James Hall SINCLAIR

Abt 1832 - 1897  (~ 64 years)

• Name	James Hall SINCLAIR
  Born	Abt Dec 1832	New York City, New York, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Mar 1897	Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Buried	14 Mar 1897	Cedar Grove Cemetery, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Person ID	I564	Patterson & Markham Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Anthony SINCLAIR,   b. , , , Scotland
  Mother	Mary HALL,   b. , , , Scotland
  Family ID	F413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Sophia HAMMOND,   b. 23 Aug 1841, Coram, Suffolk, New York, United States ,   d. 4 Jun 1920, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F28	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  marr. FHL1,033,836, item 5, p. 77 Taken from the "Republican Watchman" death cert. #10911; killed by a Long Island railroad train Obituary - James Sinclair, a well known citizen of this village, was struck and killed between ten and eleven o'clock last Friday morning by a special train from Sag Harbor, having aboard President Baldwin of the Long Island road and a party of friends. Mr. Sinclair, who was quite deaf, started across the tracks after leaving the post office. The engine struck him on the right side and tossed him more than fifty feet. Mr. Sinclair was 65 years old and was born in Patchogue. He leaves a widow and five children. Mrs. Sinclair's first husband, H. Peterson, was drowned before her eyes while crossing the bay on the ice about 20 years ago. Also- James Sinclair, of Patchogue, while crossing the railroad track at Rider Avenue, about ten o'clock Friday morning, was struck and instantly killed by a special train bearing President Baldwin and other of the road's officials on their way to Sag Harbor. Sinclair was returning home from the post office, and was just about to cross the track, when the train struck him on the right side, throwing him about fifty feet away. The train backed to the scene, and the body was picked up and carried to the village. The body was taken to Undertaker Ruland's shop, where an examination showed all of the ribs of the right side to be broken, the right arm broken above the elbow and a deep cut in the head. It is said the engineer saw Sinclair approaching and whistled lying, but Sinclair was too deaf to hear the warning. The engineer when he saw Sinclair did not heed the signal, attempted to slow up but it was too late. Mr. Sinclair was about 65 years old. He leaves a widow, whose first husband was drowned. (Records of Cedar Grove Cemetery; Marriages taken from The Republican Watchman, 1875, page 77; 1880 US Federal Census; 1890 Veterans Schedules for James Sinclair, New York, Suffolk, Patchogue; The Suffolk County news., March 19, 1897, Page 2; South Side Signal., March 20, 1897, Page 2; James ??. Sinclair in the New York, Death Index, 1880-1956, Certificate Number: 10911)