Dr. Thomas Crawford McBride, Jr.

1806 - 1848  (42 years)

• Name	Thomas Crawford McBride  [1]
  Title	Dr.
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	1806	White Co, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Other-Begin	1846	Oregon Trail
  Death	23 Jun 1848	Willamette River, Oregon City, Oregon
  	Newspaper: Oregon Spectator Oregon City, Oregon Territory June 29, 1848 DEATH BY DROWNING - Rev. Thomas McBride was drowned in the Willamette river on Friday evening of last week while attempting to cross from Linn City to this city.
  Notes	Death of a Preacher Son Thomas Crawford McBride had a son also named Thomas Crawford McBride. He had met Martha Ann Brink when his father was preaching at Rock Fort Township. They married in 1835 and came overland in 1847, the same year that Thomas, Sr. left Missouri. Evidence is good that they left for Oregon at the same time. Like his older brother James, young Thomas was a physician as well as a preacher. He and Martha had settled on land several miles directly south of present-day Perrydale in Polk County. The nearest church would have been Bethel, about four miles northeast. But tragedy struck less than a year after reaching Oregon. Thomas had been preaching on the east side of the Willamette River and was returning home with a yoke of oxen. Night had fallen before he reached the ferry at Oregon City. When the ferry boat started to move, the oxen were frightened and gored McBride's horse, causing horse and rider to fall into the Willamette River. He drowned leaving Martha with five children and another on the way. ---
  Person ID	I9269	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	Martha Ann Brink,   b. 5 May 1818, Missouri City, Fort Bend Co, Texas d. 20 Apr 1895, Lyons, Linn Co, Oregon (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1835	Missouri
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth McBride,   b. 1841, Missouri City, Fort Bend Co, Texas d. 1900, Washington (Age 59 years)   2. Henry Clay McBride,   b. 1836, Missouri City, Fort Bend Co, Texas d. 1890, Oregon (Age 54 years) + 3. Lavina McBride,   b. May 1837, Missouri d. 1918 (Age ~ 80 years) + 4. Nancy Jane McBride,   b. 1839, Missouri d. 22 May 1870, Benton Co, Oregon (Age 31 years)   5. Thomas Hybert McBride,   b. 1848, Oregon City, Oregon d. 10 Nov 1891, Lebanon, Linn Co, Oregon (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F3636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2012

  
  

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  Birth - 1806 - White Co, Tennessee  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S301] Karl Kiser (KSquared77).