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Note: SAMUEL McBRIDE was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1794, came to Butler county with his parents in 1796, and here grew to manhood. He was married in 1827, to Margaret J. BEERY, a daughter of Jacob BEERY, and they were the parents of eight children, as follows: Mary A., who married Thomas STEWART; John M.; Margaret J.; Frances M., who married Thomas DENNY; William B., deceased; Alabama, wife of William H. WEITZEL; Rebecca E., wife of Samuel LESLIE, and Elizabeth, deceased. Mr. McBRIDE followed farming in Middlesex township, and both he and wife spent their lives in this county, dying upon the old homestead. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics, he was first a Whig, and afterwards a Republican. Their son William B., enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and died soon after the battle of Fredericksburg, from a fever. Their eldest son, John M. McBRIDE, was born upon the homestead, in Middlesex township, February 26, 1829, has always been engaged in farming, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics, is an adherent of the Republican party.
(Source: History of Butler County, R.C. Brown Publishers (1895), (Chapter LXXII, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - Butler, Summit, Clearfield, Winfield, Buffalo, Jefferson, Clinton, Penn, Middlesex Townships, and Saxonburg Borough) - , p. 926)
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