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Mathew Sinclair

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Mathew Sinclair

Birth
Scotland
Death
5 Aug 1906 (aged 75)
Nephi, Juab County, Utah, USA
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Nephi, Juab County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Mathew Sinclair was born in Govan Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland and had red curly hair. He married Margaret Shirkey/Shirkie on November 8, 1851 in Scotland. After joining the Mormon church, the couple planned to emigrate to Utah. They came to America just before the Civil War and lived for a while in Alton, Ill., where he found work. During the Civil War, he was drafted into the army. While in the army, he got word that his children had smallpox. His captain came to him and told him to take off his army uniform and leave it by the river and there would be clothes for him on the other side. He did this and found his way back to his family. Soon after, they went on to Utah where they settled in Nephi and built a small adobe home at 3rd East between 7th and 8th North.

The couple had sixteen children but only six, all girls, lived to adulthood. They were Agnes (Timmons), Mary (Sidwell), Annie Sinclair Pay Kimball, Christena (Bowers), Eliza (Pay), and Jane (Gadd).

He was a second lieutenant in the Utah Territorial Militia during the Black Hawk Indian War. The military headstone correctly spells his name with only one "t," while the larger family stone spells it with two.
Mathew Sinclair was born in Govan Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland and had red curly hair. He married Margaret Shirkey/Shirkie on November 8, 1851 in Scotland. After joining the Mormon church, the couple planned to emigrate to Utah. They came to America just before the Civil War and lived for a while in Alton, Ill., where he found work. During the Civil War, he was drafted into the army. While in the army, he got word that his children had smallpox. His captain came to him and told him to take off his army uniform and leave it by the river and there would be clothes for him on the other side. He did this and found his way back to his family. Soon after, they went on to Utah where they settled in Nephi and built a small adobe home at 3rd East between 7th and 8th North.

The couple had sixteen children but only six, all girls, lived to adulthood. They were Agnes (Timmons), Mary (Sidwell), Annie Sinclair Pay Kimball, Christena (Bowers), Eliza (Pay), and Jane (Gadd).

He was a second lieutenant in the Utah Territorial Militia during the Black Hawk Indian War. The military headstone correctly spells his name with only one "t," while the larger family stone spells it with two.

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