AUGUSTINE DUROC ST.CLAIR (374) was born at Concord, New York, 31st July 1839. In 1863 be settled at Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa, since his home. He has filled public offices in his county, but his 400 acre farm receives his almost undivided attention. He married, 28th January 1872, Florence J. Jakway. He was at one time a teacher. Children: -
CAPT. CALEB NORTHROP ST.CLAIR (428) was born in Albion, New York, 23rd March 1818. He engaged in steam-boating on the Mississippi and its tributaries, with headquarters at St.Louis or New Orleans.
When war was declared with Mexico, he volunteered from New Orleans and went to Mexico, serving under General Zachary Taylor and other commanders. He fought in the battles of Cerre Gordo, 18th April 1847; Contreras and Cherubusco, 20th August; El Molinos del Rey, September 8; and on September 13th, he was in the victory at Chepultepec, which opened the gates of the Mexican capital to the U.S. forces. He was desperately wounded in the storming of Chepultepec and was a long time in the city of Mexico before he recovered.
While in Mexico City he met, loved, and married a beautiful and wealthy lady of Spanish blood, Marie Lucie Avilla. She died at the close of the first year of their married life, and he then returned to New Orleans, resuming his former business, with an occasional visit to Cuba. He married, secondly, 25th March 1850, Anna Maria Morris, of New Orleans, who died 7th September, 1853, when he married, thirdly, 5th April 1861, Isabel Bickerton, relict of a Mr. Murray, of New Orleans.
Captain St.Clair was an active supporter of the Confederate cause during the U.S. Civil War, and died of paralysis at his post, as first officer, upon the Confederate transport steamer Frolic, in the Red River, at Alexandria, 10th January 1863. He was buried in the Pineville Cemetery, where his nephew, the Hon. C.H. St.Clair, has erected a monument to his memory. He left no issue. His relict married, thirdly, Robert Hay, who soon died; she resides in New Orleans, Louisiana
DR. JAMES JULIUS ST.CLAIR (430), born in Barre, New York, 5th October 1821, educated at Albion Academy, graduated at Oberlin College, Ohio, and practised the profession of medicine at Royalton.
In 1851 he became agent of the Cleveland Iron Mining County at Marquette, Michigan, where he bad hardly been a year before he almost entirely recovered from the consumptive tendencies that had occasioned his removal from Cleveland, where he had been in business with his uncle, Judge Benjamin Northrop.
He resumed the practice of his profession.
In 1855-56 he purchased mining property, which proved very valuable. He was supervisor of the Marquette Company for four years, registrar of the U.S. Land Office in 1859, '61, '62, and editor and proprietor of the Marquette Mining Journal. He died in Marquette of pneumonia 16th May 1882. He married, 17th June 1846, Rachel Ann Griffith. Issue: -
ANGELINE SOPHIA ST.CLAIR (431) was born in Albion, New York, 21st December 1823. Educated at the Phipps Union Seminary at Albion, she is an interesting writer; her articles have appeared in many papers and magazines. One of her books, "Senora Ines, or the American Volunteers", is very interesting. It is through her thoughtfulness, love of kindred, great care and painstaking, that much of the information of her branch of the St.Clair family has been preserved.
THE HON. HANNIBAL CICERO ST.CLAIR (432), born in Essex, New York, 18th July 1825; went to East Cleveland, Ohio, with his parents, and in 1832, to Rochester, Illinois. He received a primary education, was brought up on a farm, and was made acquainted with mill or factory work.
In 1846 a mercantile apprentice at Mount Pulaski, Illinois; in 1849 he crossed the plains to California with an ox team. While there he was a merchant in Sacramento; was engaged in boating on the Sacramento River; mining; and a contract builder in Nevada City, where he made and lost a fortune. In 1851 he returned to Illinois, via Mexico, Central America, Cuba, and New Orleans, locating as merchant in Mount Pulaski.
Mr. St.Clair rendered valuable services in the cause of the Union during the Civil War. Enlisting in Company "G", 35th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, 1st March 1862, he was promoted to be First Lieutenant, and detailed as Brigade Quartermaster; subsequently was appointed "AA Division, Quarter-master, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland", and held that position till the close of his term of service.
He participated in several battles at Corinth, May 28th and 29th, 1862; at one period was in command of Georgetown, Kentucky; skirmished continually during the memorable march to Atlanta, Georgia, which town he was one of the first to enter; while on General T.J. Wood's staff, during the battle of Nashville, Tennessee, he was one of the first to scale the Entrenchments; the explosion of a caisson in this battle caused him the loss of the use of one ear.
His last fight was in the battle of Franklin, and soon after he was discharged.
