Son of John G. Price and America Wilson. He was a Baptist Elder and a Captain with the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was married to Charity Ann Price. They were the parents of: Florence (Mrs. Ivy), Susan M. (Mrs. Taylor), America E. (Mrs. Joette), Grace (Mrs. Griffith), Sterling and John M.

William H. Price served in the Mexican-American War as a Private in Co. B, 3rd Regiment, Missouri Infantry, US Army. He was discharged on October 1st, 1846 at Fort Leavenworth. He later served as a Captain in the Missouri State Gaurd for the Confederate Army from 1861-1865, and served under General Sterling Price during the Civil War. After the Civil War he moved to Rockwall, Texas, where he served on the 15th Texas Legislature from April 18, 1876 to January 14, 1879 in the 21st district.

OBITUARY- WILLIAM PRICE

Terrell Times Star-dated November 08, 1895

Rev. Price, father-in-law of J. C. Griffith, died at Fate (Rockwall County) last Thursday at the age of 76 years. He was a Baptist preacher for more than 50 years. He was buried at Mount Zion Friday.

OBITUARY OF WILLIAM'S DAUGHTER GRACE:

Terrell Daily Tribune-dated April 22, 1926

Grace Mortimer Griffith, aged eighty, was buried today in Oakland Cemetery. She was a member of the Baptist Church, born in Missouri in 1846, coming to Texas in 1862 as a child. She was a daughter of Captain William Hubbel Price and Charity Ann Price of Clay County, Missouri. Her father was a Baptist elder and joined the Confederacy fled from Missouri. Her father settled in what is now Fate, Rockwall County. She was married in 1866 to the late Captain Jeremiah Crabb Griffith, a Confederate veteran. They moved to Farmersville, Collin County, Texas. Eight children were born, five of whom with her husband, preceded her in death. She is survived by her two daughters, Mrs. Blanche Cartwright, the wife of M. C. Cartwright. Mrs. Anna G. Fields, surviving wife of the late James C. Fields and her son, Crabb M. Griffith, all of this city. She was one of a family of four girls and two boys. Her brother, G. Sterling Price of Dallas, was named for General Sterling Price of Confederate fame, General Price being a first cousin of Mrs. Griffith's father, John N. Price, deceased, was a brother and the surviving sisters being Mrs. America E. Jouette, wife of Napoleon E. Jouette of Dallas, Mrs. Susan Taylor, wife of J. M. Taylor of Ada, Oklahoma and Mrs. Florence Ivy, formerly Harris, now the wife of T. W. Ivy of Dallas.