Hon. Thomas McBride and Eliza Annetta Winans

---

---

Husband Hon. Thomas McBride ^{1 2}

---

           Born: 18 Feb 1828 - Slippery Rock, Butler Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jun 1904 - Philadelphia, PA 2
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Alexander McBride (1795-1878) 1 2 3
         Mother: Mary "Polly" Armstrong (1795-1847) 2 3

---

       Marriage: 6 Nov 1856 2

---

---

Wife Eliza Annetta Winans ²

---

           Born: 18 Sep 1834 - Milton, Trumbull Co, OH 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Nov 1920 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

---

         Father: Henry Winans (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Rachel McCarthey (      -      ) 2

---

---

Children

---

1 M Henry Crawford McBride ²

---

           Born: 14 Sep 1857 - Lawrence Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Oct 1860 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

---

2 F Mary Estella McBride ²

---

           Born: 12 Jul 1859 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Benjamin Beisel (1859-1922) 2 4
           Marr: 25 Oct 1883 2

---

3 M William Wallace McBride ²

---

           Born: 24 May 1861 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Oct 1892 - Philadelphia, PA 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Anna Bell White (1866-1894) 2
           Marr: 29 Jun 1887 2

---

---

General Notes: Husband - Hon. Thomas McBride

---

At one time he served as mayor of New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.

Unk newspaper,
Registers For Old Hotel of Early Eighties Found
Two hotel registers, vintage 1880-1884, were found in the attic of the old Beisel home on the corner of Wallace and Jefferson avenues that present an interesting picture of the new castle that was. The registers are to be donated to the New Castle Historical Society by the Beisel heirs.
In faded script on yellowed paper the daily doings at the McBride house, Thomas McBride, proprietor, are chronicled. Much more than names and addresses of guests are found herein -- little sidelights of life in the 80's grace the remarks column that make for interesting reading.
For instance, every so often the remark, "fraud, skipped," follows a name and usually the "fraud" was from New York city.
The McBride house, as far as can be learned, was not a very important hotel in New Castle and was probably not here for much more than ten years. Thomas McBride, proprietor, had his troubles in making a living -- we found a little note after November 19, 1884, that said sadly and a little bitterly: "Here seven years today, cash in hand 13c!! What shall the harvest be?"
But all was not sadness at the McBride house. At least once a year the opera company stopped there and then Thomas McBride, proprietor, wrote of songs and parities through the halls. On such gala days, he wrote in his finest script with elaborate lines and decorations.
The McBride house register had some strange and tragic entries. One guests name was followed by the notation that he had been killed by a P. & L.E. Railroad and "before he paid his bill, too."
An old paper-thin maple leaf was found pressed between Wednesday and Thursday, March 19 and 20, 1882, giving rise to the suspicion that Thomas McBride, proprietor, was either an amateur naturalist or a sentimentalist. Perhaps his girl picked the leaf for him.
The winter of 1881 was very cold compared with the weather we experience nowadays. Thomas McBride, proprietor, must have thought so too for it was the only winter he bothered to record the temperatures. On February 22, 1881, the thermometer fell to 22 degrees below zero -- the lowest notation of the winter.
It was with reluctance that your reporter closed the registers for they brought the feeling of another quieter world close and shut out for a few moments the grimness of the present.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 358.

2 Jeff McBride, Thomas Armstrong in Path Valley (Laurel, Md: Web-published, 2012).

3 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 528.

4 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 998.