Mr. Frank Virgil B. Price was born to Henry O. Price and Sarah (Ellison) Price on May 29, 1865 in Hardy, Michigan. He had four brothers Charles H., Pliny O., Pearl Price and Elmer X., (aka Kenneth), also four sisters .Lucelia J., Mary H., Estella A. and Jennie E. Price.
He was raised in Birch Run, Michigan where he met and married Miss Adelaide Sheley on March 30, 1887. Together they had six children Harry Austin, Virgil Frank, Hazel Elizabeth, Ida Sheley, Florentine M. and Phoebe Alexandra Price.
In May of 1906, Frank, a lumberman moved the family to Mississippi following the timber boom. He entered the yellow pine sawmill business with a small mill at Helena, MS. In 1910 he moved his mill to the Soso area of Jasper County. On February 1, 1911, Price bought 2,200 acres of longleaf yellow pine timber in southeastern Marion County and in the summer of 1911 Price's mill at Shivers and the machinery from his mill near Soso were moved to a point one mile west of Pinebur, Marion County, on the Gulf & Ship Island Columbia Branch. Construction then began at the Pinebur site on a new band mill which began operation in October 1911. This mill had a cutting capacity of about 60,000 feet per day. The specialty was special order cuttings, export saps and high grade rift flooring. On March 6, 1914 the sawmill proper was completely destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt with a single band and gang with operations commencing on September 21, 1914.
Price owned and operated 4 lumber mills in Helena, SoSo, Shivers and Pinebur, Mississippi, also another in Isabel, Louisiana. Pine Burr Lumber Company, F.V.B. Price and Company, Price Veener & Lumber Company.
A dwindling lumber supply, combined with the Great Depression caused numerous mills to close down. By the summer of 1920, Price's mill in Pinebur cut out and was dismantled. Once a lumber mill was "cut out," many families were left without a means of support.
Frank was widowed October 4, 1920 when Ada passed away. She was laid to rest with their daughters in Birch Run, Michigan. At the time of his death in April 1942, Frank was living with his daughter Alexandra and her husband Adam Brinson in Lee County, Mississippi
The exact location of Frank Price's burial is unknown.
He was raised in Birch Run, Michigan where he met and married Miss Adelaide Sheley on March 30, 1887. Together they had six children Harry Austin, Virgil Frank, Hazel Elizabeth, Ida Sheley, Florentine M. and Phoebe Alexandra Price.
In May of 1906, Frank, a lumberman moved the family to Mississippi following the timber boom. He entered the yellow pine sawmill business with a small mill at Helena, MS. In 1910 he moved his mill to the Soso area of Jasper County. On February 1, 1911, Price bought 2,200 acres of longleaf yellow pine timber in southeastern Marion County and in the summer of 1911 Price's mill at Shivers and the machinery from his mill near Soso were moved to a point one mile west of Pinebur, Marion County, on the Gulf & Ship Island Columbia Branch. Construction then began at the Pinebur site on a new band mill which began operation in October 1911. This mill had a cutting capacity of about 60,000 feet per day. The specialty was special order cuttings, export saps and high grade rift flooring. On March 6, 1914 the sawmill proper was completely destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt with a single band and gang with operations commencing on September 21, 1914.
Price owned and operated 4 lumber mills in Helena, SoSo, Shivers and Pinebur, Mississippi, also another in Isabel, Louisiana. Pine Burr Lumber Company, F.V.B. Price and Company, Price Veener & Lumber Company.
A dwindling lumber supply, combined with the Great Depression caused numerous mills to close down. By the summer of 1920, Price's mill in Pinebur cut out and was dismantled. Once a lumber mill was "cut out," many families were left without a means of support.
Frank was widowed October 4, 1920 when Ada passed away. She was laid to rest with their daughters in Birch Run, Michigan. At the time of his death in April 1942, Frank was living with his daughter Alexandra and her husband Adam Brinson in Lee County, Mississippi
The exact location of Frank Price's burial is unknown.
