From the New York Times:
E. F PRICE IS DEAD;
ACETELYNE PIONEER
_____________________
Former Vice President of the
Union Carbide and Carbon
Company, 62 Years Old.
_____________________
DECORATED BY NORWAY
_____________________
Helped Build the First Electric
Furnace--Erected Complete
Village in Sweden
_____________________
PORT CHESTER, N. Y., April 15,
"---Edgar Field Price, a former vice president of the Union Carbide and Carbon company and one of the men responsible for the early production of acetylene, died here today at Knollwood Farm, his county estate. He was 62 years old.
"Mr. Price was born at Leaksville, N. C., and at 17 became connected with the Willson Aluminum Company, of Spray, N. C. While he was with that company he and his associates constructed the first electric furnace to produce heat of great intensity for smelting purposes. Their desire was primarily to produce aluminum, and during one of their experiments they loaded the furnace with coke, ore and lime in the hope of obtaining a commercially valuable metal. When water was poured on the molten mass an inflammable gas was generated, which later was known as acetylene.
"After a short period with the Westinghouse Company, Mr. Price joined the Union Carbide Company and later became president of the Electro Metallurgical Company. When the Union Carbide and Carbon Company was formed to coordinate the work of several organizations engaged in closely related fields, Mr. Price became Vice President, a position he held until his retirement in 1925.
"Mr. Price had been decorated by the King of Norway with the Royal Order of St. Olav, First Class, and was well known in industrial and financial circles. Surviving are his widow, two sons, Edgar Kenan and James Owen Price, and a daughter, Miss Mary Lyle Price; his mother, Mrs. Mary Lyle Price, two sisters and three brothers."
Obit thanks to Vicki ([email protected]), a Price family researcher.
My notes: Edgar Field Price was the first of seven children born to James Madison Price (1851-1921) and his wife Mary Lyle Field (1853-1944). His paternal grandparents were Maj. John Pryor Price (1806-1881) and his wife Mary Ann Eliza Hampton (1810-1886) of Henry County, Virginia; and, his maternal grandparents were Thomas William Field (1828-1886) and his wife Margaret M. Moir (1831-1894) of Leaksville (now Eden), Rockingham County, North Carolina.
Edgar married Ida Gertrude Owen (1876-1946) in 1899. She was a daughter of Charles Norton Owen and his wife Josephine S. MacDonald, of Niagara Falls, NY. Edgar and Ida were living at Niagara Falls in 1900, and had moved to New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY by 1909, and to Port Chester, Westchester Co. by 1920, where they lived at Knollwood Farms. Edgar was a superintendent/manager of various carbide plants, and in 1930, he was listed as an investor and breeder of Guernsey cattle.
Edgar and Ida had three children: Edgar Kenan Price (1902-1955, m. Marion Carolyn Bowker in 1928, lived in Los Angeles, California), James Owen Price (1907-1950, m. Emily Garland Ellison in 1940, lived in Hawaii) and Mary Lyle Price (1909-1968, never married).
Many thanks to Marie B. who created these memorials, took the tombstone photographs, and kindly transferred them to me. A note from her original memorial for Edgar read "[email protected] provided birth place and parents' names."
E. F PRICE IS DEAD;
ACETELYNE PIONEER
_____________________
Former Vice President of the
Union Carbide and Carbon
Company, 62 Years Old.
_____________________
DECORATED BY NORWAY
_____________________
Helped Build the First Electric
Furnace--Erected Complete
Village in Sweden
_____________________
PORT CHESTER, N. Y., April 15,
"---Edgar Field Price, a former vice president of the Union Carbide and Carbon company and one of the men responsible for the early production of acetylene, died here today at Knollwood Farm, his county estate. He was 62 years old.
"Mr. Price was born at Leaksville, N. C., and at 17 became connected with the Willson Aluminum Company, of Spray, N. C. While he was with that company he and his associates constructed the first electric furnace to produce heat of great intensity for smelting purposes. Their desire was primarily to produce aluminum, and during one of their experiments they loaded the furnace with coke, ore and lime in the hope of obtaining a commercially valuable metal. When water was poured on the molten mass an inflammable gas was generated, which later was known as acetylene.
