John Joseph McBride also known as "Exile McBride" was born in Dublin, Feb 3, 1842. At a young age, he took an active interest in the Young Ireland Movement and Irish Nationalism. McBride sailed to America where he eventually came to reside in Buffalo, NY, and became a badge and novelty ribbon maker, selling to fraternal and civic organizations as well as Civil War veteran groups. He also was a photographer which he incorporated photos into his badges. His notoriety also earned him a second nickname of "The Crank Badgeman of Buffalo."
McBride took part in the June 1866 Fenian Raids into Canada, as the city of Buffalo was one of the focal points where the Fenian Brotherhood launched their attacked into West Canada. He was captured at the Battle of Ridgeway and claimed later to have been carrying the United States flag for the Fenian Brotherhood onto British soil. McBride was eventually released through his political and church intervention with the British Government and returned to Buffalo, continuing to speak and lobby for Irish Freedom.
He spent his last 40 years organizing Fenian and Irish Movements for Home Rule, becoming widely known throughout the US to many politicians and political leaders, delivering a petition of over 30,000 signatures for the cause of Ireland's Home Rule to English Prime Minister William E Gladstone.
He died suddenly, after a short illness in his home in Buffalo on Feb 11, 1911 is buried in Brockport's Mount Olivet Cemetery, where his brother Stephan was living at the time.
McBride took part in the June 1866 Fenian Raids into Canada, as the city of Buffalo was one of the focal points where the Fenian Brotherhood launched their attacked into West Canada. He was captured at the Battle of Ridgeway and claimed later to have been carrying the United States flag for the Fenian Brotherhood onto British soil. McBride was eventually released through his political and church intervention with the British Government and returned to Buffalo, continuing to speak and lobby for Irish Freedom.
He spent his last 40 years organizing Fenian and Irish Movements for Home Rule, becoming widely known throughout the US to many politicians and political leaders, delivering a petition of over 30,000 signatures for the cause of Ireland's Home Rule to English Prime Minister William E Gladstone.
He died suddenly, after a short illness in his home in Buffalo on Feb 11, 1911 is buried in Brockport's Mount Olivet Cemetery, where his brother Stephan was living at the time.
John Joseph McBride also known as "Exile McBride" was born in Dublin, Feb 3, 1842. At a young age, he took an active interest in the Young Ireland Movement and Irish Nationalism. McBride sailed to America where he eventually came to reside in Buffalo, NY, and became a badge and novelty ribbon maker, selling to fraternal and civic organizations as well as Civil War veteran groups. He also was a photographer which he incorporated photos into his badges. His notoriety also earned him a second nickname of "The Crank Badgeman of Buffalo."
McBride took part in the June 1866 Fenian Raids into Canada, as the city of Buffalo was one of the focal points where the Fenian Brotherhood launched their attacked into West Canada. He was captured at the Battle of Ridgeway and claimed later to have been carrying the United States flag for the Fenian Brotherhood onto British soil. McBride was eventually released through his political and church intervention with the British Government and returned to Buffalo, continuing to speak and lobby for Irish Freedom.
He spent his last 40 years organizing Fenian and Irish Movements for Home Rule, becoming widely known throughout the US to many politicians and political leaders, delivering a petition of over 30,000 signatures for the cause of Ireland's Home Rule to English Prime Minister William E Gladstone.
He died suddenly, after a short illness in his home in Buffalo on Feb 11, 1911 is buried in Brockport's Mount Olivet Cemetery, where his brother Stephan was living at the time.
McBride took part in the June 1866 Fenian Raids into Canada, as the city of Buffalo was one of the focal points where the Fenian Brotherhood launched their attacked into West Canada. He was captured at the Battle of Ridgeway and claimed later to have been carrying the United States flag for the Fenian Brotherhood onto British soil. McBride was eventually released through his political and church intervention with the British Government and returned to Buffalo, continuing to speak and lobby for Irish Freedom.
He spent his last 40 years organizing Fenian and Irish Movements for Home Rule, becoming widely known throughout the US to many politicians and political leaders, delivering a petition of over 30,000 signatures for the cause of Ireland's Home Rule to English Prime Minister William E Gladstone.
He died suddenly, after a short illness in his home in Buffalo on Feb 11, 1911 is buried in Brockport's Mount Olivet Cemetery, where his brother Stephan was living at the time.
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Back side of marker indicates his mother Jane and sister Mary also buried in this area. See photo.
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