Background
Price, Richard Nye was born on July 30, 1830 in Elk Garden, Virginia, United States. Son of John Wesley and Mary (Miller) Price.
Price, Richard Nye was born on July 30, 1830 in Elk Garden, Virginia, United States. Son of John Wesley and Mary (Miller) Price.
Bachelor of Arts, Emory and Henry College, Virginia, 1854, later Master of Arts (Doctor of Divinity, Weaverville College, Trinity College, and Emory and Henry, 1913).
Ordained ministry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1852. Served in various pastorates, on circuits, in schools and colleges and as editor church publications. Professor mathematics and ancient languages, Holston Conference Female College, 3 years.
President People's College, Pikesville, Tennessee, 4 years.
Professor mathematics, Emory and Henry College, 4 years, Harriman University, 3 years.
Served as private Rough and Ready Guards, May-October, 1861.
Married Ann, sister of the United States Senator Z. B. Vance, of North. Carolina, May 8, 1855.