Brief Life History of Pleasant Napoleon
When Pleasant Napoleon Price was born on 27 June 1870, in Tuckasegee, Jackson, North Carolina, United States, his father, Archibald Nelson Price, was 39 and his mother, Mary Ann Parker, was 37. He married Elizabeth B. Hooper in 1892, in Jackson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Caney Fork Township, Jackson, North Carolina, United States in 1880 and River Township, Jackson, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years. He died on 27 February 1936, in Jackson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Jackson, North Carolina, United States.
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- Pleasant N Price, "United States Census, 1930"
- P N Price, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Plesant Napoleon Price, "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994"
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Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Rhys ‘son of Rhys’ (see Reece ). This is one of the commonest of Welsh surnames. It has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
English: nickname from Middle English, Old French pris ‘excellent, noble, highly valued (person)’.
Americanized form of Jewish Preuss or Preis .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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