Person:James Sinclair (26)
James Madison Sinclair
b.Abt 1834 Scotland
d.31 Jul 1871 Wood, Ohio, United States
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m. 3 Jun 1860
  1. Sarah Elizabeth Sinclair1861 - 1938
  2. Rebecca Jane Sinclair1862 - 1919
  3. William SinclairAft 1862 -
  4. Catharine Sinclair1864 -
  5. John Montgomery Sinclair1865 - 1929
  6. Jacob Franklin Sinclair1869 - 1932
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Name[6] James Madison Sinclair
Alt Name James Madison St. Clair
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][7][8] Abt 1834 Scotland
Marriage 3 Jun 1860 Knox, Ohio, United Statesto Mary Margaret Zimmerman
Residence Aft 3 Jun 1860 Jefferson, Knox, Ohio, United Stateswith Mary Margaret Zimmerman
Military[9] From 27 Aug 1862 to Dec 1862 Co G. 121st Regt. O.V.I.; discharged for disability (serious wound to hand)
Residence 1870 Montgomery (township), Wood, Ohio, United Stateswith Mary Margaret Zimmerman
Death[5] 31 Jul 1871 Wood, Ohio, United States
Burial[5] Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria, Hancock, Ohio, United StatesSection H: Row 42, /12
References
  1. ↑ Death Registration, Record Type: microfilmed certificates
    of daughter Sarah.

    father's birthplace: Scotland

  2. ↑ United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625)
    son John.

    father's birthplace: Scotland

  3. ↑ Death Registration, Record Type: microfilmed certificates
    of daughter, Rebecca.

    father's birthplace: Scotland

  4.   Tombstone, Record Type: Photograph of tombstone, Subject: grave marker
    date only.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Compiler: HGS Cemetery Committee. Hancock County, Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions; Washington Township.VolimeIII ( number 3) Book I; Fostoria Fountain Cemetery. (Hancock County chapter of Ohio Genealogy Society, PO Box 672, Findlay,Ohio, 2003)
    page 232.
  6. ↑ Ohio death certificate of son Jacob Franklin.

    father: James Madison Sinclair, born in Scotland

  7. ↑ Jefferson, Knox, Ohio, in United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).

    Jas. Sinclair, age 26, born in Ireland, carpenter
    Margaret Sinclair, age 20, born in Ohio

  8. ↑ Montgomery, Wood, Ohio, in United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132).

    James Sinclair, age 38, born in Scotland, farmer
    Margaret Sinclair, age 30, born in Ohio
    Elizabeth Sinclair, age 11, born in Ohio
    Rebecca Sinclair, age 9, born in Ohio
    Catharine Sinclair, age 7, born in Ohio
    Montgomery Sinclair, age 4, born in Ohio
    Franklin Sinclair, age 6/12, born in Ohio

  9. ↑ Military records show he enlisted in 1862 at the age of 22 - which calls into question whether they are for a different James Sinclair. For example, there was a younger James Sinclair who applied for a war pension as an invalid in 1865. See James St Clair.
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