"After a short period with the Westinghouse Company, Mr. Price joined the Union Carbide Company and later became president of the Electro Metallurgical Company. When the Union Carbide and Carbon Company was formed to coordinate the work of several organizations engaged in closely related fields, Mr. Price became Vice President, a position he held until his retirement in 1925.
"Mr. Price had been decorated by the King of Norway with the Royal Order of St. Olav, First Class, and was well known in industrial and financial circles. Surviving are his widow, two sons, Edgar Kenan and James Owen Price, and a daughter, Miss Mary Lyle Price; his mother, Mrs. Mary Lyle Price, two sisters and three brothers."
Obit thanks to Vicki ([email protected]), a Price family researcher.
My notes: Edgar Field Price was the first of seven children born to James Madison Price (1851-1921) and his wife Mary Lyle Field (1853-1944). His paternal grandparents were Maj. John Pryor Price (1806-1881) and his wife Mary Ann Eliza Hampton (1810-1886) of Henry County, Virginia; and, his maternal grandparents were Thomas William Field (1828-1886) and his wife Margaret M. Moir (1831-1894) of Leaksville (now Eden), Rockingham County, North Carolina.
Edgar married Ida Gertrude Owen (1876-1946) in 1899. She was a daughter of Charles Norton Owen and his wife Josephine S. MacDonald, of Niagara Falls, NY. Edgar and Ida were living at Niagara Falls in 1900, and had moved to New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY by 1909, and to Port Chester, Westchester Co. by 1920, where they lived at Knollwood Farms. Edgar was a superintendent/manager of various carbide plants, and in 1930, he was listed as an investor and breeder of Guernsey cattle.
Edgar and Ida had three children: Edgar Kenan Price (1902-1955, m. Marion Carolyn Bowker in 1928, lived in Los Angeles, California), James Owen Price (1907-1950, m. Emily Garland Ellison in 1940, lived in Hawaii) and Mary Lyle Price (1909-1968, never married).
Many thanks to Marie B. who created these memorials, took the tombstone photographs, and kindly transferred them to me. A note from her original memorial for Edgar read "[email protected] provided birth place and parents' names."
From the New York Times:
E. F PRICE IS DEAD;
ACETELYNE PIONEER
_____________________
Former Vice President of the
Union Carbide and Carbon
Company, 62 Years Old.
_____________________
DECORATED BY NORWAY
_____________________
Helped Build the First Electric
Furnace--Erected Complete
Village in Sweden
_____________________
PORT CHESTER, N. Y., April 15,
"---Edgar Field Price, a former vice president of the Union Carbide and Carbon company and one of the men responsible for the early production of acetylene, died here today at Knollwood Farm, his county estate. He was 62 years old.
"Mr. Price was born at Leaksville, N. C., and at 17 became connected with the Willson Aluminum Company, of Spray, N. C. While he was with that company he and his associates constructed the first electric furnace to produce heat of great intensity for smelting purposes. Their desire was primarily to produce aluminum, and during one of their experiments they loaded the furnace with coke, ore and lime in the hope of obtaining a commercially valuable metal. When water was poured on the molten mass an inflammable gas was generated, which later was known as acetylene.
"After a short period with the Westinghouse Company, Mr. Price joined the Union Carbide Company and later became president of the Electro Metallurgical Company. When the Union Carbide and Carbon Company was formed to coordinate the work of several organizations engaged in closely related fields, Mr. Price became Vice President, a position he held until his retirement in 1925.
"Mr. Price had been decorated by the King of Norway with the Royal Order of St. Olav, First Class, and was well known in industrial and financial circles. Surviving are his widow, two sons, Edgar Kenan and James Owen Price, and a daughter, Miss Mary Lyle Price; his mother, Mrs. Mary Lyle Price, two sisters and three brothers."
Obit thanks to Vicki ([email protected]), a Price family researcher.
My notes: Edgar Field Price was the first of seven children born to James Madison Price (1851-1921) and his wife Mary Lyle Field (1853-1944). His paternal grandparents were Maj. John Pryor Price (1806-1881) and his wife Mary Ann Eliza Hampton (1810-1886) of Henry County, Virginia; and, his maternal grandparents were Thomas William Field (1828-1886) and his wife Margaret M. Moir (1831-1894) of Leaksville (now Eden), Rockingham County, North Carolina.
