Samuel Bender McBride

Full Name: Samuel Bender McBride
Date of birth: July 1, 1840
Date of death: August 23, 1917

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	98	Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897	24th	Democrat	San Marcos / Hays		Blanco, Comal, Gillespie, Hays
H	91	Jan 9, 1883 - Apr 18, 1883	18th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	Democrat	San Marcos / Hays		Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays

(1) Sterling Fisher, in special election 12/4/1883, sworn 1/8/1884, succeeded Samuel B. McBride, removed from district after Regular Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.

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House District 98
Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
Legislatures: 24th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Marcos / Hays
Counties in district: Blanco, Comal, Gillespie, Hays

House District 91
Jan 9, 1883 - Apr 18, 1883
Legislatures: 18th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: San Marcos / Hays
Counties in district: Caldwell, Guadalupe, Hays

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Resolutions and Journal entries

S.B. McBride, 18th Legislature, 91st District. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, S.B. McBride, p. 270. Born 1841 in Tennessee. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, 1st Sergeant, Company K, 11th Regiment, Missouri Infantry. Samuel Bender McBride, Arlington, Tarrant County, age 73, born in Tennessee, lawyer, death date 8/23/1917 in Dallas. Includes letter from S.B. McBride, 8/11/1913, and Confederate States Army parole document for S.B. McBride, by order of Major General Gordon Granger, Galveston, Texas, 7/31/1865. Pension File No. 21919, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com.
"Veterans Eulogize Life of Greenwall: Resolution Is Passed on Death of Beloved Comrade: Members of Robert E. Lee Camp Also Adopt Resolution on Death of Veteran S.B. McBride," 9/3/1917, p. 3. Report on Fort Worth meeting of the Robert E. Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, to adopt resolution on the death of McBride, "enlisted in the Eleventh Missouri Cavalry and served throughout the Civil War, taking part in many of the larger battles. He was a member of the Texas Legislature." Dallas Morning News.
Resolutions on the death of S.B. McBride, United Confederate (Civil War) Veterans Records, 1863-1967 and undated. Resolution text; death date 8/7/1917 in Dallas at age 77. "He came to Texas immediately after this settling in San Marcos in Hays county where he engaged in the practice of law and represented his county several terms in the Texas legislature . . . " Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library. Texas Tech University Libraries.

Other Resources

S.B. McBride, age 77, born about 1840 in Tennessee; death date 8/23/1917 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Samuel B. McBride, birth date 7/1/1840, death date 8/23/1917, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, with spouse Mary Bell McBride. Find a Grave.
Obituary, Captain S.B. McBride, "Mrs. G.H. Clifford's Father Buried Here," 8/24/1917, p. 2. Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Samuel B. McBride. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Obituary, Captain S.B. McBride, "Two Good Men 'Gone to Their Reward'," The Arlington Journal, 8/31/1917, p. 2, crediting Arlington Public Library. "I knew Captain McBride first more than thirty years ago in San Marcos, then in the legislature where he served with distinction. He came to Arlington about ten years ago . . . " Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Photographs

Photograph. S.B. McBride, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. S.W. McBride, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
24th session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

24th R.S. - 1895 Claims and Accounts Constitutional Amendments Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Public Lands and Land Office Revenue and Taxation
18th R.S. - 1883 Educational Affairs Finance Judiciary No. 1 Penitentiaries Penitentiaries, Subcommittee on Private Land Claims (Chair) Public Lands and Land Office

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