More on the McBride family.
In our Bigger family records there is listed a David McBride, born about
1850, no record where. Married to (nfn) Hicks before 1871. (she is listed
as having been born about 1853. We have one child listed, James Knox Polh
McBride, born about 1871, in Freedom, Owen county. He married Eva Bigger ,
dau of Leonard Benham Bigger and Mary Johnson, on November 7, 1900. For all
the Bigger researchers out there the family history and some other records
indicate that his parents died while he was young and he was taken in by an
uncle (a Bigger) and raised. Prior to this uncles death he changed his name
to Bigger. (Officially??). His son, Clifford Roosevelt McBride Bigger and
his grandchildren carried the Bigger surname. Clifford was born April 23,
1902. married Grace Lucille Swafford on September 20, 1922. There are
more details but not immediately available (36 miles of traffic each way).
Richard W. Smith
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