10/15/2026
Herbert Wesley McBride (15 Oct 1873 – 17 Mar 1933) McBride’s bio reads like it came out of Hollywood. Born to a lawyer, President Lincoln's bodyguard, and State Supreme Court Justice, Robert McBride (buried in Crown Hill Cemetery), the younger McBride would set out to live a life of war, adventure, and service. He served as instructor in musketry for the Canadian military during WWI and then given a commission; only to enlist under the American army. For his military work, he was awarded the Military Medal Great Britain for exceptional courage and devotion to duty in connection with scouting and patrol work. In December 1915 he twice visited the enemy parapets and even brought back a small flag which had been affixed with wires to a can of explosive. He has on several occasions gathered valuable information from enemy conversations overheard.
After the war, he worked for the State in conservation, serving as the superintendent of Mounds State Park and Brown County State Park. All of this after he went to Alaska during the gold rush era, served in the Boer War in South Africa under the British Empire and as an officer in the Indiana National Guard. In what free time he had, he was a published author.
Location: Section 38, Lot 245
