Dr/Rev James A. McBride

1802 - 1875  (73 years)

• Name	James A. McBride
  Title	Dr/Rev
  Birth	9 Feb 1802	Nashville, Davidson Co, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Yamhill Co, Oregon
  	218 McBride James 49 1801 Tennessee Camelite minister 218 McBride Mahale 39 1811 Missouri 218 McBride Martha 19 1831 " 218 McBride John 18 1832 " 218 McBride Alvina 16 1834 " 218 McBride Louisa 15 1835 " 218 McBride Lucinda 14 1836 " 218 McBride Nancy 13 1837 " 218 McBride Mary 12 1838 " 218 McBride Emily 9 1841 " 218 McBride Judith 7 1843 " 218 McBride Thos 3 1847 " 218 McBride James 2 1848 OT (Oregon Territory) 218 McBride Susan 0 1850 " 219 McBride Thomas 73 1777 " farmer 219 McBride Martha A 33 1817 North Carolina 219 McBride H C 14 1836 male Missouri 219 McBride Lavina 11 1839 " 219 McBride Elizth 9 1841 " 219 McBride Nancy 7 1843 " 219 McBride Mary 5 1845 " 219 McBride Thomas 2 1848 "
  Religion	Christian church, Northwest Oregon
  Religion	21 Jul 1855	Christian school, Bethel College, Bethel, Oregon
  	established
  		Bethel College, Bethel, Oregon Historian Robert Carlton Clark, writing in the History of the Willamette Valley, Oregon, Vol. 1, page 595ff, reports: Early in the '50s the leaders in the Christian Church attempted to organize a school at Bethany, near Silverton, to be known as Bethany College. Thomas C. Shaw, for many years one of the leading citizens of Marion County, was a prime mover in the project, assisted by Rev. G. O. Burnett, a Mr. Gherkin, Peter Cox, Fones Wilbur, and Elias Cox. The town was platted, and the burning of brick for the building was under way when tbe project was abandoned through the lack of capital. It has been claimed that the project was then transferred to Polk Co., and resulted in the establishment of Bethel Institute. Material was purchased and hauled by volunteers to the construction location. Then on July 4, 1855, the framework was raised by volunteers who had come from far and wide to celebrate Independence Day, to have dinner on the grounds, listen to some invigorating speeches and to raise the building. The two main speeches were presented by W. L. Adams and A. V. McCarty. The full text of Adam's speech is carried on the front page of the Oregon Argus, July 21, 1855. The full text of Mr. McCarty appears a few weeks later. Brief comments were also made by Glen Owen Burnett and Dr. James McBride. The Argus is available on microfilm from the University of Oregon. http://ncbible.org/nwh/orcola.html
  Death	18 Dec 1875	St. Helens, Columbia, Oregon
  Notes	Oregon Spectator Newspaper 19 June 1851 We learn that Dr. McBride, after a few months visit to the mines has returned to his family some $9000 better. Good. ************ THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF OREGON Page 344 Dr. James McBride, Tennessean by birth but brought up in Missouri, was a leading man in his community both in Missouri and Oregon. A friend of Senator Linn, he discussed with him the features of his famous bill of 1841-2, and early took an interest in Oregon matters. He emigrated with his family to the new west in 1846, and settled in Yamhill county where for many years he lived, a useful and honorable citizen. He ws the friend of education and atemperance. Early in the history of the Territorial Government he was elected to the council; and in the political excitement of the civil war of 1861-5, was an ardent supporter of the administration. In 1863, while his eldest son, John R. McBride, was in Congress, Dr. McBride received the appointment of U.S. Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands, which position he held for several years. He died at St. Helens, Oregon, in December, 1875, aged 73, leaving a numerous family of useful and respected sons and daughters. Portland Oregonian, December 25, 1875. His wife, Mahala, a woman of marked talent, survived him 2 years, dying February 23, 1877, at St. Helens. Olympia Transcript, March 3, 1877. ************
  Person ID	I32591	Roots
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2013

  
  

  Father	Rev. Thomas Crawford McBride, Sr.,   b. 27 Jan 1777, Clinch River, Virginia d. 29 Apr 1857, Carlton, Yamhill Co, Oregon (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Eliza Womack,   b. 1780, of, Gilford Co, North Carolina d. Bef 1809 (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	1796	Tennessee
  	Thomas married Eliza Womack in 1796, the same year that Tennessee became a state. Since the Womack clan had also migrated from Guilford County, N.C. just like Thomas and his parents, it is probable that Thomas knew Eliza before arriving in the new country of Tennessee. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sbenton&id=I13078
  Family ID	F8553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mahalia Miller,   b. 26 Sep 1811, St. Louis, Franklin Co, Missouri d. 23 Feb 1876, St. Helens, Columbia Co, Oregon (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1830
  Children	1. Martha E. McBride,   b. 12 May 1831, St. Louis, Franklin Co, Missouri d. 16 Dec 1882, Salem, Marion Co, Oregon (Age 51 years)   2. John Roger McBride,   b. 22 Aug 1832, Franklin Co, Missouri d. 20 Jul 1904, Spokane, Spokane Co, Washington (Age 71 years)   3. Alvina McBride,   b. 1834, Missouri d. Aft 1850, of, Yamhill Co, Oregon (Age 17 years)   4. Louisa McBride,   b. 1835, Missouri d. Aft 1850, of, Yamhill Co, Oregon (Age 16 years)   5. Nancy McBride,   b. 1837, Missouri d. Aft 1850, of, Yamhill Co, Oregon (Age 14 years)   6. Mary McBride,   b. 1838, Missouri d. Aft 1850, of, Yamhill Co, Oregon (Age 13 years)   7. Emily McBride,   b. 1841, Missouri d. Aft 1850, of, Yamhill Co, Oregon (Age 10 years)   8. Judith McBride,   b. 1843, Missouri d. Aft 1850, of, Yamhill Co, Oregon (Age 8 years)   9. Thomas McBride,   b. 1847, Missouri d. Aft 1850, of, Yamhill Co, Oregon (Age 4 years)   10. James McBride,   b. 1848, Yamhill Co, Oregon d. Aft 1850, of, Yamhill Co, Oregon (Age 3 years)   11. Susan McBride,   b. 1850, Yamhill Co, Oregon d. Aft 1850, of, Yamhill Co, Oregon (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F11464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2011

  
  

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