After the war he resided at Mount Pulaski, then at Decatur, and in 1871 removed to Belle Plaine, Sumner County, Kansas, and pre-empted 160 acres of land, and fenced it with hedge fences; had valuable orchards and a fine park. His farm was a model, and his time was devoted to raising fine stock, fruit, and vegetables.
His public record has been one of honour, and of which any man might be proud. He was once coroner of Logan County, Illinois; and in 1875 was elected to the State Senate of Kansas, from the 25th district, comprising 13 counties, by a majority of over 6,000. For eleven years he was member of the State Board of Agriculture, and Vice-President of the Board in 1880, 1882 and 1883. For several years he was a member of the State Horticultural Society, and took a decided and intelligent interest in the development of all those special industries and fruits beneficial to agriculturalists. For twelve years he was statistical and crop reporter for the national and State governments; was appointed by the Governor as agent to the Philadelphia and New Orleans expositions; and twice appointed as a member of the Farmers' Congress. Attended as delegate the National Republican Convention at Chicago, and the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at San Francisco, California: St.Louis, Missouri; and Columbus, Ohio.
As an active advocate and helper in the building of school-houses, churches, and the founding of colleges, he has benefited the public. He has been active in Illinois and in Kansas in the locating and building of railroads, and for years was a director in some important ones. He has for many years been identified with the Masonic fraternity, and with the M.E. Church.
Mr. St.Clair's life has been one of great activity. He is strong and vigorous. At the age of 71 his usefulness is not at an end, and to use his own words, he stands ready "to assist in developing another State, to wit, Oklahoma". In the summer of 1889 he struck again for the frontier, and located at King Fisher, Oklahoma, where he now resides.
He married, 6th November 1851, Eliza Ellen Neal, who died 27th September 1854, leaving one child. He married, secondly, 7th October 1858, Catherine Ring. Issue: -
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Adopted child - SUSAN A. SINCLAIR, born 1835; died 1848.
CURTIS SINCLAIR (455), born Berkshire, Vermont, 25th July 1831; went, when young, to Bartlett, New Hampshire, with his parents. Has resided in these towns in Maine: Hiram, Brownfield, and Fryeburg, and for the last 22 years has lived in Conway, New Hampshire; carpenter and farmer. He married, 3rd December 1848, Mehitable Davis. Children: -
GEORGE SINCLAIR (658), born June 2nd 1841, in Sinclairville; lived there and in the neighbouring town of Gerry. He served during the Civil War in the 112th Regiment New York Volunteers, fighting in some of the most desperate actions and charges, such as at Cold Harbor, both attacks on Fort Fisher, and front of Petersburg, Virginia. After the war he settled down to farming at Luddington, Michigan, where he still lives. He married, in 1862, Roxa Wright. Issue: -
LUCIEN CHARLES SINCLAIR (678), born Danville, Vermont, September 22nd 1827; has travelled extensively in the Southern States; farmer and Nurseryman; residing at Perry, Ohio. He married, as third husband, 18th March 1878, his cousin, Olive Downing Glines, relict of (1) Jahial P. Cook, and (2) Hiram Owens. No children.
MILTON HUGH SINCLAIR (679), born Danville, Vermont, 14th December 1831; went to Perry, Ohio, where he farmed till 1888, when he moved to Roscommon City, Michigan, and is largely engaged in manufacturing lumber. He married Susan Race. Issue: -
PERRY SINCLAIR (378), born Barre, New York, 15th November 1823; married, 12th March 1855, Miss Whaley; farmer; resident Dundee, Michigan, where he died 21st October 1865. Child: -
ASA SINCLAIR (382), born Barre, New York, 18th October 1833; married, 9th November 1859, Louisa Lamb. Enlisted in 1st Michigan Regiment, 23rd December 1863. He was made prisoner by Forrest's cavalry 15th December 1864; marched 700 miles to Andersonville prison, 18th February 1865, where he remained till 18th March; was then paroled, sent to Black River, Mississippi, and exchanged; went into hospital at Vicksburg, Miss; transferred to Jefferson Barracks, near St. Louis, Missouri, and discharged 4th August 1865. Weighed when captured 150 pounds; when discharged, 75 pounds. A farmer, for the last 29 years he bas resided in Bushnell, Montcalm County, Michigan. Children: -
BENJAMIN SINCLAIR (384), born in Petersburg, Michigan, 3rd August 1835; married, 4th July 1863, Anna Sloan; occupied milling in Pioneer, Ohio. He resided for some time in Ranson, Michigan, removing in 1871 to Springfield, same State, where he resides on his own clearance of 80 acres. Has served as Town Treasurer and all the School Board. Children: -
