Name: Sinclair, Isaac Elwood
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Married: Sloan, Mary Jeanettia “Nettie”
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CHILDREN BORN TO THIS UNION:
Gilbert, Homer, Lulu, Lola, Clarice
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The Athens Messenger
Fires Shotgun with Stick to end his life
Isaac Sinclair, Bedford Township, is found dead.
Pomeroy, July 2 - (staff special) - With face badly mutilated from gun shot wounds, the body of Isaac Elwood Sinclair, 52, farmer, was discovered at his home near Flora, Bedford Township, late Wednesday. Before ending his life with a shotgun, Sinclair fastened a note outside of the main entrance door of his home which read, " You will find my dead body inside," Coroner B.H. Ewing learned in investigation.
Sinclair was last seen alive Tuesday morning, when he conversed with his brother, Charles Sinclair. He is believed to have been dead a day before his body was found. One hand clutched a stick which he used in pressing the gun trigger.
Two years ago Sinclair suffered a severe stroke of paralysis and since had been in ill health. His farm consisted of 25 acres. After being separated from his wife, he lived alone. The body was removed to Coolville by Undertaker White, where funeral arrangements are being completed.
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Sloan, Mary Jeanettia “Nettie”
Father: Sloan, James
Mother: Hawk, Charlotta
Other Spouses: Meeks, William
Census
1910 Census - Lived with uncle William Hawk, Athens Co. Ohio, troy township. date was 15 April 1910. Nettie is listed as the 31 yr old neice of William Hawk. It also has her as divorced and the mother of 5 living children although only 3 live with her at this time. She was born in Ohio as was her mother, her father was born in Kentucky.
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1920 Census - lists her as the 40 yr old housekeeper in the home of [Miles Dingman]. Here it lists her father as being born in Ohio and her mother in New Jersey. It also lists her as widowed. dated 9 and 10 Jan 1920.
Real Estate
23 March 1930
Real Estate Deals -Lodi Township
Athens Messenger
Charlotte Hawk to Nettie Sloan,53,82 acres, waranty deed.
Newspaper
Woman Missing From the Home of Daughter in Meigs
Mrs. Nettie Sloan, 48, Disappears After a long Illness
Pomeroy, Sept 15..(staff special) Search for Mrs. Nettie Sloan, 48, of Pratts Fork, who diappeared from the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Buchannon, Willys Hill, is being conducted today by officers and relatives. It is feared that Mrs. Sloan's mind has been clouded by a long illness and that she may have taken her life.
Mrs. Sloan came Wednesday to visit her daughter, Mrs. Buchannon. She had been ill for several months. Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock the daughter went to another room to attend her child. When she returned, Mrs. Sloan had disappeared, taking a suitcase and clothing with her.
A search lasting all night and today failed to reveal her whereabouts. A telephone call to Pratts Fork was made, but no trace of Mrs. Sloan had been found there.
Mrs. Sloan was carring a suitcase and a black coat with a fur collar. She is of slender build, and has bobbed hair sprinkled with gray. She has friends in Athens, and may have gone there.
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Athens Messenger 16 Sept 1927 (pg. 1)
Missing Woman Found in Woods after Long Search
Mrs. Nettie Sloan Restored to Her Family After Many Hours
Pomeroy, Sept. 16. (staff special)...Search lasting for twent-four hours resulted in the finding of Mrs. Nettie Sloan, Pratts Fork, in the woods two miles from the place from which she disappeared.
Mrs. Sloan was found, exhausted and in a nervous condition, by her son, Gilbert Sinclair, and her son-in-law John Buchannon, at Laurel Cliff, on the G.C. Peoples farm last evening. She had been missing since Wednesday afternoon, at which time she left the house of her daughter, Mrs. John Buchannon.
Mrs. Sloan had wandered about in the woods and had slept on a bed of leaves. She has been ill for several months and recently came to visit her daughter.
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Athens Messenger 20 Sept. 1927 (pg.2)
TAKEN AWAY
Mrs. Nettie Sloan, Pratts Fork, Is Removed To Daughter's Home In Parkersburg.
Pomeroy, Sept. 20 - Mrs. Nettie Sloan, Pratts Fork, who last wee, disappeared and was found exhausted in the woods two miles from her daughter's home on Naylor's Run, was yesterday taken to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Stewart at Parkersburg, where she will receive medical attention and ministrations of the daughter's family.