Edgar married Ida Gertrude Owen (1876-1946) in 1899. She was a daughter of Charles Norton Owen and his wife Josephine S. MacDonald, of Niagara Falls, NY. Edgar and Ida were living at Niagara Falls in 1900, and had moved to New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY by 1909, and to Port Chester, Westchester Co. by 1920, where they lived at Knollwood Farms. Edgar was a superintendent/manager of various carbide plants, and in 1930, he was listed as an investor and breeder of Guernsey cattle.
Edgar and Ida had three children: Edgar Kenan Price (1902-1955, m. Marion Carolyn Bowker in 1928, lived in Los Angeles, California), James Owen Price (1907-1950, m. Emily Garland Ellison in 1940, lived in Hawaii) and Mary Lyle Price (1909-1968, never married).
Many thanks to Marie B. who created these memorials, took the tombstone photographs, and kindly transferred them to me. A note from her original memorial for Edgar read "[email protected] provided birth place and parents' names."
E. F PRICE IS DEAD;
ACETELYNE PIONEER
_____________________
Former Vice President of the
Union Carbide and Carbon
Company, 62 Years Old.
_____________________
DECORATED BY NORWAY
_____________________
Helped Build the First Electric
Furnace--Erected Complete
Village in Sweden
_____________________
PORT CHESTER, N. Y., April 15,
"---Edgar Field Price, a former vice president of the Union Carbide and Carbon company and one of the men responsible for the early production of acetylene, died here today at Knollwood Farm, his county estate. He was 62 years old.
"Mr. Price was born at Leaksville, N. C., and at 17 became connected with the Willson Aluminum Company, of Spray, N. C. While he was with that company he and his associates constructed the first electric furnace to produce heat of great intensity for smelting purposes. Their desire was primarily to produce aluminum, and during one of their experiments they loaded the furnace with coke, ore and lime in the hope of obtaining a commercially valuable metal. When water was poured on the molten mass an inflammable gas was generated, which later was known as acetylene.
"After a short period with the Westinghouse Company, Mr. Price joined the Union Carbide Company and later became president of the Electro Metallurgical Company. When the Union Carbide and Carbon Company was formed to coordinate the work of several organizations engaged in closely related fields, Mr. Price became Vice President, a position he held until his retirement in 1925.
"Mr. Price had been decorated by the King of Norway with the Royal Order of St. Olav, First Class, and was well known in industrial and financial circles. Surviving are his widow, two sons, Edgar Kenan and James Owen Price, and a daughter, Miss Mary Lyle Price; his mother, Mrs. Mary Lyle Price, two sisters and three brothers."
Obit thanks to Vicki ([email protected]), a Price family researcher.
My notes: Edgar Field Price was the first of seven children born to James Madison Price (1851-1921) and his wife Mary Lyle Field (1853-1944). His paternal grandparents were Maj. John Pryor Price (1806-1881) and his wife Mary Ann Eliza Hampton (1810-1886) of Henry County, Virginia; and, his maternal grandparents were Thomas William Field (1828-1886) and his wife Margaret M. Moir (1831-1894) of Leaksville (now Eden), Rockingham County, North Carolina.
Edgar married Ida Gertrude Owen (1876-1946) in 1899. She was a daughter of Charles Norton Owen and his wife Josephine S. MacDonald, of Niagara Falls, NY. Edgar and Ida were living at Niagara Falls in 1900, and had moved to New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY by 1909, and to Port Chester, Westchester Co. by 1920, where they lived at Knollwood Farms. Edgar was a superintendent/manager of various carbide plants, and in 1930, he was listed as an investor and breeder of Guernsey cattle.
Edgar and Ida had three children: Edgar Kenan Price (1902-1955, m. Marion Carolyn Bowker in 1928, lived in Los Angeles, California), James Owen Price (1907-1950, m. Emily Garland Ellison in 1940, lived in Hawaii) and Mary Lyle Price (1909-1968, never married).
Many thanks to Marie B. who created these memorials, took the tombstone photographs, and kindly transferred them to me. A note from her original memorial for Edgar read "[email protected] provided birth place and parents' names."
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