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Price, Charles Grattan was born on May 31, 1919 in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Grattan and Julia Page (Pleasants) Price.
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Charles Grattan Price
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Charles Grattan Price, American insurance agency executive. Avocations: reading, historical railroad research and writing.
M C. Major United States Army Reserve, 1947-1954. Member Rlwy. and Locomotive History Society, National Rlwy. History Society, Railroadiana Collectors Association, Elks (lodge 450), American Legion (post 27).
Education
Bachelor of Science in Mech. Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, 1940.
Career
Mechanic engineer, Chesapeake Western Railway, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1940-1941; officer, United States Army, 1941-1945; consultant, private practice, Vermont, Pennsylvania, 1946; with insurance agency, C.G. Price & Sons, Inc., Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1946-1978; retired, 1978. Independent railroad dieselization survey consultant, 1946-1947.
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Membership
Major United States Army Reserve, 1947-1954. Member Rlwy. and Locomotive History Society, National Rlwy. History Society, Railroadiana Collectors Association, Elks (lodge 450), American Legion (post 27).
Connections
Married Kathleen Violette Nutter Price, March 15, 1940 (deceased 1992). Children: Julia Kathleen, Melinda Marshall, Charles Grattan III.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Presbyterian