Biographical Sketch of John McBride, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** John McBride, engineer on the St. Louis, Wabash & Pacific Railway. Is a native of Ayrshire, Scotland, and was born September 17, 1843. Was there raised to manhood, educated and commenced railroading, and for fourteen months was fireman on the North British Railroad. In 1870 he came to the United States and thence to this city, and for seven years was in the employ of the Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs Railroad, the greater portion of the time as fireman. Since that time he has been with the present company. Mr. McBride is thoroughly familiarized with the details of railroading, and as an engineer has few equals. He was married in 1874 to Miss Margaret Priestly. They have four children: John, Isabelle, Mary and Laura. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================