Fresno County, California Biographies

Source: History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of 
the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with 
its growth and development from the early days to the present (1919)

History By Paul E. Vandor 
Illustrated, Complete In Two Volumes 
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1919
 
Notes: Missing+page1185-1186

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
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CHARLES McBRIDE.� Determination looms large as a factor in 
success, and tends to develop an aptitude for one's calling that may not 
have been noticeable at first. Combined, these two factors are sure to 
bring success, and when they are coupled with energy and industrious 
application nothing can stand in their way. This has been strikingly shown 
in the career of Charles McBride, who owns a well-improved forty-acre 
ranch on Jensen Avenue, a half mile north of Lone Star, Fresno County. Cal. 
This ranch is devoted to the raising of raisin grapes, a work in which he 
finds ample opportunity for the use of his natural inclination toward viti- 
culture. 

Charles McBride was born in Monroe County, Mo., March 16, 1867, a 
son of John and Georgia (Hollingsworth) McBride. He had the advantages 
of the common schools, and early in life became possessed of the idea 
of accumulating some property of his own. He worked out on raisin ranches 
in Fresno County, and in the oil fields at Coalinga. Work in the vine- 
yards appealed most to him, and he has been more than ordinarily successful 
as a vineyardist. In 1903 he engaged in the livery stable business at Fresno. 
It was not until 1915 that he bought his present forty-acre ranch, which he 
now operates and where he makes his home. In the meantime he has bought, 
improved and sold four different places in Fresno County. He is a man 
whose friendship is prized on account of his strength of character and un- 
swerving principles of right. He believes in honesty and integrity in public 
as well as in private business, and is known as a man who practices what 
he believes. An advocate of a clean life, he is active in temperance work 
and in the dissemination of the doctrine of clean and economical govern- 
ment in local, state and national affairs. In politics he lines up with the 
Democratic party, and is a stanch supporter of the present administration. 
As an inspector and solicitor for the Raisin Growers' Association, Mr. Mc- 
Bride is most highly regarded, and his counsel is sought after by all who 
come in contact with him. Nature has endowed him with a large and 
strong body, together with an active and alert mind, and these, with a 
pleasing- personality make him justly popular. 

In 1897, Mr. McBride married Miss Lena Baldwin, a stepdaughter of 
James Finch, and she has contributed her share towards the success they to- 
gether have achieved. They are the parents of two children : Dwight, a student 
of the Easton High School, and Audrey. Just in the prime of life, Mr. and 
Mrs. McBride are enjoying the fruits of industry and frugality, and can 
view with satisfaction both the results already accomplished and the pros- 
pects for the future.