Melissa Price

Melissa Price was born into slavery around 1850 in Clarksville, Missouri. Her first owner, Judge Owsley, eventually sold her to John Edward Forgery of Paynesville. She married Perry Parker (Percy Scott), and then later married Isaac Price in Paynesville on August 7, 1879. The couple had no children. Her husband died in Elsberry on September 16, 1901, and she secured a widow's pension of $8 per month. The government dropped her from the pension rolls in 1906 after she married Robert Steele. She died on January 24, 1925, due to complications with pneumonia.  

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Name:Price, Melissa
Alternative names:
  • Steele, Melissa (alternative name)
  • Murray, Melissa (alternative name)
  • Forgey, Melissa (alternative name)
  • Parker, Melissa (alternative name)
  • Scott, Melissa (alternative name)
  • Price, Mary Melissa (alternative name)
Roles:
  • Spouse
Gender:F
Race:Black
Branch of service:
Residence at enlistment:
Rank In:
Rank Out:
Highest rank achieved:
Pensions:
Person 1Person 2NumberRelation Type
Price, IsaacPrice, Melissa752274application-widow
Price, IsaacPrice, Melissa560730certificate-widow
Birth date:1850
Birth date certainty:About
Birth place:Clarksville, MO
Death date:1925-01-24
Death place:Louisiana, MO
Causes of death:disease: pneumonia
Occupations:
Relationships:
Person 1Relation TypePerson 2
Price, Melissawife ofPrice, Isaac
Forgey, Edowner ofPrice, Melissa
SOURCES

Pension Records for Isaac Price, RG15, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; Death Certificate for Melissa Price, accessed through Ancestry.com.