James Miller St. Clair

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family History: From Indiana County Pennsylvania, Her People, Past and Present, by Professor J. T. Stewart. James St. Clair, son of Samuel St. Clair, was born Jan. 4, 1836, in West Wheatfield township, where he attended common school. For a time he worked with his father on the farm, afterward learning the trade of butcher, which he followed to some extent, later learning the carpenter's trade. Moving out to Dresden, Ohio, he lived there for fourteen years, engaged as carpenter foreman in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. On May 4, 1886, he moved back to West Wheatfield township and established a butcher shop at Bolivar, Westmoreland county, also running a meat wagon. He was an energetic man, always keeping busy. While in Ohio he was also a private detective in the employ of the Panhandle Railway Company; he acted as auctioneer; and besides looking after his other interests bought and sold oil wells in the oil region of Pennsylvania. He was a well-known man, and highly respected. He was a Republican in politics, and during the Civil war gave his services to the Union cause as a member of Company E, lltli Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, being in the army for three years, twenty-six days. He served under Captain Piper and Col. Dick Colder. Mr. St. Clair was a member of the United Brethren Church during his residence in Ohio, but on his return to West Wheatfield township joined the United Presbyterian Church, to which he belonged the rest of his life. His death occurred May 16, 1902.

Mr. St. Clair married Susan Emma Laura Brandlinger, daughter of Joseph and Susan (Walbeck) Brandlinger, and she survives him, making her home with her son Samuel. Four children were born to this union: Jacob Gamble married Amelia Utzler, and they had children, Hugh W. (married Annie Mearley), John Hood (married Gertrude Mack), James Walter (married a Miss Penrose) and Mary Ellen (married Samuel Soxman). Joseph William died when twelve years old. Samuel Grant is mentioned below. Myra Livonia died when seventeen years old.

• Family History: 1745 - 1880 History of Indiana County Pennsylvania by J. A. Caldwell, 1880, Page 517. James Miller, m, first to Margaret McGee, d., and second to Sarah Rebecca Wallace

Note: This is very different from the other family history. All census records identify his wife as Susan which is inconsistent with the information above.

• Residence: From 1860 Census, 1860, West Wheatfield Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania. Name: James St Clare
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: West Wheatfield Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1836
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Page: 165


Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
James St Clare M 24 Pennsylvania
Suasan St Clare F 16 Pennsylvania
Jacob St Clair M 1 Pennsylvania

Household ID: 1163
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653
Affiliate Film Number: 1117
GS Film Number: 805117
Digital Folder Number: 005171028
Image Number: 00340

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXPT-K5L : 13 December 2017), Jacob St Clair in entry for James St Clare, 1860.

• Occupation: Farmer, 1860, West Wheatfield Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania. From 1860 Census

• Residence: From 1870 Census, 1870, Madison, Muskingum, Ohio. Name: James Stclair
Estimated Birth Year: 1836
Gender: Male
Age in 1870: 34y
Color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, Indian): White
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: Ohio, United States
Household Gender Age Birthplace
James Stclair M 34y Pennsylvania
Susan M Stclair F 26y Pennsylvania
Jacob Stclair M 11y Pennsylvania
Joseph Stclair M 9y Pennsylvania
Samul Stclair M 4y Pennsylvania
Catherine Stclair F 73y Pennsylvania

• Occupation: Carpenter, 1870, Madison, Muskingum, Ohio. From 1870 Census

• Residence: From 1880 Census, 1880, Madison, Muskingum, Ohio. Name: James St Clair
Residence: Madison, Muskingum, Ohio
Birthdate: 1836
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Relationship to Head: Self
Spouse's Name: Susan St Clair
Spouse's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Married
Age (Expanded): 44 years
Occupation: Laborer
NARA Film Number: T9-1054
Page: 176
Page Character: D
Entry Number: 1663
Film number: 1255054
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF James St Clair M 44 Pennsylvania, United States
WIFE Susan St Clair F 36 Pennsylvania, United States
SON Samuel St Clair M 14 Pennsylvania, United States
DAU Infant St Clair F 1M Ohio, United States

• Residence: From 1900 Census, 1900, West Wheatfield Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania. Name: James St Clair
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 66 West Wheatfield Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States
Birth Date: Jun 1836
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Ireland
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race or Color (Standardized): White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 41
Estimated Marriage Year: 1859
Mother How Many Children:
Number Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Page: 2
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number: 20
Reference Number: 1
Film Number: 1241416
Digital Folder Number: 4115101
Image Number: 105
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head James St Clair M 64 Pennsylvania
Wife Susan E St Clair F 56 Pennsylvania
Boarder Samuel Jamison M 64 Pennsylvania

• Cemetery: Germany Lutheran Cemetery, May 1902, Clyde, Indiana, Pennsylvania. James St Clair
Birth: Jun. 4, 1836
Indiana County
Pennsylvania, USA Death: May 16, 1902
Indiana County
Pennsylvania, USA
Burial:
Germany Lutheran Cemetery
Clyde (Indiana County)
Indiana County
Pennsylvania, USA
Created by: mygenpassion
Record added: Mar 09, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 86515565

James married Susan Emma Laura Brandlinger, daughter of Joseph Brandlinger and Susan Walbeck, in 1859 in Pennsylvania. (Susan Emma Laura Brandlinger was born in 1844 in Pennsylvania.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: From 1900 Census. Married 41 Years