Columbia County PA Archives Biographies.....McBRIDE, Hugh D. 1828 - 
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  HUGH D. McBRIDE. Among the well-to-do and successful agriculturists of Columbia
  County is the subject of this sketch, residing on a fine farm in Hemlock
  township. His portrait is presented on a preceding page. He has been interested
  in the agricultural development of the county, more or less all his life, and in
  the prosecution of his vocation he has met with far more than ordinary success.
  He was born on the old McBride homestead in Hemlock township January 30, 1828,
  and is a son of William and Mercy Carr (Barton) McBride. Hugh McBride, the
  grandfather of our subject, was reared and educated in the northern part of
  Ireland and was of Scotch-Irish descent. With his wife and children he came to
  the United States and purchased from the Penn estate a tract of land consisting
  of 640 acres of wild and uncultivated land in Hemlock township, Columbia County,
  Pa. He cleared a part of his purchase and engaged, in tilling the soil; he was
  the first settler in that section of the county. His farm was located at the
  lower end of Frosty Valley and is now divided into three large farms, one of
  which is owned by the estate of the late P. A. Evans, another by Robert
  Crossley, and the third part is owned by our subject and is known as the old
  McBride homestead. Politically Hugh McBride was a firm Democrat. He was a member
  of the Presbyterian Church. He was the father of eight children: Hugh, James,
  Nathan, Thomas, William, Jane, Susan, and Mary, all of whom are deceased.
  
    William McBride, the father of our subject, was born on the old homestead in
  Hemlock township and was reared to agricultural pursuits. He was also a pioneer
  of Columbia County and was a prominent member of his community. He was a soldier
  in the War of 1812. Politically he was a Jackson Democrat and served two terms,
  1824 to 1828, in the State Legislature. Religiously he was an active and
  consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. He chose for his companion Mercy
  Carr Barton, a daughter of Elisha Barton, a descendant of the old Barton family
  that early settled in this part of the state. As a result of this union four
  sons and five daughters were born, all of whom are deceased but our subject.
  They were as follows: Mary, who was the wife of William Emmet and resided in
  Ohio; Rachael, who was the wife of John Barkley; Sarah, who wedded William G.
  Quick; Susan; Elizabeth; James, who went to the Mexican War and was never heard
  from afterwards; Franklin, who was a farmer on the old homestead until his
  death: William; and Hugh D., the subject of this sketch.
  
    Hugh D. McBride was reared on the old homestead and received his education in
  the public schools of Catawissa and also in the high school of that town. While
  a young man he learned the trade of a plasterer, which he followed a few years,
  and then returned to the old homestead and engaged in the pursuits of an
  agriculturist.
  
    In politics our subject is a supporter of the Democratic party and has held
  several township offices. He is a member of Catawissa Lodge, No. 349, F. & A.
  M., and has been a Mason for thirty-one years. Mr. McBride was wedded to
  Alveretta Stecker, a daughter of Gideon Stecker, a farmer of Hemlock township.
  Two children have blessed the home of our subject and his wife: Charles Grover;
  and Anna.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
    Extracted from:
      
      Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
      Published by 
      Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
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