James Hubert Price was born at Organ Cave, in Greenbrier County, September 7, 1878.  He was the son of Charles William and Nancy (Boone) Price.

 

He received his free school diploma when only twelve years of age.  He graduated from Washington and Lee with the A.B. degree.  He graduated in Law and practiced in Richmond, Virginia, for twenty years.

 

Price served seven terms in the Virginia Assembly and two terms as Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia.  He was a former Captain and Adjutant, 1^st Virginia National Guard, and served on many committees, including the Yorktown Sesquicentennial and the George Washington Bicentennial.

 

James Hubert Price was elected Governor of Virginia in 1937.

 

( information from Historical Booklet, Greenbrier County, 1938 )