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1847–1868

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Birth Date
5 January 1788
Death Date
31 August 1860
Gender
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John McBride

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  • 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

  • Abigail McBride (Age: 77)
  • Samuel McBride (Age: 57)
  • Lemira McBride (Age: 53)
  • Lydia Minerva McBride (Age: 15)
  • Henry Samuel McBride (Age: 11)

Warren Foote Company (1850)

  • Age at Departure: 62
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Reuben McBride (Age: 47)
  • Martha Knight (Age: 45)
  • James Vinson Knight (Age: 16)
  • Oliver Stephen McBride (Age: 14)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census.
  • 1860 Utah Census, Utah County.
  • Edward Hunter and Jacob Foutz letter to Brigham Young in Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 17 August 1847, 5-6.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 25.
  • Warren Foote Emigrating Company Journal, 1850 June-September.
  • Warren Foote autobiography and journals, 1837-1903, vol. 1, 110-26.