Entering the army as 2nd assistant surgeon 1st Michigan Cavalry, he was soon made chief operator of the brigade, then assistant surgeon 5th Michigan Cavalry, and later on surgeon of same with rank of Major; while during the last year of the war be was surgeon-in-chief of the brigade under General Stagg. Notice of his remarkable surgical operations while in the army are recorded in the "Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion", by Charles Smart, Major and Surgeon U.S. Army. He participated in at least fourteen battles, and volunteered to solicit from the Confederates the body of General Wadsworth. In this matter he was successful, but though starting with a flag of truce only reached the enemy's line after being subjected to a heavy fire. He returned with the body.
After the war he resumed practice at Marquette, where he married, 22nd October 1867, Henrietta A. Smith, the sister of his business partner, Dr. A.K. Smith. Their married life was short, as he died 20th April 1868, from the effects of army exposure. Dr. St.Clair had no children.
DR. FRANCIS OSMOND ST.CLAIR (803) was born in Barre, New York, 10th December 1839, and was educated at Albion Academy, and at the Georgetown Medical College. While there the Civil War broke out, and he joined the 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Detailed as hospital steward, he served in the medical department of the army till the close of the war, when he resumed his medical studies at Washington D.C., graduating from the Georgetown College 2nd March 1869. He was appointed clerk in the State Department, with which he has ever since been connected, though practising his profession to some extent outside his official duties.
On the 1st November 1881, he was appointed permanent chief of Consular Bureau, and served till recently in that capacity.
In 1881 the U.S. Government sent him on a tour of inspection of the consulates of Canada; in 1882 on the same service to the West Indies.
In July 1890, he was sent by the Government to preside over a Convention of U.S. Consuls, to be held in August 1890.
It was a position of honour, trust, and responsibility, which his long service in the State Departments admirably qualified him to fill, He was the accredited agent of the United States to present in Bristol, Eng laud, in the name of the President, a gold watch and chain to a brave British seaman, who had rescued the crew of an American schooner.
During Dr. St.Clair's stay in Edinburgh, Scotland, a Masonic Lodge meeting was called, attended by many dignitaries, at which he was present, and was the recipient of honours, as other St.Clairs had been in the past.
It is said that be is able to give without hesitation the name of U.S. representatives in any part of the world.
He married, 1st November 1866, Lelia Cecelia, daughter of Colonel John Dent. He has prepared an attractive home in Maryland, near Washington, where he hopes to pass the closing days of a busy life. Issueless.
JOEL FULLER TURRELL ST.CLAIR (804) was born 14th September 1841, in Barre, New York, and was educated at the academy there.
At the commencement of the war he left his farming work and enlisted as private in the 151st Regiment, New York Infantry Sharpshooters, and became a sergeant.
In the battle of Mile Run, Virginia, he was desperately wounded.
After falling upon the field, his knapsack and canteen were literally shot to pieces, no less than eight minie balls having passed through them and his clothes.
He was carried to the hospital at Alexandria, Virginia, and the millie ball which entered his leg at the knee, passed upward and lodged in the hip, was not extracted till nine days after he was wounded, nor was the wound dressed until a week had elapsed.
His life was probably preserved by the skill and attention of his brother Arthur.
After a time he was furloughed, and returned home to Albion.
After some months of pain, he recovered sufficiently to return to his regiment, and served till the war was ended.
For a time he was in the U.S. Custom House at New Orleans, Louisiana, later as assistant pilot on the Mississippi with his brother Charles.
He married, first, 20th August 1867, Mary H. Baird, and a few years later he and his family removed to New York, where he lived on the old homestead as a farmer.
Mrs. St.Clair died there, 1st August 1874, when he left his children with friends, and went West to seek his fortune, and located at Denver, Colorado.
He married, secondly, 26th November 1879, Maggie J. Stuckell; and thirdly, February 28th 1888, Emma L. Stoapes.
He is engaged in mining, and resides in Gold Hill, Boulder County, Colorado.
FRANK BURNHAM SINCLAIR (940) born 8th February 1822, at Concord, New Hampshire, where he is clerk in freight office of the Concord railroad; married, 21st November 1883 Carrie A. Hazeltine.
In business and railroad circles he is one of the most active and prominent men in New Hampshire He is a large owner in the Boston and Maine railroad, and was a director in that great corporation' for several years.
Much stock of the Worcester, Nashua, and Rochester railroad is his, and he was president of that road for several years.
