Thomas Pleas McBride
(1855 - 1925)
August
1999 Update to McBride Family Information
By: Larry W Johnson
The credit for this breakthrough goes to cousin Barbara (McBride) Ouzts and Aunt Minnie Humphus. Barbara taped an interview that she had on 19 June 1984 at Rosebud, Texas with Aunt Minnie (McBride) Humphus, daughter of Thomas P. McBride. Aunt Minnie was 94 years old at the time, but had a clear memory of names and events back to her childhood. By sharing this tape with a couple of long lost cousins and exchanging known family information on our respective family lines, we were able to put this puzzle together. The following is an e-mail message outlining what I found from listening to that taped interview.
Barb,
What a treasure. I've already listened to it at least 3
times. Lots of
information, maybe some new clues. A brief summary of what
I've gleaned
from this interview.
Minnie was born in Wilson Co, TX
Minnie was young when her grandpa died, she doesn't recall his
name or her
grandmother's name. Her father Tom didn't talk of them
much. Gladys Looney
thought her grandfathers name was ZED (or could it have been
Jed? Sounds
similar) McBride. Her father, Tom, came to Texas from
Illinois, but she
doesn't know where he was born.
Minnie's grandpa (name?) had been married three times.
Children were: John
Daniel McBride, Thomas P. McBride, a half brother George (from
second wife?)
and a half sister (doesn't recall her name) from the last
wife. This half
sister favored Emma McBride (Minnie saw her once).
John Daniel McBride lived in Arkadelphia, Clark County, ARK where
Tom and
Ora got married. They stayed with John a few days after the
wedding. Minnie
can't remember John's wife's name. Minnie did have a girl
cousin that she
wrote to, but no mention of her name.
George McBride lived in Beaumont, TX and died down there.
He followed Tom
around where ever Tom went. (I believe this refers to when
they were
adults.) George's wife was named Alice. (Yes there is
another couple in
the McBride family with the same names.) George married
again before he
died, but they were too old to take care of each other and both
moved back
with their families.
Tom McBride Jr. got Minnie's momma's maiden name mixed up on
those papers
with her half sisters maiden name. It was supposed to be
Julia Holly and
Lizzie Hawthorn (Minnie pronounces it Ha-thorn). The girls
were orphan half
sisters. Minnie doesn't know where they were born.
Julia was seven years
older than her half sister. When Tom and Julia got married,
they went to
the family where Lizzie was living and picked her up and finished
raising
her in their home.
Tom P. McBride had ten children. Willie was the
oldest. He was deaf and
dumb. Train ran over his foot and he was taken to the
hospital, but he bled
to death. Jack was the youngest brother (not counting Ora's
children) and
he joined the service in WWI, went to Camp Greenleaf, GA where he
caught the
Flu and died in three days.
It sounds like there was a McBride family bible, but Minnie don't
know what
happened to it. She thinks Ora may have ended up with it
when Tom died.
When Tom died, Julia got part of it (money?) and there was a big
mess in
court.
There is more on the tape, but it is readings of the data on
tombstones at
Powers Chapel and I won't attempt to go into that here.
I now think that we have been chasing a wild goose following this
Litt
(Littleton) McBride. If Littleton B. McBride who lived up
untill 1909 in
Bell County was her grandpa, surely she would have seen,
remembered and
mentioned him. Aunt Minnie at age 93 had one heck of
a good memory. John
Daniel McBride seems to be an older full blood brother to
Tom. George would
be younger half brother and then there is the un-named youngest
half sister.
If looking for John Daniel, it should be noted that he went by
Uncle John
(Minnie) and Daniel (Tom P.). He may have went by his
initials, either name
or both at different times. John Daniel's birth place on an
ARK. census may
give us another clue where their father lived.
Thanks again Barb.
Larry W Johnson
September 3, 1999
Armed with this new information we have now unraveled much of our mystery on who the siblings and ancestors of Thomas Pleas McBride are. We are still turning up new relations, but here is what we know so far.
We found Tom's brother, John D(aniel) McBride (1858 - 1936) buried in the Caney Cemetery, Nevada County, Arkansas. The cemetery is located behind the Morris Baptist Church.
Listed on cemetery headstones along with John Daniel McBride are the following relatives:
McBride, Anna 1862--- 1923 double with John D.
McBride, John D. 1858--- 1936
double with Anna
McBride, Robert Owen 1894--- 1970 double with Maudie Lee
McBride, Maudie Lee 1895--- 1975 double with Robert Owen
McBride, Isaac Lit 1830---
no death date
McBride, Carrie 1891--- 1903
McBride, Jack 1890 ---1910
McBride, William M., Jr. 1918--- 1919
McBride, W. D. b. 10-23-1920 d. ------ double with
Dorothy
McBride, Dorothy 6-17-1923--- 2-19-1997 double with W. D.
McBride, Amos 1900--- 1993 double with Lois- m. 1-3-1920
McBride, Lois 1901--- 1984 double with Amos
McBride, Jimmy G. 7-10-1932 ---10-17-1992
We have now found the father of Thomas Pleas and John Daniel
McBride. He is Isaac Lit McBride b. 1830.
We had earlier found Isaac McBride and family listed in the Johnson County, Ill census of 1860, but were unable to resolve the conflict with the known name of "Litt" and the census listing of "Isaac". We now know his name was Isaac Lit McBride and have information that his middle name may have actually been "Lafayette", but this name is unproven at this time.
A quick check of the Nevada County, Ark listings revealed two possible relatives, Wallace D. McBride of Prescott and Millard D. McBride of Bluff City. It wasn't long after contacting these individuals that we confirmed their relationship as first cousins and our family relationship to them and the fact that Isaac Lit McBride was our common ancestor. Isaac Lit McBride was born in Wilson County, Tenn. (1830), married there, moved to Johnson County, Ill. (~1853) and then down into Texas following the Civil War (~1865).
