Edwards, Rev. Jonathan. "An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of Washington." San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1900. p. 486. HON JOHN R. McBRIDE is a native of Franklin county, Missouri, born August 22, 1833. In 1846 the family crossed the plains with oxen, locating in Yam Hill county, Oregon. Mr. McBride grew up there, entered the law office of David Logan in 1854 and was admitted to the bar in 1857. Though the youngest member of the constitutional convention of 1857, he took an active and leading part in the deliberations of that body. In 1860 he was elected to the state senate and in 1862 was elected to the lower house of the national congress, where he did good service as a member of the Pacific Railroad committee and of the committee on Indian affairs. In 1865 he was appointed by President Lincoln chief justice of Idaho and discharged the duties of that office with ability and dispatch for three years, then resigned and engaged in the practice of law at Boise City. He practiced there until 1872, serving one year as superintendent of the United States Assay office. From that time until 1890 he resided in Salt Lake City, Utah, practicing his profession in the firm of Sutherland & McBride. In 1890 he came to Spokane, and has since devoted most of his attention to his large and varied legal practice. He was, however, a member of the Republican national convention, which nominated President Harrison in 1892, and also of the Silver Republican convention, which met at St. Louis, in 1896. Judge McBride has long been a prominent man in the history of the Northwest. At twenty-one he was superintendent of schools in Yam Hill county, at twenty-four he led the deliberation of the Oregon constitutional convention, at twenty-seven he was in the Oregon state senate, at twenty-nine he was in the national congress, and at thirty-two he was chief justice of Idaho. He is now regarded as one of the ablest lawyers in this state. Judge McBride has been twice married. On December 3, 1852, he wedded Miss E. M. Adams, a native of Ohio, who died in California in 1869, leaving two children, Isabel, now the wife of Marshall Cushing, of New York City, and Willis P., an attorney and United States deputy collector at Sitka, Alaska. He was married again in Philadelphia, August 10, 1871, to Miss Helen A. Lee, a native of that city, and they have four children, Howard R., Anna L., Walter S. and Henry C. Transcriber's additional notes: Census: 1850, November 19; Yamhill Co, OR; p 172 James McBride, 49, TN, minister Mahala, 39, MO Martha, 19, MO, att. school John, 18, MO Alvina, 16, MO, att. school Louisa, 15, MO, att. school Lucinda, 14, MO, att. school Nancy, 113, MO, att. school Mary, 12, MO, att. school Emily, 9, MO Judith, 7, MO Thos, 3, MO James, 2, Or Terr. Susan, 4/12, Or Terr. 1860, June 11; Yamhill Co, OR; LaFayette pct, p 667 John R. McBride, 27, MO, lawyer, $1200 / $600 Eunice, 28, OH Isabel, 6, OR, att. school Willis, 4, OR Israel Huber, 38, OH Miranda Smith, 9, OR, att. school 1870, Aug. 23; Ada Co, ID; Boise City, p 34 John R. McBride, 38, MO, attorney at law 1870, June 30; Berkshire Co, MA; Pittsfield, p 552; Maplewood Young Ladies Institute Belle McBride, 16, OR, at school (8 teachers & 58 students) 1880, June 8; Salt Lake Co, UT; Salt Lake City, Wd 12, p 184; Fifth East st. John R. McBride, 49, TN, TN, OR, lawyer Ellen A, wife, 39, PA, PA, PA Willis P, son, 24, OR, TN, IL, clerk in office, Wd or Div. Frank, son, 17, OR, TN, IL, att. school Mary L, dau, 7, ID, TN, PA Howard R., son, 6, UT, TN, PA Anna, dau, 4, UT, TN, PA Walter G, son, 2, UT, TN, PA Henry C, son, 1, UT, TN, PA 1900, June 4; Spokane Co, WA; Spokane Wd 2, p 109; 318 South Howard John R. McBride, 66, Aug 1833, MO, TN, Mo, mar 6 yrs, lawyer Howard R, son, 25, April 1874, UT, MO, PA, med. student Annie L, dau, 23, April 1876, UT, MO, PA, stenographer Henry C, son, 20, Aug 1879, UT, MO, PA, student Walter S, son, 22, Feb 1878, UT, MO, PA, stenographer Washington State Archives http://www.secstate.wa. gov/history/search_notice.aspx 1904, July 20 death date for J. R. McBride (see death certificate) * * * * Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in August 2006 by Diana Smith. Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.