Dr. Benjamin I. Price, a distinguished oculist who has made valuable contribution to the profession in the invention of the instrument known as the Price ophthalmic lensometer, which enables the individual to take the most accurate and scientific measurements for the eye, and upon which he holds valuable patents, was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania in August 1858, a son of Thomas H. and Elizabeth (Dannahauer) Price. The father was born on an ocean steamer while his parents were en route to this country from Europe. The mother was born in Pennsylvania and belonged to one of the prominent old families of that state. Mr. Price engaged in the jewelry trade and in railroad work. He came to Colorado in his later years and while in this state lived retired from active business, passing away in Denver in 1915, when he had reached the ripe old age of eighty-six years. His wife died in 1913 and was also eighty-six years of age at the time of her demise.
Dr. Price was the third in order of birth in their family of ten children. For a short period, or until he was thirteen years of age, he attended the public schools of Pennsylvania and then left home to start out in the world on his own account. He went to Kansas, where he was variously employed in ways that would yield him an honest living, and with the money which he saved from his earnings he paid his tuition for a course in the treatment of the eye. He then entered upon the practice of the profession and in the course thereof he began studying toward evolving some instrument which would meet professional needs. As a result of his study and experimenting he invented the instrument known as the Price opthalmatic [sic] lensometer, the value and worth of which was at once acknowledged by the profession and which has now come into wide use. He came to Denver in 1885, passed the required examination giving him the right to practice in the state and in 1888 rented the office which he now occupies and which he has retained through all the intervening years. He is considered an expert in the treatment of diseases of the eye and fitting of glasses, possessing pronounced ability in these directions.
In December, 1880, Dr. Price was married to Miss Margaret M. Neyhard, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Neyhard, the former a well known surveyor, who served as county surveyor of Columbia county, Pennsylvania. Dr. and Mrs. Price have two children. Dr. Evelyn B. Price, who was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of the Denver Homeopathic College, and is now physician for the insane at the State Insane Asylum at Pueblo, Colorado. Helen Irene, born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of the high school of Denver.
Dr. Price is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America. He is of the Protestant faith and in politics maintains an independent course, supporting men and measures rather than party. His professional prominence has made him widely known and he is recognized as one of the eminent professional men of Denver.
Source: Stone, Wilbur Fiske, History of Colorado, Vol. 4 (1919), S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., p.762
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Dr. Price was the third in order of birth in their family of ten children. For a short period, or until he was thirteen years of age, he attended the public schools of Pennsylvania and then left home to start out in the world on his own account. He went to Kansas, where he was variously employed in ways that would yield him an honest living, and with the money which he saved from his earnings he paid his tuition for a course in the treatment of the eye. He then entered upon the practice of the profession and in the course thereof he began studying toward evolving some instrument which would meet professional needs. As a result of his study and experimenting he invented the instrument known as the Price opthalmatic [sic] lensometer, the value and worth of which was at once acknowledged by the profession and which has now come into wide use. He came to Denver in 1885, passed the required examination giving him the right to practice in the state and in 1888 rented the office which he now occupies and which he has retained through all the intervening years. He is considered an expert in the treatment of diseases of the eye and fitting of glasses, possessing pronounced ability in these directions.
In December, 1880, Dr. Price was married to Miss Margaret M. Neyhard, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Neyhard, the former a well known surveyor, who served as county surveyor of Columbia county, Pennsylvania. Dr. and Mrs. Price have two children. Dr. Evelyn B. Price, who was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of the Denver Homeopathic College, and is now physician for the insane at the State Insane Asylum at Pueblo, Colorado. Helen Irene, born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of the high school of Denver.
Dr. Price is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America. He is of the Protestant faith and in politics maintains an independent course, supporting men and measures rather than party. His professional prominence has made him widely known and he is recognized as one of the eminent professional men of Denver.
Source: Stone, Wilbur Fiske, History of Colorado, Vol. 4 (1919), S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., p.762
Note: Information provided by Find-a-Grave Contributor cleaverkin.