AARON J. SINCLAIR (385), born Petersburg, Michigan, 23rd November 1838; married 26th March 1859, Eliza Edgar. Is in the insurance business, and resides at Gran Rapids, Michigan. Children: -
GEORGE WASHINGTON ST.CLAIR (396) was born in Warren, Minnesota, 22nd April 1806: carpenter and farmer. He was employed many years in the sbip yards at Thomaston, Rocklands, and Warren, Minnesota Married, first, 1834, Sabra Hall; secondly, 1853, Mrs. Eliza Smith Brewster. He died in the insane asylum at Augusta, Minnesota, of softening or the brain. Children: -
JAMES MADISON ST.CLAIR (399), farmer and ship carpenter, was born in Union, Minnesota, 11th November 1811; was for several years in the ship yards at Rocklands, Minnesota, and lived in Camden. He then removed to South Hope, and purchased a farm, which he worked for 25 years. In 1885 he returned to Rocklands, Minnesota, where he lives with his son Aubert. He married, 25th December 1838, Orinda B. Payson. Children: -
ERASTUS ST.CLAIR (400), born Union, Minnesota, 14th February 1814; resident on the homestead, and the farm is still owned by the family. He married, 1836, Sarah B. Bowley. He died 24th February 1873. Children: -
GUILDFORD DUDLEY ST.CLAIR (404), ship carpenter and farmer; born Union, Minnesota, 30th September 1824; married, 25th December 1845. Leonora Helen, daughter of Colonel Asa Payson. He was actively occupied in coustructing ships, 1845-77. In 1810 he purchased the "Mount Pleasant Farm" in Camden, Minnesota. Children: -
AHIRA SINCLAIR (406), farmer, was born at Beaver Hill Plantation, Minnesota 27th October 1807. The most of his life was spent in Dover, Minnesota He removed to Midland, Michigan, in 1869, where he resided in 1888. He married, 1st June 1836, Harriet Bartlett. Children: -
ALVAH SINCLAIR (407) was born at Freedom, Minnesota, 20th April 1810. His early life was spent in Dover, Minnesota, where his farm adjoined that of his father and that of his brother Ahira. He was an exemplary Christian, for more than forty years deacon in the Baptist church. For many years he was selectman of the town, and was a member of the Farmer's Grange, of which he was Grand Master. He died 26th March 1888, On 23rd June following, memorial services were held in his honour, and his grave was decked with the sweetest flowers of all the field. He married, 17th September, 1834, Hannah Baxter. Children: -
GIDEON ROBINSON SINCLAIR (408) was born in Freedom, Minnesota, 6th August 1812; married, first, Emeline Coburn; and secondly, 14th October 1847, Lucinda Jackson. Carpenter and farmer, he resided at different places in Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, and Virginia. About 1850 he went to California, and was in the mining business; returned East in 1856; removed to Dixon, Illinois, where he remained till 6th March 1876, when he settled in Carroll County, Iowa, and died at Jasper Top, 1st December 1886. Children: -
REV CHARLES PERRY SINCLAIR (409), born Freedom, Minnesota, 3rd October 1814; prepared for college; became Baptist clergyman, and preached till health failed; died 14th August 1886. He married Susan Bradman.
THOMAS RILA SINCLAIR (412), born Freedom, Minnesota, 14th October 1829; married, 16th September, 1856, Mrs. Charlotte Doore (birth name Brann). He was a teacher in Ellsworth, Minnesota, and died 29th August 1876. Children: -
THOMAS SINCLAIR (414) was born in Meredith, New Hampshire, in August 1808; married Caroline Abbie Tracy; died 17th March 1883. A farmer, and traded in live stock. He lived in North Beacon Street, Brighton, now Boston, where he had a valuable farm. He had also farm property in the West. Children: -
REV JOHN LANGDON SINCLAIR (417) was born in Meredith, New Hampshire, 10th July 1809; educated academically, was first a teacher, then a preacher, receiving license to preach 18th April 1832. As a financier the Rev. Mr. Sinclair had few equals. He saved to give, and loved to give. He aided students preparing for the ministry; gave $1,000 to the Freewill Baptist Church at Concord, New Hampshire; $500 to the society at Lake Village; to Storer College he gave $10,000; $1,000 to the Sinclair Orphanage in Balasore, Bengal, India, and educated at his private expense a Hindoo youth, who took his benefactor's name, and who now, with his wife, is a teacher at the English Bible school at Midnapoar, Bengal, India. He married Olive E. Haynes, 10th August 1837, and died 16th August 1888. Child: -
NOAH SINCLAIR (418) was born in Meredith, New Hampshire, on Sunday, 2nd January 1814; and died there 10th January 1843. He married, 7th May 1837, Hannah Cotton, who married, secondly, Joseph Hart; thirdly, Daniel Smith. Children: -
JOSEPH NORMAN ST.CLAIR (425), born 23rd August 1823; resident Mechanicsville, Illinois; died in Kansas 14th August 1879. Children: -
CAPTAIN CHARLES NORTHROP ST.CLAIR (426) was born in Russelltown, Quebec, 9th June 1812. When an infant of five months his parents settled in Barre, New York, which was ever after his home.
