Re: Mcbride family in Illinois and Texas
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Re: Mcbride family in Illinois and Texas
6/16/99
talk 'bout shots n dark?my grandfather was oscar james mcbride. born in laurel,ms. in 1894. he named one of his daughter's RUTH. a brother(?),named jasper(cousin maybe?) jasper lee mcbride was born in claiborn,la. dec.25 1884,died 6-19-1919.jasper married beulah acklen 12-30-1906.jasper's father shows to be Leonidas p. mcbride his mother shows to be Cardelia m. craighead. both were supposed to lived an died in claiborn,la. all i can bring to mind was that his father leonidas,came there from arkansas? i am supposed to have a namesake fought for the CSA!!! from one i here ha was supposed to have an arm shot off in 1863 in battle for vicksburg. on the other hand was told ha was sent to a yankee pow camp,faked his death,and went to texas,changed his first name,either dieing there or possibly maved to s.carolina where he died. this may not help?but my father died 1-06-59! if this help's? i hope! i am doing more digging on this,maybe you might have something i might be looking for? If i can b of any assistance,feel free to e-mail. yours in christ c.d. mcbride!