Lang, H. O., ed.  "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description 
of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and 
Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal 
Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers."  Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and 
Job Printer, 1885.  p. 639.

JAMES McBRIDE

     Born in Tennessee about the year 1801; resided for a time in Springfield,
Missouri; emigrated to Oregon in 1845; settled upon a farm in Yamhill County,
but about 1870 removed to St. Helens, Columbia County.  He was a physician, but
did not practice much in the latter half of his life.  Was United States
Minister to the Hawaiian Kingdom from 1863 to 1866.  Was the father of fourteen
children, some of whom have attained distinction.  Died in St. Helens, December
18, 1875.  The doctor was one of the most prominent and useful men of the early
days, and left a large fund of endearing recollections to posterity.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.