Mr. Frank Virgil B. Price was born to Henry O. Price and Sarah (Ellison) Price on May 29, 1865 in Hardy, Michigan. He had four brothers Charles H., Pliny O., Pearl Price and Elmer X., (aka Kenneth), also four sisters .Lucelia J., Mary H., Estella A. and Jennie E. Price.
He was raised in Birch Run, Michigan where he met and married Miss Adelaide Sheley on March 30, 1887. Together they had six children Harry Austin, Virgil Frank, Hazel Elizabeth, Ida Sheley, Florentine M. and Phoebe Alexandra Price.
In May of 1906, Frank, a lumberman moved the family to Mississippi following the timber boom. He entered the yellow pine sawmill business with a small mill at Helena, MS. In 1910 he moved his mill to the Soso area of Jasper County. On February 1, 1911, Price bought 2,200 acres of longleaf yellow pine timber in southeastern Marion County and in the summer of 1911 Price's mill at Shivers and the machinery from his mill near Soso were moved to a point one mile west of Pinebur, Marion County, on the Gulf & Ship Island Columbia Branch. Construction then began at the Pinebur site on a new band mill which began operation in October 1911. This mill had a cutting capacity of about 60,000 feet per day. The specialty was special order cuttings, export saps and high grade rift flooring. On March 6, 1914 the sawmill proper was completely destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt with a single band and gang with operations commencing on September 21, 1914.
Price owned and operated 4 lumber mills in Helena, SoSo, Shivers and Pinebur, Mississippi, also another in Isabel, Louisiana. Pine Burr Lumber Company, F.V.B. Price and Company, Price Veener & Lumber Company.
A dwindling lumber supply, combined with the Great Depression caused numerous mills to close down. By the summer of 1920, Price's mill in Pinebur cut out and was dismantled. Once a lumber mill was "cut out," many families were left without a means of support.
Frank was widowed October 4, 1920 when Ada passed away. She was laid to rest with their daughters in Birch Run, Michigan. At the time of his death in April 1942, Frank was living with his daughter Alexandra and her husband Adam Brinson in Lee County, Mississippi
The exact location of Frank Price's burial is unknown.
He was raised in Birch Run, Michigan where he met and married Miss Adelaide Sheley on March 30, 1887. Together they had six children Harry Austin, Virgil Frank, Hazel Elizabeth, Ida Sheley, Florentine M. and Phoebe Alexandra Price.
In May of 1906, Frank, a lumberman moved the family to Mississippi following the timber boom. He entered the yellow pine sawmill business with a small mill at Helena, MS. In 1910 he moved his mill to the Soso area of Jasper County. On February 1, 1911, Price bought 2,200 acres of longleaf yellow pine timber in southeastern Marion County and in the summer of 1911 Price's mill at Shivers and the machinery from his mill near Soso were moved to a point one mile west of Pinebur, Marion County, on the Gulf & Ship Island Columbia Branch. Construction then began at the Pinebur site on a new band mill which began operation in October 1911. This mill had a cutting capacity of about 60,000 feet per day. The specialty was special order cuttings, export saps and high grade rift flooring. On March 6, 1914 the sawmill proper was completely destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt with a single band and gang with operations commencing on September 21, 1914.
Price owned and operated 4 lumber mills in Helena, SoSo, Shivers and Pinebur, Mississippi, also another in Isabel, Louisiana. Pine Burr Lumber Company, F.V.B. Price and Company, Price Veener & Lumber Company.
A dwindling lumber supply, combined with the Great Depression caused numerous mills to close down. By the summer of 1920, Price's mill in Pinebur cut out and was dismantled. Once a lumber mill was "cut out," many families were left without a means of support.
Frank was widowed October 4, 1920 when Ada passed away. She was laid to rest with their daughters in Birch Run, Michigan. At the time of his death in April 1942, Frank was living with his daughter Alexandra and her husband Adam Brinson in Lee County, Mississippi
The exact location of Frank Price's burial is unknown.
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