[3] He worked as a hod carrier for several years with Singleton T. Jones, who became a bishop of the AME Zion Church.
[3] He and his wife were buried at a lot he held in Harrisburg at the Lincoln Cemetery,[7][6][b] which was established by the Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church in 1827.
[10] In 1866, he was a minister in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and represented the Good Samaritan Council of Harrisburg at the annual conference.
[13] In 1881, he was elder and musical director of the AME Zion Church in York, Pennsylvania.
He held a rally that year with William H. Day and other ministers speaking at the church.
[20][21] His areas of interests at the A.M.E. Zion Church conferences included book concern, journal, holy orders, complaints,[22] missions,[21] and railroad accommodations.
[10][25] It was established in September 1865 as an auxiliary to the Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss education and for the "moral and mental elevation of the freedmen."
[26] In 1879, he helped plan for the Zion Hill Collegiate Institute[21] and spoke about the importance of education.
[27] Price, the secretary of the church's board of education, with William H. Day and Rev.
[31] He was on the Board of Book Concern in 1876, when the Zion Church Advocate was declared in debt.
[20] It was published in Washington, D.C.[20] He was identified as one of the noteworthy authors for the AME Zion Church in 1896.