The St.Clair homestead is in that portion of Barre which when divided became and is now Albion. There Mr. St.Clair grew up, was educated, and aided his father in clearing the lands.
At twenty he was a good musician, for he had much musical talent, becoming an excellent performer on several instruments, and was a composer and writer of music. His mechanical skill was exhibited in the manufacture with his own hands of violins, guitars, and violoncellos of a high order.
At twenty he was captain of the Orleans Grays, one of the finest military companies in that section of the country. By that title he has ever since been known.
At one period of his life he owned and commanded boats on the Erie canal, running from Buffalo to New York City, but presently chose farming for his business, and to that devoted his life.
He married, 10th June 1833, Elmina Baldwin, daughter of Joel and Elizabeth Turrell of Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York. The young couple built for themselves a house on a portion of the St.Clair estate. At different times Mr. St.Clair left the farm and engaged in business. Mr. St.Clair and his wife were members of the Episcopal Church, in which all their sons were baptized. They celebrated their golden wedding in 1883. He died in Albion of paralysis 29th October 1893; and his wife died there also on 6th October 1896. Both are buried in the Mount Albion cemetery. Children: -
HELEN LOUISA ST.CLAIR, an adopted daughter; born 2nd July 1849; adopted December 1849. Her parents, named Wiggins, died when she was young. She married Moses C. Weaver, and lives in Savannah, Georgia.
LORRACE OSCAR ST.CLAIR (433), born East Cleveland, Ohio, 1st January 1832: married, 10th February 1853, Nancy E. Neal, born 1830. He died in Mount Pulaski, Il1inois, 15th October 1853. She lives in Rochester, Illinois. Child: -
LEVI MORTIMER II ST.CLAIR (438), born in Rochester, Illinois, 17th October 1840 married, first, 2nd April 1865, Elizabeth Louise Kimball; and secondly, 2nd September, 1880, Mary Virginia Stettler.
He resided in his birthplace till 1871, when he removed to Belle Plaine, Kansas, since his home; farmer, once a merchant.
JOHN TAYLOR GILMAN SINCLAIR (443), farmer, born 7th May 1834; resides on the homestead in Holderness, New Hampshire. He married, first, 1854. Tabitha Moulton; secondly, 28th February 1866, Etta M. Hilliard. Issue: -
HENRY WHITE SINCLAIR (449) farmer, born Bartlett, New Hampshire, 24th November 1824; resides in Hingham, Massachusetts, and has lived in that town and vicinage for over forty years. Married, first, Cordelia Morse; secondly, Charlotte Philips. Issue: -
EDWARD CARLETON SINCLAIR (450) was born in Bartlett, New Hampshire, 10th September, 1826. When 21, removed to Weymouth, Massachusetts, where he farmed for 23 years; then resided 2 years in Boston, when he returned to Bartlett, locating on a farm. Democrat. Has been Collector of taxes for several years. He married, 3rd September, 1858, Frances Elizabeth Pitman. Issue: -
POWELL AUSTIN S1NCLAIR (451), farmer, born Berkshire, Vermont, 29th July 1814; lived there till he approached his majority, when he settled in Bartlett, New Hampshire, where he has ever since resided. Married, first, 29th November 1837, Eliza Emery; and secondly, 25th December 1880, Sarah Burbank (Mrs Chandler). Issue: -
GEORGE HOWE SINCLAIR (452), born Berkshire, Vermont, 19th October 1817; removed to Toronto, Canada; married, 1st September 1839, Matilda Hazeltine. Issue: -
REV ORISON THAYER SINCLAIR (454), born Berkshire 7th June 1820; was a self-made man. Self-educated, he entered the ministry of the M.E. Church, and preached in Salisbury and Hooksett, New Hampshire. Finally, he withdrew from the conference, and purchased a farm in Bartlett, New Hampshire, upon which he spent the remainder of his life. He died 11th June 1878. He married 8th July 1842, Fannie F. Carlton (Mrs. Goodhall).