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Athens Messenger 18 Dec. 1927 (pg. 7)
WOMAN PAINFULLY BURNED WHEN HER CLOTHING IS IGNITED
Mrs. Nettie Sloan, Pratts Fork, Burned at home in Parkersburg.
When her clothing ignited from fire in an open grate in front of which she was standing, Mrs. Nettie Sloan, Pratts Fork, was painfully burned. She was at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Stewart, Parkersburg, when the accident occured last Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Sloan had just arisen and was still in her night clothes. The flames enveloped her quickly. A physician was called and it was thought that the burns may prove fatal especially since Mrs. Sloan has not been in the best of health for some time.
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Athens Messenger 29 Jan 1928 (pg. 2)
WILL RETURN
Mrs. Nettie Sloan of Meigs County Will Be Brought Home.
Pomeroy, Jan 28 - Report came from Parkersburg that Mrs. Nettie Sloan, of Meigs county, who was badly burned several weeks ago while visiting relaties in Parkersburg, will be able to be brought home in a few more weeks. Her recovery was not expected for a long time, but she now seems on the road to recovery.
Her sons, Gilbert Sinclair and Homer Sinclair, and families visited the woman Saturday and wer much encouraged with her condition.
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Obit
MARY MEEKS
MARY MEEKS
Pomeroy - Mrs. Mary Jeanettia (Nettie) Meeks, 100, formerly of Syracuse , died early this morning in the Mark Rest Center
Born in Meigs County
She is survived by a son, Homer Sinclair of Columbus
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Elwood Sinclair; her second husband, William Meeks; three daughters, Lulu Johnson, Lola Kinnen, and Clarice Buchanan; a son, Gilbert Sinclair; three sisters and a brother.
Services will be Saturday at 10a.m. in the Ewing Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Garden Cemetery
Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p.m. Friday.
To my descendents
ReplyDeleteThis is a letter I wrote from the view point of my two sons' ggrandfather, Isaac Elwood Sinclair.
Good day to you all.
I would have been more specific but, as I have no way of knowing who will read what I have to write, this will have to be good enough. I have been gone a few years by now but I would like for you, my descendents, to know a little about me.
I am Isaac Sinclair and I was born about 1878. Like I said it’s been awhile so you can’t expect me to remember every date. My parents were Lewis S. and Florinda Pierce Sinclair and we lived in the small town of Flora, Ohio. I had a brother, his name was Charles, and we were very close. I lived with him and his family for a while in Pomeroy but I’m jumping ahead a little.
When I was a young man I met the love of my life and we were married. My love was Mary Jeanetta (Nettie) Sloane and she gave me a wonderful family. We had five children who grew to adult hood. After our youngest child, Homer Darsel, was born we separated. It was not my Nettie’s fault as I suffered mightily from headaches and would become extremely mean tempered. I did not hold it against her when she took our children to Athens to live with her uncle. I regretted not being there to watch my children grow up but with my anger from the headaches I new it could not be any other way.
I went to Pomeroy to live with my brother Charles and his family. My mother lived with us there also and with Charles’ family growing I knew I would have to get my own place. I bought a small farm in the same community I had been born into and worked it as best I could.
I developed crippling arthritis and continued having the bad head aches, the pain was unbearable. I was in so much pain it was hard to get through the day without wishing I were dead. One day it got the best of me so I wrote a little note, as I knew Charles would come to check on me as usual, and placed it on the front door. I went back inside the house and got comfortable in my favorite chair. I had my shot gun right there by my side and a long stick because I knew my hands would not work well enough to do the job right. I wanted to make sure I did it right because I did not want to be a burden to my family any longer. I put the barrel of the gun in my mouth and used the stick to pull the trigger.
Now that I am gone I am sorry for leaving all of this on poor Charles. He always took care of and looked out for me; it was not right for him to come to my door only to find a note saying, “You will find my dead body inside”. I am sorry dear brother but I know you will do what is right by my family as you are so much stronger than I ever was.
Well this was my story. It looks as though you all turned out really well so I will have to give my Nettie all the credit for passing along the love we had for each other. I am sorry I did not get to know you.
Yours truly and forever,
Isaac Elwood Sinclair
1878 - 1930
Pat Sinclair
2007 Sep 3