Microfilm of the typescript autobiography of James McBride, written in 1874 and 1876. McBride traces his genealogy and family history in Virginia and Ohio, describes his family's conversion to Mormonism, and recalls their moves throughout Missouri from 1834-1836. He gives a detailed account of his father's death in the Haun's Mill Massacre of 1838 and of his own examination of the area in the following weeks. McBride describes anti-Mormon sentiment in Missouri and his family's move to Illinois, where he rented a farm near Nauvoo in 1841. He writes of traveling westward in 1846, living in Iowa until 1850, and traveling overland to Utah (including inscribing his name on Chimney Rock). He then describes his life in Tooele and Grantsville, conflicts with Indians and the building of a fort in 1853-1854, and the Utah War. Includes table of contents and index. Microfilm of typescript copy made for Brigham Young University from original owned by Mrs. Lon Rowberry, 1939. All inquries about this item should be directed to the H. Russell Smith Foundation Curator of Western Historical Manuscripts at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. Microfilm. San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library Photographic Dept., 1950. 1 microfilm reel : negative 35 mm. Forms part of the Manuscripts Department's Mormon file, c.1805-1995. James McBride (1818-1876) was born in Fairfield, Ohio. His family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints in 1831, and James was baptized in 1838. His family moved to Missouri in 1834 and his father was killed at Haun's Mill in 1838. In 1839 the McBrides moved to Illinois, and in 1846 James left to travel west. He arrived in Utah in 1850 and lived at Tooele and Grantsville.
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