JOHN ELRRIDGE SINCLAIR (459), farmer, born Essex, Vermont, 2nd February resides in North Grafton, Massachusetts; married, 1st May 1858, Fannie Janet Plimpton. Issue: -
FRANKLIN J. SINCLAIR (460), born Essex, Vermont, 28lh April 1825; resident Johnson, Vermont, carpenter and farmer. He married, 22nd December 1846, Adelia E. Knowles. Issue: -
JEREMIAH SINCLAIR (463) was born at Conway, New Hampshire, 13th April 1834. He was connected with the railway mail service for nearly a score of years, and the latter part of his life was mail agent, running from Boston, Massachusetts, to Bangor, Minnesota He was murdered in the mail car in June 1888. He married Susie E. Gilman. Issue: -
MOSES CANNEY SINCLAIR (467),farmer; born Ossipee, New Hampshire, 26th November 1841, where he now resides; married Achsah Wentworth. Issue: -
LEANDER DUDLEY SINCLAIR (469), born Ossipee, New Hampshire (about 1845-48); has resided some years in San Francisco, California, where he is superintendent of gas business. He married Hattie Sweeter. Issue: -
ORVILLE SINCLAIR (478), born in Essex, Vermont, 13th February 1816; resident Burlington, Vt; was a carpenter and lumber manufacturer, owning and operating a mill on the Orion River; late in life farmed at Colchester, Vermont; Methodist; democrat; was an alderman for several years while living in Burlington, Vermont, at which place he died 14th April 1878. He married, 10th February 1852, Amantha Augusta Brown. Issue: -
HEMAN BARNEY SINCLAIR (484), born in Essex, Vermont, 22nd August 1816; moved to Lyndonville, New York, in 1833; married there, 19th September 1844, Tabitha Mudgett; died Chicago 8th November 1888. A mechanic, his powers as an inventor were of a high order, and he invented several machines of great utility, the last a laundry machine of much merit and extensively used. Issue: -
HENRY MALCOLM SINCLAIR (485), born Essex, Vermont, 3rd July 1819; married, 2nd April 1843, Hannah Maria Denning; resident some years at Lyndonville, New York; merchant in 1889; resident Cleveland, Ohio. Issue: -
SAMUEL CONNOR SINCLAIR (487), born Essex, Vermont, 19th September 1825; mechanic and landlord; resident Lyndonville, New York, where he died 23rd September 1872. He married Anna Manahan 15th November 1851. Issue (all died young): -
LUCIUS AUGUSTUS SINCLAIR (489), born Essex, Vermont, 7th November 1829; left Essex at age of three; lived in Lyndonville for 30 years, when he moved to Bellevue, Ohio, where, after 24 years' residence, he died 18th January 1886. His business was that of miller and wheelwright. He married, first, Frances Van Brocklin; and secondly, on 16th November 1859, Clara M. Heath. Issue: -
LIEUT. SIDNEY FRANKLIN SINCLAIR (490), born Essex, Vermont, 28th June 1831; lived at Lyndonville, New York, with his parents; subsequently located at Bellevue, Ohio. Lieutenant in Union army, and served during the war. He died 2nd April 1865, at Murfresborough, Tennessee. He married, 6th April 1854, Maria Catherine Grover. Issue: -
FREDERICK T. SINCLAIR (504), farmer, born 14th February 1839; resident in Cambridge, Vermont; married Louise Locklin of Jericho, Vermont. Issue: -
WILLIE SPENCER SINCLAIR (512), born Essex, Vermont, 4th August 1859; died and October 1882, at Sweatland, California: married, 4th June 1882, Katie Kyle, who resided Sacramento, California. Issue: -
JOHN MOONEY ST.CLAIR (515), born New Hampton, New Hampshire, 20th February 1806; moved, 20th November 1826, to Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, where he carried on a large and lucrative business, and was the owner of considerable real estate. He married, 1st January 1832, Eliza Newton, and died 3rd April 1883. Issue: -
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ST.CLAIR (517), born New Hampton, New Hampshire, 14th August 1813; in September 1835, engaged in a prosperous mercantile business at Bangor, Minnesota, where he died 11th June 1856. He married Nancy True on 5th February 1839. Issue: -
CHARLES PINCKNEY ST.CLAIR (518), born New Hampton, New Hampshire, 8th November 1823; lived on the original homestead there. He greatly enlarged it, and had in all some 500 acres. He died 25th January 1890. He married Julia Ann Woodman. Issue: -
CHARLES ST.CLAIR (521), born Contoocookville, New Hampshire, 4th November 1846; married, 1875, Abbie S. Whitney; resident in Boston, Massachusetts. Issue: -
FRANK P. ST.CLAIR (522), born East Concord, New Hampshire, 30th June 1849; married, 1872, Clara G. Tupper; coal merchant; resident in St.Louis, Missouri. Issue: -
