Sinclair, Lewis S.

Name: Sinclair, Lewis S.	Married: Pierce, Florinda
DOB: 1848	DOM: 30 Aug 1872
POB:	POM: Athens, Athens, Ohio
DOD: 1902
POD: DOB: POB:
Father: Mother: Other Spouses:	CHILDREN BORN TO THIS UNION: Infant, Charles E., Isaac Elwood, ______
Notes: Pierce, Florinda DOB: 1853 Ohio DOD: 7 Jan 1928 Pomeroy, Meigs, Ohio Parents: Merrill and Mercy Pierce

 

Name of Soldier:  Sinclair, Lewis S.

Name of Dependent: Widow, Sinclair, Florinda
Service: F. 60. Ohio Inf.
Date of Files 1886,--- 7
Class - Invalid
Application No. - 569.161
Certifcate No. - 379.877
State fro -----  - left blank
     Date of Files 1902 June 6
     Class - Widow
     Application No. - 764.463
     Certifcate No. - 547.528
     State fro -----  - Ohio
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Name:                       Lewis S. Sinclair
Enlistment Date:      27 February 1864
Distinguished           DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Service:
Side Served:              Union
State Served:             Ohio
Unit Numbers:          1897   1897
Service Record:         Enlisted as a Private on 27 February 1864 at the age of 18
                                  Enlisted in Company F, 60th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 28
                                  July 1865 in Delaney House, Washington, DC
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Infant son of L.S. and F Sinclair died Oct 23, 1894
buried close to his parents
Lewis and Florinda Sinclair

The Garden Cemetery
Shade, Athens, Ohio

1870 Census

Name: Florinda Pierce Age in 1870: 16

Estimated Birth Year: 1853
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1870: Coolville, Athens, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Female
Value of real estate:
Post Office: Carthage
Roll: M593_1171 Page: 117 Image: 235 Year: 1870

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.
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Great-Great Grandson Larry Edward Sinclair.
Great-Great Grandson Charles Lee Sinclair
can be seen in the background.

DIES SATURDAY

Daughter of Late Merrill Pierce Dies at Home in Pomery
Florinda Pierce Sinclair, 75, died at her home in Pomeroy Saturday at "10 o'clock in the morning, Funeral services were held at the church at Jerseyville, Athenscounty, this afternoon at 1 o'clock and burial was made in the Garden cemetery. She was the widow of Lewis Sinclair, a soldier in the Union army in the Civil war, who died twenty-six years ago at Pratts Fork, the family home until last March when Mrs. Sinclair established her home in Pomery. Her health has been poor for several months, a decline having continued for nearly a year. She leaves two sons and a daughter and a number of grandchildren. She was the daughter of the late Merrill Pierce and leaves two sisters and one brother, Mrs Ira Conkey of New Marshfield, Mrs Charles Grim of Athens and Isaac Pierce of Carthage township. One sister, Mrs. Warren Burk, preceded her in death.

The Athens Messenger
9 Jan 1928

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Mrs Lewis Sinclair died at her home in Pomeroy saturday 7 Nov 1928. At a time she made her residence at Bearwallow Ridge. Mrs. Sinclair's son Charles was with her at her time of death. Her funeral was held Monday 9 Nov 1928 and she was laid to rest in Garden Cemetery, Shade.