Introduction

Biography

Carl was the son of Ja­cob Em­bu­ry Price. He mar­ried twice, to Lei­la Al­ber­ta Field (Ap­ril 24, 1905, Con­gre­ga­tion­al church, East Hamp­ton, Con­nec­ti­cut) and Flor­ence Drap­er Flo­ra Treat (June 19, 1913, Wash­ing­ton Heights Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church [now St. Luke’s A.M.E], Ha­mil­ton Heights, New York).

He gra­du­at­ed from Wes­ley­an Uni­ver­si­ty, Mid­dle­town, Con­nec­ti­cut (AB 1902), played the or­gan at the Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in East Hamp­ton (then Cha­tham), Con­nec­ti­cut, and was an av­id lo­cal his­to­ri­an.

From 1909 un­til re­tire­ment, he worked as an in­sur­ance bro­ker in New York Ci­ty.

Works

A co-found­er of the Hymn So­ci­ety of Am­eri­ca, he wrote about 200 hymns. His oth­er works in­clude:

• The Mu­sic and Hym­no­dy of the Me­tho­dist Hym­nal (New York: Me­tho­dist Book Con­cern, 1911)
• One Hun­dred and One Hymn Stories (New York: Ab­ing­don Press, 1923)
• Curiosities of the Hym­nal (New York & Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Me­tho­dist Book Con­cern, 1926)
• Wesleyan’s First Cen­tu­ry (Mid­dle­town, Con­nec­ti­cut: Wes­ley­an Uni­ver­si­ty, 1932)
• Yankee Town­ship, 1941