JOHN ALBERT SINCLAIR (528), carpenter, resident Exeter, New Hampshire He married, 27th December 1869, Parmelia C. Page, of Exeter. Issue: -
HON. NATHANIEL G. SINCLAIR (540), farmer, born Waterborough, Minnesota, 12th August 1822. He was repeatedly elected to offices in his native town, and was a member of the Maine House of Representatives one or more times. He died in Waterborough, 31st December 1870. He married, 30th August 1859, Roxy G. Guptill. Issue: -
JOHN SINCLAIR (553), farmer, born Waterborough, Minnesota, 3rd December 1837; resident Hollis, Minnesota: moved to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1885; resident at 95 F. Street, South Boston. He married, 13th December 1865, Sarah Katherine Clough. Issue: -
JONATHAN MARSTON SINCLAIR (557) was born in Brentwood, New Hampshire, 2nd January 1818. He spent a short period of his life in Exeter, the remainder was passed in Brentwood, where he was engaged in the lumber business and in trade. The various town offices, from selectman to representative, were filled with acceptance by him. During the Civil War he was chairman of the Board of Selectmen, and had charge of raising the town's quota of men. He died at Brentwood 12th January 1870. He married Hannah Robinson, 10th December 1839. Issue: -
PROFESSOR JOHN ELBRIDGE SINCLAIR (563), born Brentwood 28th March 1838; graduated from Chandler department of Dartmouth College in 1858, and receiving an assistant professorship there in 1863, was made full professor 1866, which position he retained till 1869. During this period he spent one winter in England and France.
In the summer of 1869 he was elected Professor of Mathematics in the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and still lives in that city. Washington University conferred on him in 1863 the degree of A.M. Dartmouth College also conferred the A.M. degree on him, and on the 25th anniversary of his graduation, in 1883, gave him the Ph.D. degree.
He married, first, 24th December 1864, Isabella Aiken, daughter of the Hon. John Ware Noyes; and secondly, on 21st November 1870, Marietta Surivetta Fletcher. Issue: -
JAMES SULLIVAN SINCLAIR (569), born Palmyra, Minnesota, 2nd November 1834; farmer there, where he died 17th June 1866. He married 2nd November 1862, Martha Maria Hackett. Issue: -
LEWIS EDWIN SINCLAIR (570), farmer; resident Palmyra, 1st October 1836; married, 24th May 1866, Lois Ellen Towle. Issue: -
NICHOLAS TUTTLE ST.CLAIR (571), farmer and miller: resident Palmyra, Minnesota,where he was born 8th July 1838. Married 31st December 1874, Marietta Jane Roberts. Issue: -
HIRAM CALVIN SINCLAIR (572), born Palmyra, Minnesota, 19th May 1840; went to Winthrop, Minnesota, in 1859, and is a carpet printer there. He married, 26th February 1872, Bethia Alice Smith. Issue: -
CHARLES HENRY SINCLAIR (583), born 12th July 1834; married, 1861, Maria Celest Shotovin; residence, 834, 19th Street, San Francisco. Issue: -
JAMES ELLERY SINCLAIR (594), born Monmouth, Minnesota, 1st February 1857; educated at the academy there; was in 1888 employed in a wholesale provision store, 221-223, Washington-street, Salem, Massachusetts. He married, 1877, Emma Whitney. Issue: -
HENRY MERRILL SINCLAIR (598), born Haverhill, New Hampshire, 30th March 1827; a printer, was in that business in Haverhill and Concord, where he continues. He married, 25th September 1853, Emily Augusta Hodgdon. Issue: -
GEORGE HUTCHINS SINCLAIR (599), printer, born Haverhill, New Hampshire, April 17th, 1829; engaged in business in Haverhill, New Hampshire, Concord, New Hampshire, and in Chicago. He died in Concord. He married, 28th November 1850, Ruhamah Brainard. Issue: -
NELSON BURNHAM SINCLAIR (600), born Haverhill, New Hampshire, 10th June 1836; lived there till 1854, and then moved to Concord, where he learned the silver plating business, and was engaged in it for ten years, when he learned the watchmaker's and jewellery business, in which he is still engaged. He married Mary Ann Horner, and resides in Concord. Issue: -
JAMES HENRY SINCLAIR (602), farmer, born Keesville, New York, 12th September 1836; resident Parishville, New York; married, 26th October 1857, Betsey F.L. Graver. Issue: -
JOHN HARVEY SINCLAIR (603), born Parishville, New York, 2nd January 1844; farmer and cooper; resident in his native town; married, 1st September, 1864, Candace O. Hart. Issue: -
EDWARD CHAPMAN SINCLAIR (618), born 31st December 1845, at Haverhill, New Hampshire, where he resides; married, 20th March 1870, Bessie Adalaide Corliss. Issue: -
EDWIN DAVENPORT SINCLAIR (620), born Haverhill, New Hampshire, 9th June 1831; married, 5th May 1860, Sarah Augusta Cram.
