CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: HENRY J. MCBRIDE - Smith County, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

HENRY J. McBRIDE.

Dr. Henry J. McBride, of Tyler, was born in Benton county, Tenn., 
April 12, 1838. He removed with his parents in 1854 to Texas, 
locating in Starrville in Smith county. A few years later he took 
up his residence in Tyler where he has resided continuously. Dr. 
McBride was educated in New Orleans, La., being an honor graduate of 
one of that city's leading colleges. When the war came in 1861 Dr. 
McBride enlisted as a private in the 15th Texas infantry. During his
second year in the field he was commissioned a lieutenant and assigned 
to the ordinance department. Later he was on the staff of Col. Hill, 
serving until the close of the war. Dr. McBride has been a successful 
dentist for forty years or more, and ranks at the very head of his 
profession in this state. He has been a Mason for nearly half a 
century; was Grand High Priest of the Royal Arch Chapter for the 
entire State of Texas, and has been Eminent Grand Commander of the 
Knights Templar in Tyler. He has been W. M. of St. John's Lodge No. 53 
in Tyler for years and years, and is re­cognized throughout the state 
as an authority on Masonic law. He married Miss Angeline Middleton of 
Starrville, Texas, descended from the well known South Carolina 
fami­ly. Two of the three children survive: James L. McBride, a 
lawyer by profession, but actively engaged in newspaper work and 
accounted one of the brightest young journalists in this section; 
Miss Mary McBride, who married Jeff G. Jones of Dallas. Dr. McBride is 
still actively engaged in his pro­fession and adding to his fame.