In 1930, Russell and Maude Price lived in Melrose with seven of their eight children. Aunt Eunice, the youngest, was not born yet. Russell owned his own home, which was valued at $3,000 ($46,550 in today’s dollars). He was employed as a farm laborer at the time of the census, which was taken the first year of the Great Depression.
Both Russell and Maude could read and write. All of the children old enough – Juanita, Jeannette, Herman and James – attended school that year.
Several relatives lived in the same neighborhood, including Russell’s parents, Allen and Caroline Price. Lucius Baldwin, who lived next door to Allen and Caroline, was Russell’s cousin. Annie Harper , who was instrumental in Russell’s decision to attend seminary in New York, lived two doors down from Russell and Maude in 1930.