He, with others, built the Hereford railroad, the Upper Coos railroad, and the Upper Coos Extension railroad, making in all about 110 miles of road.
Of the Manchester andú Lawrence railroad he is a large owner, and for several years successively has been anuually chosen its president.
He is the founder of the Morley Button Manufacturing Company, the largest industry of its kind in the United States.
The Portsmouth Shoe Company was founded by him, of which he is the largest owner.
It is the largest shoe manufactory of its kind in the world, and employs about 1200 hands, with an annual pay roll of over $500,000.
He is a director in several banks and trust companies.
A newspaper has engaged his attention.
Of the Portsmouth Daily Times, published in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, he is the owner and publisher.
He was a member of the New Hampshire Senate from 1888-1892, and was one of its readiest speakers and most influential members, and no other young man of his party has been so prominent.
He was elected M.H.R. for New Hampshire from 1892-94, and in 1893 was for the third time elected State Senator for the term from 1894-96, all office he still holds.
He has been twice selected by the Democrats as their candidate for U.S. Senator against the Republican nominee, and in all these contests has received the full support of his party.
He married in November 1873, Emma Isabel, the niece and adopted daughter of the Hon. Frank Jones, and resides in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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HON. EUGENE GRIFFITH ST.CLAIR (806) was born at Strongville, Ohio, April 5th 1847.
For ten years he was cashier and book-keeper for the Washington Iron Company at Humboldt, Michigan.
He is secretary and treasurer of a mining company, and a banker.
He was a member of the Legislature.
He married, 16th October 1878, Flora Dell, daughter of John Quincy Howe, M.D.
He resides Ishpeming, Michigan.
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GEORGE ARTHUR ST.CLAIR (807), born Strongville, Ohio, 9th September 1848; has been a mine operator, owner, and superintendent, merchant and banker; resides Ishpeming, Michigan.
He married, 26th June 1872, Rosetta Amelia, daughter of Dr. John Quincy Howe.
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JAMES OSCAR ST.CLAIR (808), born Strongville, 19th October 1851; educated at Albion Academy, New York, and at the college at Ypsilanti, Michigan.
He spent six years in Albion, New York, and one in European travel.
He has been many years in mercantile and banking business; was a superintendent of iron mines, and resides at Republic, Marquette County, Michigan.
He married, 10th June 1875, Kate Thorpe.
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JULIUS NORTHROP ST.CLAIR (809), born Marquette City, Michigan, 23rd December 1853; educated at Albion College, graduating at Ypsilanti; has been engaged in iron mines with his brothers, and is now Secretary of the Deer Lake Lumber Co.
He married, 10th July 1877, Sophie Gordon Rood, and has issue born Ishpeming, Michigan:
LEVI KIMBALL ST.CLAIR (813), born Rochester, Illinois, 4th October 1868; married, 18th April 1888, Levina M. Courtney; farmer; resident Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska.
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EVON ERNEST SINCLAIR (826), born Bartlett, New Hampshire, 3rd October 1865 married Cora Harden.
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GEORGE HARRIS SINCLAIR (827), born 6th August 1838, at Bartlett, New Hampshire, where he farms.
Married, first, Abigail B. Deering; secondly, Addie F. Billings.
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JEREMIAH POWELL SINCLAIR (830), born Bartlett, 10th July 1844; farmer and mechanic; resident in Bartlett.
He married, first, 9th November 1862, Abbie Caroline Sanborn; secondly, October 10th 1870, Harriet D. Hill, who died 15th June 1873; and thirdly, Mary Susan Burbank.
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LAOMI B.D. SINCLAIR (834), born Bartlett, 12th April 1864; farmer at Bartlett; married, November 1st, 1855, Emma A. Drown.
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WILLIAM SINCLAIR (835) born 10th October 1841; married, 1st March 1870, Jane Berdick; tanner; resident in South Troy, Vermont.
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JOHN SINCLAIR (837), born 1st March 1846; married, 26th July 1866, Mary Jewett; farmer; resident Montgomery, Vermont.
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GEORGE HOWE SINCLAIR (838), born 26th March 1848; married, 31st August 1876, Sarah Ann Lovering; farmer; resident Berkshire, Vermont.
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EDWIN SINCLAIR (839), born 18th June 1850; married, 20th November 1884, Carrie E. Gross; farmer; resident Berkshire, Vermont.
