Birth Date
    5 January 1788
    Death Date
    31 August 1860
    Gender
    Male

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    John McBride

    • John initially traveled across the plains in 1847, helping his 77 year-old mother, Abigal, and his brother Samuel and family. He returned to Iowa, and helped his sister Martha Knight, and family, come west in 1850. His brother Reuben and a nephew, Oliver, were also with him.

      In the 1850 census, he appears living next to or with his nephews Harlem and Oliver McBride.

    Edward Hunter/Jacob Foutz Company (1847)

    • Age at Departure: 59

    Traveled with

    Warren Foote Company (1850)

    • Age at Departure: 62
    • Head of Household

    Traveled with

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