SINCLAIR, James Blair ✓

1797 - 1880  (82 years)

• Name	SINCLAIR, James Blair ✓  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	15 Mar 1797	Saint Clair, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	15 Mar 1797	Saint Clair, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA   [4]
  Birth	15 Mar 1797	Virginia, USA   [8]
  Birth	1798	Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA   [6]
  Residence	1830	St Clair, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA   [5]
  Census	1850	Wayne, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA
  Census	1860	Wayne, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA   [3]
  Name	James St Clair  [8]
  Name	James St Clair  [8]
  Name	James St Clair  [9]
  Residence	5 Aug 1870	Van Buren, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA   [8, 9]
  	Residence Post Office: Keosauqua
  Death	4 Mar 1880	Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA   [1, 2, 4, 6]
  	Cause: Consumption
  Age	82 years
  Burial	Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA   [4, 6]
  Person ID	I440	Coffman/Livingston Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	SINCLAIR, ✓,   b. 1760, Scotland d. Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F693	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MCMAHAN, Sarah,   b. 3 Jan 1793, Maryland, USA d. 3 Jan 1875, Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA (Age 82 years)
  Children	+ 1. SINCLAIR, John Blair ✓,   b. 8 Nov 1819, Pennsylvania, USA d. 30 Dec 1892, Boynton, Jackson Township, Sullivan County, Missouri, USA (Age 73 years)   2. SINCLAIR, Sarah Anne,   b. 24 Nov 1827, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 5 Jun 1895, Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F201	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Mar 1797 - Virginia, USA Birth - 1798 - Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Residence - 1830 - St Clair, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Census - 1850 - Wayne, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA Census - 1860 - Wayne, Columbiana County, Ohio, USA Residence - Residence Post Office: Keosauqua - 5 Aug 1870 - Van Buren, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA Death - Cause: Consumption - 4 Mar 1880 - Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA Burial - - Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Oak Lawn Cemetery

  
  

  Census for Coffman-Livingston » Slide Show		1840 US Census Wayne Township, Columbiana County, Ohio Archibald (son, b 1823) somehow has come off the tree. Add back. Add sister Margaret. For Acrhibald, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/19875/images/dvm_LocHist006229-00218-0?pId=364 For Margaret, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184556632/margaret-h-sinclairhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184556632/margaret-h-sinclair then…
  		1830 United States Federal Census Unknown location - check Ancestry.
  		1850 United States Federal Census Wayne Twp, Dist #25, Columbiana Co, OH - 1 Oct 1850 Add new daughter, Margaret, age 16.
  		U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 Iowa, 18 Jun 1870 Name written as St.Clair, line #7		1870 United States Federal Census Van Buren Twp, Van Buren Co, IA - 5 Aug 1870 He was not born in VA so he probably was not the person providing the information. **NEW** information re his mother.

  
  

  Death Certificates for Coffman/Livingsto

  U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885

  
  

  Headstones for Coffman/Livingston

  Headstone for James B Sinclair and wife Sarah McMahan.

  
  

  Histories for Coffman/Livingston

  New Lead on the Parents of James B Sinclair Even better--ck out image on the Yardley-Baldridge family tree on Ancestry. Have downloaded image to Gdrive.

  
  

  Obituaries for Coffman/Livingston

  James B SINCLAIR Obituary Replace w/obit on Newspapers.com.

  
  

• Notes

  Mortality schedule states that both his father and mother were born in Scotland. He was 83 and widowed. Occupation: Farmer. Cause of death was Consumption. and that he had lived in Van Buren County, Iowa for 16 years at his death.

  
  

• Sources

  [s340] Ancestry.com, U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Census Year: 1880. [S576] Ancestry.com, Iowa Cemetery Records, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;;;), Database online. Record for James [S66] Ancestry.com, 1860 US Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and ;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Wayne, Columbiana, Ohio; Roll: ; Page: 444; Image: 19. Birth date: abt 1797 Birth place: Pennsylvania Residence date: 1860 Residence place: Wayne, Columbiana, Ohio, United States [S14] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S45] Ancestry.com, 1830 US Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Re;), 1830; Census Place: St Clair, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Series: M19; Roll: 144; Page: 222; Family History Library Film: 0020618. [S408] Ancestry.com, Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999, ( Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;). [S239] 1880 United States Federal Census, (Source Information:; Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of ;), John Blaine Sinclair's entry states both mother and father born in Penn. [S63] Ancestry.com, 1870 US Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Van Buren, Van Buren, Iowa; Roll: M593_421; Page: 329B; Family History Library Film: 545920. [S577] Ancestry.com, U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Van Buren, Van Buren, Iowa; Archive Collection Number: T1156; Roll: 13; Line: 7; Schedule Type: Agriculture.