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GEORGE HENRY SINCLAIR (842), born Conway Centre, New Hampshire, 24th May 185l; farmer; lived in Conway and Stowe, Minnesota He married, 5th September 1874, Susie Leighton, and died in Fryeburg, Minnesota, 11th December 1884.
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ELBRIDGE HERBERT SINCLAIR (849), farmer, born 9th October 1859; married, 26th November l885, Eva Lillian Pratt, of Grafton, Massachusetts, where they reside.
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JULIUS F. SINCLAIR (854), born 15th May 1855; farmer; married, 2nd January 1886, Carrie E. Scribner, of Johnson, Vermont.
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JOHN HARMON SINCLAIR (855), born 11th November 1856.
Is a farmer, and resides in Johnson, Vermont He married, 14th November 1877, Mary Etta Crowell.
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FRANK OSCAR SINCLAIR (869), born Burlington, Vermont, 7th September 1860; graduated at University of Vermont, in Burlington, in 1882; is civil engineer on railroads.
He married, 15th August 1882, Kate Anna, daughter of Rev. Joseph Enwright.
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ALLEN B. SINCLAIR (894), born 1st April 1861; married Hattie Warner, of Cambridge, Vermont where he is a farmer.
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ST.CLAIR (901), born New Hampton, New Hampshire, 20th October 1855; married, 24th November 1871, Kate E. Elliot; merchant; resident in Plymouth, New Hampshire.
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JOHN HENRY SINCLAIR (920), born Waterborough, Minnesota, 23rd June 1860; received education at primary schools; in business Hanover Street, Boston, Massachusetts; married, 1st January 1855, Annie E. Chadbourne.
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CHARLES M. SINCLAIR (921), born Waterborough, Minnesota, 8th March 1862; is in business with his brother in Hanover Street, Boston, Massachusetts; married, 20th August 1881, Bella Smith.
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CHARLES HENRY SINCLAIR (939), born 21st January 1859, Concord, New Hampshire, where he is an engraver and jeweller; married, 2nd January 1884, Cora Mabel Nelson.
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COLONEL THE HON. CHARLES ARTHUR SINCLAIR (953) was born at Bethlehem, New Hampshire, 21st August 1848.
His boyhood and youth were passed in his native town.
His education was received in the primary schools of Bethlehem, at the seminary at what is now Tilton, New Hampshire, at the academy at Newbury, Vermont, and at Phillips' Academy at Exeter, New Hampshire He entered Dartmouth College, but did not graduate.
His tastes led him into a more active field.
He withdrew from college and entered into business.
For a year and a-half he was in Lexington, Michigan.
He returned to New Hampshire and soon established a wholesale and retail flour and feed store in Littleton.
While a resident of that town he was elected a representative to the Legislature.
Governor James A. Weston made him a colonel on his staff.
Subsequently he moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and became a partner with the Hon. Frank Jones in his large and extensive business: this partnership bas continued to the present.
His business office is 17 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
Children born Portsmouth, New Hampshire:
ROBERT STRONG SINCLAIR (959), born New York City 1st January 1853; married, 5th April 1882, Eliza Ann Aitken Morton; Business address: Sinclair & Babson, 18 Exchange Place, New York City, importers of Portland cement.
Resides South Orange, New Jersey, and Brooklyn, New York.
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HENRY HARBINSON SINCLAR (961), born Brooklyn, New York, 22nd December 1858; was educated in Brooklyn primary schools and at the Military Academy at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
At 17 he shipped on a sailing vessel and made several voyages.
He abandoned sea-faring and entered Cornell College at Ithaca, New York, and nearly completed his course, when an accident prevented his graduating.
For five years he was in business with his father in New York City.
He then studied law, but failing health obliged him to seek another and milder climate.
He purchased a fruit farm, mostly oranges, in Lugonia, Southern California, where he located in 1887, and where he now lives in excellent health.
This place has been united with Redlands as a city; and, a Republican in politics, he is one of the five trustees with a term of four years in the city government.
He is director of the Water Company, and director and manager of the Fruit Growers' Association, and is thoroughly identified with the growth and development of that section.
He married, 4th January 1882, Agnes Munson Rowley.
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FRANKLIN BENJAMIN SINCLAIR (970), born Sullivan, New York, 25th September 1833; married; died Warren County, Pennsylvania, 10th May 1870.
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GEORGE SINCLAIR (1024), born Perry, Ohio, 18th April 1851; married, 6th February 1873, Jennie Forrest.
He is owner and operator of a lumber manufactory at Hudsonville, Michigan.
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