James Douglas McBride

Birth Date

1842

Death Date

1932-05-22

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Richland County, Ohio, farmer and soldier. Ohio native. Son of William McBride and Susan McBride. Resident in Madison, Ohio, in 1850. Farmer in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1860. Served in the 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as sergeant in 1861. Served in the 5th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as second lieutenant from April 10, 1862 to January 8, 1863. Served in the 8th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment as major and lieutenant colonel from August 20, 1864 to May 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Richland County, Madison, p. 96A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Richland County, Mansfield, Ward 3, p. 66. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Ohio, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M552, Roll 69. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of West Virginia, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M508, Roll 128. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Artillery Organizations, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M1818, Roll 146. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 136 of Appendix. Find A Grave, "James Douglas McBride (1842-1923)," Memorial #41695865, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41695865 (accessed November 19, 2018).

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