"Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Chapman 
Publishing Company, 1903. p. 1498.
 
NIMROD PRICE

     since 1852, has been identified with the agricultural interests of this
part of the county. He was born in Jefferson county, Ky., September 8, 1822, but
his parents moved from the south when their son Nimrod was a child of six years
of age, settling in Indiana. After making their home in the Hoosier state for
two years the family located near Danville, Vermilion county, ILL., in 1830.
     Nimrod Price received his early education and training in Illinois, and
soon after reaching his majority was united in marriage with Miss America
Froman, October 22, 1846, marking the date of this event. The young people made
their home in Illinois for about five years, and, in 1851, filled with a desire
to found a home in the new west, they started on the long journey across the
plains with the greater part of their belongings packed in one wagon, drawn by
four yoke of oxen. Eight head of loose cattle and two horses also formed a part
of their equipment. The journey began March 24, 1851, and it was not until
September II following that they finally reached their destination in Marion
county. In the spring of 1852 Mr. Price came to Linn county and took up a
donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres, the same property upon which
he at present makes his home. With the exception of two winters, when he was in
Albany, this has been his home ever since, settling here over half a century
ago, and in the meantime he has developed one of the finest farm properties in
Linn county.
     To Nimrod and America (Froman) Price were born twelve children, whose names
and whereabouts are given as follows: Curtis resides in Jackson county, Ore.; S.
Price is a resident of Crook county; Clara became the wife of Judge Charles E.
Walverton, of Albany; Bruce is a stockman in Crook county; Annie is the wife of
Charles C. LaFollette and resides in California; Kate, Mrs. Horace Powell, also
resides in California; dark, the youngest of the family living, has assumed
charge of the home place. The children deceased are named as follows: Albertine,
Sydney, John M., Russell, and Fred. In 1848, before coming to the west, Mr.
Price joined the Masonic fraternity, and is now identified with the lodge at
Salem of which he is the only charter member living. Mr. Price also has the
distinction of being one of the seven charter members of the Masonic lodge at
Albany.

     
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2009 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.