City: Memphis
PRICE, Gaston Chappell, railroad and levee contractor; born Marion, Crawford Co., Ark., April 10, 1873; English-Scotch-Irish descent; son of William Robert and Lelia (Nixon) PRICE; father was a planter and Confederate soldier in Forrest’s cavalry; paternal grandparents, John CHAPPELL and Martha (Hodges) PRICE, maternal grandparents, William Christopher and Martha (Hay) NIXON; educated Brownsville, Tenn.; began business career as an office boy with Ryan Grocery Co.; connected for some time with W. A. BICKFORD & Co., at present secretary and treasurer of the Southern Improvement Co.; also engaged in levee and railroad contracting on his own account; member Elks and Business Men’s Club.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