Farmer, he resided in Sandwich, in Moultonborough, and now lives in Meredith Village, New Hampshire Soldier in the Civil War, enlisting 14th August 1862, in Compo K., 14th Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers; he was discharged 9th August 1864. Issue: -
HON. JOHN GRANDISON SINCLAIR (622), born in Barnstead, New Hampshire, 25th March 1826; married, first, 29th October 1847, Tamar Merrill, daughter of Colonel Daniel Clark of Llandaff, New Hampshire; and secondly, 10th July 1874, Mary Elizabeth Pierce of Bethlehem, New Hampshire, relict of Willard A. Blandin.
He entered into mercantile employ at Llandaff when thirteen, and after abandoning the idea of a collegiate course, for which he had been making preparation, he engaged in business, first in Manchester, New Hampshire, then in Lawrence, Massachusetts; and having accumulated some means he located in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, as proprietor of a country store and a manufacturer of starch.
He represented Bethlehem in the legislature in 1852, '53, '54, '55, '62, '63, '76, '77, '78: and was a member of the convention chosen to revise the Constitution of the State. In 1873, while a resident of the adjoining town of Littleton, be was elected to represent that town in the legislature. In 1858 and 1859 he was a member of the New Hampshire Senate.
There were some brilliant episodes in his career during his long and active legislative history. He was acknowledged to be one of the most daring, most aggressive, and clear-headed leaders of the Democratic party in New Hampshire; one of its keenest, most pungent, and brilliant speakers.
In 1866, '67, and '68 he was the Democratic candidate for Governor, and in the latter year was chairman of the New Hampshire delegation in the National Democratic Convention. During Governor Baker's administration he was appointed bank commissioner; he was candidate of the Democrats for Speakership of the House; and was nominee of his party in the legislature in 1876 for U.S. Senator.
In 1879 he removed to Orlando, Orange County, Florida, where he bas organised a large and lucrative real estate business. Issue: -
JOSHUA CILLEY SINCLAIR (625), was born in Unity, Minnesota, 9th August 1825. At 16 he went to sea, continuing on the ocean till nearly 40. The last two years he commanded a government transport for carrying supplies to U.S. forts in the South during the Civil War. At the close of the war he settled in Brooklyn, New York, where be now resides; occupation, ship's clerk. He married, first, October 1862, Mertie A. Neweil; and secondly, 29th December 1873, C. Frederika Tompkins. Issue: -
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE SINCLAIR (626), born in Unity, Minnesota, 27th November 1827; went to sea at 14; was chief officer, and by death of captain became master of a ship at the early age of 21, in which position he continued till 1857, when he started in business as a stevedore at Brooklyn, which he still continues with success. He married, first, 3rd July 1851, Ann Elizabeth Harbinson; and secondly, 20th August 1863, Elizabeth Turner Hall. Issue: -
CALVIN DWINAL SINCLAIR (634), born in Unity, Minnesota, 11th December 1832; married, 27th September 1866, Martha A. Mitchell. Mr. Sinclair is a waggon manufacturer, and has resided in Racine, Wisconsin since 1846. Previous to then his life had been spent in Maine. Issue: -
ABERDEEN SINCLAIR (636), born Champion, Jefferson County, New York, September 12th 1808; resides Stockton, Chatauqua County, New York. He married, 27th December 1829, Sylvia Ann Holmes. Issue: -
FRANKLIN SINCLAIR (639), farmer, born 19th January 1818, at Sinclairville, New York, where most of his life has been spent. He lived in Eaton, New York; Nelson, Canada; near Elgin, Illinois; Cookville, Wisconsin; and then in Sinclairville, where he resided in 1888. He married, 15th May 1844. Rachel Diantha Ellis. Issue: -
SAMUEL SINCLAIR (643) was born at Gerry, New York, 9th May 1822.
In September, 1841, he got a position in the business department of the New York Tribune, where he remained till 1872, having filled successively the positions of book-keeper, cashier, and publisher, which latter office he filled for thirteen years previous to 1873.
To a large extent he was instrumental in building the enormous circulation as well as the large advertising business of that great journal, and to him are the readers of the Tribune indebted for the broad columns and large type on which that newspaper is printed.
For several years Mr. Sinclair was the largest owner of the Tribune, He lived in New York City from September, 1841, to January 1873, and has since resided at Croton-on-Hudson, on a farm he bought in 1864.
