Jeremiah (Simpler) St.Clair (1795 - 1887)

Born 1795 in Monongalia County, Virginia [now West Virginia]

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (South) St.Clair — married about 1825 in Indiana

Died 17 Dec 1887 at about age 92 in Sullivan, Indiana

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Biography

Jerry was born in 1795 in Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia). He married Rebecca South, daughter of Henry South and Chloe Brunt, about 1825. They had at least 6 children.

Thomas St.Clair 04/19/1826 IN – 08/12/1899 IN
Sarah St.Clair abt 1830 IN - ________
Peter St.Clair abt 1932 IN - ________
South St.Clair abt 1834 IN - ________
George St.Clair abt 1836 IN ________
Merriman St.Clair ________ - ________

Jerry died December 17th 1887 at the age of 92, near Merom, Sullivan County, Indiana.

Note

Researchers in the past have corrected all records to reflect the last name as Sinclair. A few of John's children did use that surname after the 1850 Indiana census. This family were Simpler's in Delaware and St.Clair's or Sinclair by the time they settled in Indian. I have no idea how the surname change came about.

Sources

Delaware Families 1787-1800

Maud Russell 1937: “Compiled and drawn by Maud Russell, McAlester, Oklahoma (1937) from bible records and other records, remembrances of older relatives, county records, History of Sullivan and Green Counties, Indiana, by Professor John W. Spencer (1887). Information furnished by many relatives, notably, Miss Gay Edna Calvert.”

Mary L. Pickrell, March 1979: “This information was taken from a chart on file at the Vigo County Library, Terre Haute, Indiana.”

“ The information was compiled and the chart drawn by Maud Russell, McAlester, Oklahoma, 1931, from bible and other private records, county records, and the Pound Genealogy as to some dates.”

“Also on file at the Vigo County Library is a chart on the St.Clair family which was also prepared by Maud Russell. In comparing the Fanny/Siner/Eli St.Clair section, a few discrepancies were found.”