Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry
Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. 
Cass County.

SAMUEL SINCLAIR, deceased, son of John and Rachel Sinclair, was born in
Tennessee, July 17,1808.  After a residence of a few years in Kentucky, the
family moved to Illinois, and finally settled on a farm some eight miles
northeast of the city of Jacksonville, in a settlement yet known under the
name of Hebron, where they located in 1835.  Here the heads of the family
died, the mother in 1844, and the father in 1850.  They were both consistent
members of the M. E. Church.  When about 22 years old, he married Miss Melinda
Bird, by whom he had one daughter, Mrs. Sally (John) Beggs.  This wife died in
1837.  Oct. 22, 1845, Mr. Sinclair was married to Mrs. Myra A. Williams,
relict of Page A. Williams, and daughter of John and Elizabeth Rucker.  Of
this union there were born four children: Mrs. Elizabeth (Warner) Cowell, of
Vernon Co., Mo.; Samuel W.; Mrs. Mary T. (Leni) Leatherton, and William O. 
Mrs. Sinclair raised three children by her first husband, viz.: John, Ellen
and Newton.  Mrs. Sinclair's parents were natives of Virginia.  Mr. Sinclair,
immediately after his second marriage, moved to Apple Hill, Cass County, where
he remained about eight years, when he sold his farm and moved to Panther
Grove, Cass Co., where he bought 800 acres of very fine land.  He died May 8,
1868.  He was a member of the M. E. Church.  He had the reputation of being a
good citizen -- honest, upright, temperate, and patriotic, and a kind,
indulgent, affectionate husband and father.  He made a specialty of fine
cattle and hogs.  The Sinclair family are of Scotch descent.  Mrs. Sinclair is
a native of Kentucky.  She is a member of the M. E. Church.  She had seven
brothers and sisters, raised to maturity, viz.: Presley, Eliza, Sedonia,
Elizabeth, Sarah, Greenberry, and Nancy.  The homestead farm is now managed by
William O., who was born June 19, 1855.  His education was completed in a high
school, since which time he has been engaged in general agricultural business,
and handling a large amount of stock.  He was married in Sangamon County,
March 16, 1866, to Miss Eva Tomlin, daughter of Edward and Myra (Rucker)
Tomlin, born July 20, 1855.  They have one boy, Carl, born Jan. 31, 1877. 
Mrs. Sinclair is a consistent member of the M. E. Church.  Politically Mr.
Sinclair is a strong Republican.

Sinclair Bird Beggs Williams Rucker Warner Cowell Leatherton Tomlin
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