Dr. Benjamin I. Price, a distinguished oculist who has made valuable contribution to the profession in the invention of the instrument known as the Price ophthalmic lensometer, which enables the individual to take the most accurate and scientific measurements for the eye, and upon which he holds valuable patents, was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania in August 1858, a son of Thomas H. and Elizabeth (Dannahauer) Price. The father was born on an ocean steamer while his parents were en route to this country from Europe. The mother was born in Pennsylvania and belonged to one of the prominent old families of that state. Mr. Price engaged in the jewelry trade and in railroad work. He came to Colorado in his later years and while in this state lived retired from active business, passing away in Denver in 1915, when he had reached the ripe old age of eighty-six years. His wife died in 1913 and was also eighty-six years of age at the time of her demise.
Dr. Price was the third in order of birth in their family of ten children. For a short period, or until he was thirteen years of age, he attended the public schools of Pennsylvania and then left home to start out in the world on his own account. He went to Kansas, where he was variously employed in ways that would yield him an honest living, and with the money which he saved from his earnings he paid his tuition for a course in the treatment of the eye. He then entered upon the practice of the profession and in the course thereof he began studying toward evolving some instrument which would meet professional needs. As a result of his study and experimenting he invented the instrument known as the Price opthalmatic [sic] lensometer, the value and worth of which was at once acknowledged by the profession and which has now come into wide use. He came to Denver in 1885, passed the required examination giving him the right to practice in the state and in 1888 rented the office which he now occupies and which he has retained through all the intervening years. He is considered an expert in the treatment of diseases of the eye and fitting of glasses, possessing pronounced ability in these directions.
In December, 1880, Dr. Price was married to Miss Margaret M. Neyhard, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Neyhard, the former a well known surveyor, who served as county surveyor of Columbia county, Pennsylvania. Dr. and Mrs. Price have two children. Dr. Evelyn B. Price, who was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of the Denver Homeopathic College, and is now physician for the insane at the State Insane Asylum at Pueblo, Colorado. Helen Irene, born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of the high school of Denver.
Dr. Price is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America. He is of the Protestant faith and in politics maintains an independent course, supporting men and measures rather than party. His professional prominence has made him widely known and he is recognized as one of the eminent professional men of Denver.
Source: Stone, Wilbur Fiske, History of Colorado, Vol. 4 (1919), S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., p.762
Note: Information provided by Find-a-Grave Contributor cleaverkin.
Dr. Price was the third in order of birth in their family of ten children. For a short period, or until he was thirteen years of age, he attended the public schools of Pennsylvania and then left home to start out in the world on his own account. He went to Kansas, where he was variously employed in ways that would yield him an honest living, and with the money which he saved from his earnings he paid his tuition for a course in the treatment of the eye. He then entered upon the practice of the profession and in the course thereof he began studying toward evolving some instrument which would meet professional needs. As a result of his study and experimenting he invented the instrument known as the Price opthalmatic [sic] lensometer, the value and worth of which was at once acknowledged by the profession and which has now come into wide use. He came to Denver in 1885, passed the required examination giving him the right to practice in the state and in 1888 rented the office which he now occupies and which he has retained through all the intervening years. He is considered an expert in the treatment of diseases of the eye and fitting of glasses, possessing pronounced ability in these directions.
In December, 1880, Dr. Price was married to Miss Margaret M. Neyhard, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Neyhard, the former a well known surveyor, who served as county surveyor of Columbia county, Pennsylvania. Dr. and Mrs. Price have two children. Dr. Evelyn B. Price, who was born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of the Denver Homeopathic College, and is now physician for the insane at the State Insane Asylum at Pueblo, Colorado. Helen Irene, born in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, is a graduate of the high school of Denver.
Dr. Price is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America. He is of the Protestant faith and in politics maintains an independent course, supporting men and measures rather than party. His professional prominence has made him widely known and he is recognized as one of the eminent professional men of Denver.
Source: Stone, Wilbur Fiske, History of Colorado, Vol. 4 (1919), S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., p.762
Note: Information provided by Find-a-Grave Contributor cleaverkin.
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