Samuel D. Pryce Explained

Samuel D. Pryce (1841–1923) was an American businessman, Civil War officer and author based in Iowa. Over many years, he composed a regimental history, which was finally published in 2008 under the title Vanishing Footprints: The Twenty-Second Iowa Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War.[1] [2] After the war, he helped start the Good Roads Movement in Iowa.

Pryce was born in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania in 1841. He came to Iowa City to teach and enroll in the University, but instead enlisted in 22nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the summer of 1862. He was promoted on the battlefield, and eventually served as Captain of Company A, adjutant of the regiment, and adjutant-general of Gen. Molineaux's brigade. He was mentioned for conspicuous gallantry at Winchester.[3] [4] He was one of Iowa's two delegates to the first Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) convention.[5]

After the war, Pryce became a business and civic leader in Iowa City. From 1874 to 1879, he was one of the owners of the Iowa City Republican.[6] He twice declined the Republican Party's nomination to be a Representative,[7] but served in a number of local positions in Iowa City. On January 3, 1883 the Iowa State Register published Pryce's Public Highways in Iowa, which "became in large measure the basis of the good roads movement" in Iowa, and led to the calling of a State road convention in Iowa City in March 1883.[8] Pryce's recommendations, including the elimination of labor tax and creation of a property tax, were adopted by the convention.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. Timothy B. Smith, Vanishing Footprints: The 22nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, 68 Annals of Iowa 2 (Spring 2009) pp. 178-179. https://doi.org/10.17077/0003-4827.1325
  2. Web site: Pryce, ed. Burden: "VANISHING FOOTPRINTS: The Twenty-Second Iowa Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War" | Civil War Books and Authors. Cwba.blogspot.com. 2008-09-08.
  3. Book: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 1902. War Department. United States. Scott. Robert Nicholson. Lazelle. Henry Martyn. Davis. George Breckenridge. Perry. Leslie J.. Kirkley. Joseph William. Ainsworth. Fred Crayton. Moodey. John Sheldon. Cowles. Calvin Duvall.
  4. Book: Iowa and the Rebellion: A History of the Troops Furnished by the State of Iowa to the Volunteer Armies of the Union, which Conquered the Great Southern Rebellion of 1861-5. 485 . pryce molineaux. . . J.B. Lippincott . 1866. Ingersoll. Lurton Dunham.
  5. Wm J. Bowen (Secretary) and J.C. Switzer (President), Endorsement of the 22nd Iowa Regimental Association (1906), printed as Preface to Vanishing Footprints (supra), p. xvi.
  6. Book: Leading Events in Johnson County, Iowa, History. pryce. . . Western historical Press . 1912. Aurner. Clarence Ray.
  7. Book: History of Johnson County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, and its Townships, Cities and Villages from 1836 to 1882: Together with Biographical Sketches. 1883.
  8. Book: History of Road Legislation in Iowa. 184 . pryce iowa state register 1883. . . State Historical Society of Iowa . 1912. Brindley. John Edwin.
  9. Rodney O. Davis, Iowa Farm Opinion and the Good Roads Movement, 1903-1904, 37 Annals of Iowa 5 (Summer 1964) pp. 325-326. https://web.archive.org/web/20151201000646/http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7709&context=annals-of-iowa
  10. Web site: Chapter Four : The Movement For Good Roads. Iowadot.gov. 4 October 2018.

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