moved to Boone in 1910 and Alma
was married that year. John and his wife later moved back to Manzanola. Source: obituary, Dodge City Daily Globe
More About Alice Elizabeth Pricer:
* Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage 5 1/2 hours
before death Medical Information: Cerebral Arteriosclerosis for 7 years, Duodenal Ulcer
Notes for David Simon Simmons:
* David was killed by a team of run away horses. David was thrown into the road drag from behind, throwing him
forward in the double trees of his own team and he was dragged 100 yards. David and his family of six sons moved to
Dodge City from Hutchinson in 1903. He lived in Dodge except for about 5 years when he homesteaded in Logan County.
Source: newspaper article, name of paper unknown, probably Dodge City Daily Globe.
More About David Simon Simmons:
* Burial: April 11, 1931, Maple Grove Cemetery, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas
* Cause of Death: Crushed under road grader, run away team, was on public road, bruises and cuts104
* 1870 United States Census Jasper co., De Moines Twp. Iowa
* 1880 United States Census Reno Co., Loda Twp., Kansas
* 1875 Kansas State Census Reno co., Fairview Twp., pg. 7.
* 1850 Federal Census Ross co., Paint Twp., Ohio, roll 264 pg 767.
* 1885 Kansas Census Reno County Hutchinson.
* Sego Cemetery, "fig." Pretty Prairie, Reno County, Kansas. Graves of Malindia, David and Henry Pricer. Cynthia and
Calvin Long State of Ohio Book F, Pg. 255, certification of marriage dated 19th day of April 1891.
* The State of Ohio, Ross County Ohio, Vol. G2, pg. 255.
* 1880 United States Census Reno Co., Loda Twp., Kansas, pg. 35.
* 1895 Kansas Census Reno co., Loda Twp., pg. 14 reel 126.
* 1875 Kansas State Census Reno co., Fairview Twp., pg. 7.
* 1850 Federal Census Ross co., Paint Twp., Ohio, pg. 768 roll 264.
* Civil War Pension Papers, (General Service Record Adjutant General's Office, Illinois, now in State Archives),
Cert. 319665, Box 38382.
* The State of Ohio, Ross County Ohio, Vol. G2, pg. 255. State of Ohio Book F, Pg. 255, certification of marriage
dated 19th day of April 1891.
* Letter, Martha Pricer, Daughter-in-law - 1968.
* Letter, Harold A. Pricer, grandson 1997.
* 1905 Kansas Census, Spearville, Ford, Kansas, roll 53, age 55, name A. Pricer.
* 1880 Federal Census Hoosier, Kingman County, Kansas, 204B.
* "Arlington Enterprise," Friday 2 March 1923 pg 6 column 1.
* "Arlington Enterprise," Friday 2 March 1923 pg 5 column 1.
* Larrison Mortuary, Turnon, Kansas, DOB on Funeral record given as Oct. 31, 1841. Memory Card.
* Branches and Twigs Genealogy Society 1966-1969, Cemetery Records of Kingman County Kansas, Sego Cemetery, Reno
county. Kansas, Sego cem, Reno County.
* Family Search, LDS, GD6H-4N, 1870 Census US, Iowa, Jasper co., Twp. Des Moines, Vol 120 pg 335, age 9, Harold A.
Pricer 1725 Michigan St., Fairfield, CA 94533-4506, 707-425-9004
* Branches & Twigs Genealogical Society, Kingman County Marriages 1875-1913 1917-1920, pg 195.
* 1915 Kansas Census Ford co., Grandville Twp., roll 89 pg. 4, 78.
* 1920 United States Census Ford co., Grandwiew Twp., Kansas, sheet 5 roll 532, 79.
* 1925 Kansas Census Ford Co., Grandview Twp., pg. 13 roll 312, Standard Certificate of Death, Provided by Hulpieu
Swaim Funeral Home Dodge City, Kansas.
* "Dodge City Daily Globe," June 18, 1956.
* Dodge City Death Records.
* Reno County Kansas Early Marriage Records 1872-1913, pg. 226.
* Abstract of Marriage Record, Reno county Kansas.
* "Reno County Genealogical Society."
* 1920 United States Census Ford co., Grandwiew Twp., Kansas.
* 1925 Kansas Census Ford Co., Grandview Twp..
* 1895 Kansas Census Reno co., Mendora Twp..
* 1910 Federal Census Logan county, Lees Twp., Kansas, (Roll 312, sheet 1, Dist 83, Enumeration date 15th April 1910).
* 1860 Federal Census, Mc Lean County, Illinois.
* 1870 Federal Census Bloomington Twp., McLean County, Illinois.
* Dodge City Journal, April 16, 1931.
* Standard Certificate of Death, Provided by Hulpieu Swaim Funeral Home, Dodge City, Kansas.