[p. 635] rural mail carrier
for Route No. 2, out of Lowellville,
Ohio, was born in Mahoning Township,
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, February
13, 1855, on the farm on which he resides,
and is a son of Joshua Anderson and
Martha (Lowry) McBride.
The father of Mr. McBride was also born on the Mahoning Township farm, and was a son of John McBride, who was the founder of the family of Mahoning Township. He was of Scotch-Irish extraction, and his sturdy qualities have been more or less inheritated by his descendants. He reared an estimable family and his son, Joshua Anderson, who died in June, 1884, was a valued and useful citizen. The latter married Martha Lowry, who was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, and is one of the most venerable ladies residing in Mahoning Township, having passed her ninety-second birthday. Of their children, the four survivors are: Davidson C., who resides at New Bedford, Pa.; Dickson, who is a contractor and builder residing at Lowellville, Ohio; Samuel M., who lives at Lapeer, Mich., and James H., with whom the mother makes her home.
James H. McBride has lived on the homestead all his life. He attended the public schools of Mahoning Township, Westminster College at New Wilmington, Pa., and Poland Seminary, at Poland, Ohio. In his father's blacksmith shop he learned considerable concerning that trade, but he has given the main part of his attention to the further development of the farm. For some years he has been a mail carrier and in this capacity is very popular over the route he covers. Mr. McBride was married (first) to Helen B. Anderson, who was a daughter of Thomas Anderson, late of Pulaski Township, and she left one son, Roy L., who lives in Mahoning Township. He married (second) Marietta Jackson, of Mahoning County, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Helen M., who lives at home. Mr. and Mrs. McBride are members of the Mahoning United Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Republican.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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