He married, 23rd October 1848, Charlotte Ann Perry, a cousin of Horace Greeley, the great U.S. journalist. Issue: -
MAJOR SINCLAIR (646), born 6th October 1831, in Gerry, New York, where he lives all the homestead, and is a successful farmer and dairyman.
Has served his town as collector of taxes and road commissioner. He married, 1st January 1850, Amanda Garrett. Issue: -
ELISHA WARD SINCLAIR (647), born Gerry 19th April 1833; resident Poulteney, Vermont. A popular and successful photographer and artist, he accompanied the Union army in the Southern States during the Civil War, and look many views. After the war he was for several years in the office of the New York Tribune, and was then appointed Inspector of Customs in the New York Custom House. He then farmed in Ionia and Sedalia, but failing health necessitated removal to Colorado, and in 1889 he resided in Longmont, Colorado. He married, first, 25th September 1851, Anna A. Pattee; and secondly, Mattie Geary. Issue: -
HON. SAMUEL EDSALL SINCLAIR (652) was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, July 11th 1840. He studied law with his uncle, the Hon. Obed Edson, at Sinclairville, and graduated with the highest honours at the law school at Albany, New York, and was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of New York. Returning to his native city, he there practised his profession. In 1868 he was Deputy State's Attorney, and in 1872 he was nominated and elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Allen and Huntington Counties. In 1882 he was elected a member of the legislature, and was a candidate for Mayor of his city in 1885. He died 23rd March 1887.
FRANKLIN ST.CLAIR (661), born in Ohio, 15th April 1824; married Sarah Arm Caspar; employed on a canal; died at Seven Mile Creek, Wisconsin, 21st April 1871. Issue: -
CHARLES LA FAYETTE ST.CLAIR (664), born at Rockdale, Pennsylvania, 1st April 1833; married, 25th December 1860, Caroline Matilda Dana; resident at Seven Mile Creek, Wisconsin. Issue: -
JOHN WESLEY ST.CLAIR (666), born Rockdale, Pennsylvania, 17th May 1837; married 4th April 1865, Mary Ann Judd; carpenter; resident at Seven Mile Creek, Wisconsin, where he died 1st September, 1882. Issue: -
JOHN SINCLAIR (668), stage driver and millwright; married, first unknown; secondly, Delia Scranton (Mrs. Dane). Issue by first marriage: -
JOSEPH W. SINCLAIR (669), farmer, born May 1820; lived in Madison City, Ohio, where he died 8th August 1876. He married, first, 1st April 1858, his cousin, Lydia Dane, who left one child; and secondly, Harriet A. Waterman, who, then resident at Lebanon, New Hampshire, on 8th August 1878, was appointed guardian of her children, by the Probate Court of Grafton County. Issue: -
RICHARD BAXTER SINCLAIR (672), was born at Danville, Vermont, May 24th 1824; removed to Perry, where he was in business as a produce dealer, the firm being Thompson and Sinclair. He died February 8th 1870. He married Celestia Brown. Issue: -
DAVID BATCHELDER SINCLAIR (673), born Danville, Vermont, December 16th 1827; was moved to Perry in 1832; a carpenter and builder; he was for several years a general produce dealer in a large way. He was a Sergeant in the 14th Ohio Battery, Mustered into service 20th August 1861, for the term of three years, he was in the battle of Shiloh, and several skirmishes. Invalided in the service he was discharged 12th September 1862. He married, 23rd February 1868, Sarah Frances Wyman, and resides at Perry, Ohio. Issue: -
JOSEPH FRANKLIN SINCLAIR (675), born in Perry, Ohio, 5th April 1837; has always resided there, A member of the 14th Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, he was mustered into the U.S. service 10th September 1861, and discharged 20th August 1865. He was in many battles, among them Shiloh, Corinth, Mississippi; Resaca, Georgia; Dallas, Georgia; Burnet Hickory, Georgia; Athens, Alabama; and in the fight before Atlanta, Georgia, July 22nd 1864, when nearly one-half of the men in his portion of the army were lost; he was also in the fight at Nashville, Tennessee. After disbanding he returned to Perry, where he now lives farming. He married, 28th December 1867, Stella Owen. No children.
WILLIAM WALLACE SINCLAIR (683), born Perry, Ohio, in 1840; resident Geneva; married Mary Scranton. Issue: -
HENRY SINCLAIR (687), born Perry, 3rd April 1838; farmer, in occupation of the homestead in his birthplace. A corporal in the 171st Regiment National Guards of Ohio, he served 100 days in 1864. He married, 5th August 1868, Mira Bell Owen. Issue: -
FREMONT B. SINCLAIR (692), born Warren, Illinois, 27th September 1856; farmer; resident Ainsworth, Nebraska. He married, January 1882, Sophia Liebolt. Issue: -
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