"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884"
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR.  CHICAGO:  F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS.  1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN.
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CLEMENT McBRIDE, is a native of this county, was born 
June 18, 1864 and is the third of the four children of
Alexander and Agnes (Scott) McBride, respectively of 
German and Irish extraction. They came hither as early 
as 1819 and located in the wilderness of Owen County, 
where they founded a home and improved and established
one of the best farms in the neighborhood; the father died
in 1874 leaving to each of his four children a help in 
the business of life.
Clement was taught the principles of farming, received a
good school education and after his father's decease, 
inherited a legacy of 102 acres of well located land.
Mr. McBride is a rising and esteemed young man, of much
executive ability and business capacity. He is now a 
salesman in the grocery house of Stephenson & Leonard
where he is growing in the favor of his employers and the
community. He has not yet reached the age of eligibility
as a voter, but is imbued with the principles of the 
Republican party.

DATA ENTRY: Debbie Jennings