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From the Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 588
PATRICK J. BRIDE, a prosperous and highly respected dairyman farmer in the town of Platteville, Grant county, was born in Toronto, Canada, in March, 1847.
Patrick and Catherine (REDMOND) BRIDE, his parents, were natives of Dublin, Ireland, and were married in their native city. In 1844 they came to Canada, where they followed an agricultural life. In 1852 they entered Wisconsin, and settled on a farm in the town of Lima, Grant county. Four years later they moved to Platteville, where they spent the rest of their days. He died in 1880, and she in 1891. They were both members of the Catholic Church, and he was a Democrat. They were the parents of eight children, of whom James, Patrick and Mary A. died young. Edward, born in Ireland in 1839, served in the 3d Wisconsin Cavalry during the Civil war; he married Miss Catherine DONGAN, of Omaha, and made that city his home until his death, in 1898; he left a wife and four children, John, James, Anna and Mary, who still reside in Omaha. Michael, born in Canada in April, 1845, was a small child when his parents came to Wisconsin; he married Miss Nettie MACE, and now resides in Kingsley, Iowa, where he is engaged in farming; they have had a family of fourteen children, twelve living - John, Edward, Fannie, Katie, May, Nellie, James, Annie, Walter, Adaline, Cecilia, and Clara. Patrick J. is our subject. John, born in Canada in 1849, obtained his education in the Wisconsin schools; he married Miss Jane WELCH, of Lima, where they lived until his death, in 1889; she left four children, Thomas (born in 1870), Mary (1872), Nellie N. (1874), and Jane, 1880. John BRIDE subsequently married Miss Katie HOLZER, and is now living on his farm north of Platteville.
Patrick J. BRIDE was reared and educated in Grant county, and here he has been engaged in farming during the greater part of his life. In February 1870, he married Miss Annie CONNOR, daughter of Patrick and Annie CONNOR, of Ireland; her mother belonged to the DOYLE family. Her parents came to Toronto, Canada, while still young people, and lived there some years. In 1851 they came to Platteville, where the father died nine years later. The mother later married Peter CLARK and died in 1887. Mrs. BRIDE was born in January, 1847, and is the only surviving member of a family of eight children. She received her education in the public school. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. BRIDE took up their abode in the town of Platteville, where he bought what was known as the old Bass farm. To this he added fifty acres, and is now the owner of 100 acres of fine farming land, two miles north of Platteville. He has comfortable buildings, and has made a choice farm. Mr. and Mrs. BRIDE were blessed with no children of their own, but are rearing two: Cordelia HOLZER, born Aug. 5, 1884, in Platteville; and Leo PITTS, born in July 1882. They are brining up these children as they would their own and both are now students in the public school. Mr. and Mrs. BRIDE are members of the Catholic Church, and he is a member of the Catholic Knights. He is a Democrat, and though never an aspirant for public office was clerk of the school district a number of years, and is a man held in the highest esteem by all who know him.
This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck