This is my great-great-grandfather.
Ransom Sinclair aka St. Clair, son of George Washington Sinclair and Lucinda Cosby.
Husband of Nancy A. Edrington; father of M.M., Isaphene "Josephine" Elizabeth, Mary Elizabeth, Susan Pearl, Mary Elvira, William S., McLelland (Mack), and James A. Sinclair.
Also married to Martha M. Miley (2) and Rosa Motsch (3) [divorced].
Served in the Civil War Company I 53rd Indiana Infantry.
Died from chronic dystentery, and long-term injuries sustained during the Civil War. Ransom was living with his daughter Mary Elvira and her husband Charles Davis at the time of his death.
According to his Civil War pension papers, Ransom was in Sherman's March to the Sea, and actively fought in the battle of Atlanta.
While working with a group of men tearing up the rail lines outside of Atlanta, one of the rail ties gave way quickly, and hit him in the chest. Physicians at that time were not concerned with his injury and gave him only a quick examination dismissing him as slightly bruised. However, the symptoms Ransom exhibited at that time and during the rest of his life indicated he had one or more broken ribs that did not heal properly and a punctured lung. Ransom suffered from chronic and persistent pain in the chest with ongoing lung problems ie. coughing up blood, and eventual neurological problems which may have been Parkinson's disease.
Because of his injuries, my great-great grandfather was not able to maintain a full time job and eventually lived a destitute life, dependent upon his children's good will.
Ransom Sinclair aka St. Clair, son of George Washington Sinclair and Lucinda Cosby.
Husband of Nancy A. Edrington; father of M.M., Isaphene "Josephine" Elizabeth, Mary Elizabeth, Susan Pearl, Mary Elvira, William S., McLelland (Mack), and James A. Sinclair.
Also married to Martha M. Miley (2) and Rosa Motsch (3) [divorced].
Served in the Civil War Company I 53rd Indiana Infantry.
Died from chronic dystentery, and long-term injuries sustained during the Civil War. Ransom was living with his daughter Mary Elvira and her husband Charles Davis at the time of his death.
According to his Civil War pension papers, Ransom was in Sherman's March to the Sea, and actively fought in the battle of Atlanta.
While working with a group of men tearing up the rail lines outside of Atlanta, one of the rail ties gave way quickly, and hit him in the chest. Physicians at that time were not concerned with his injury and gave him only a quick examination dismissing him as slightly bruised. However, the symptoms Ransom exhibited at that time and during the rest of his life indicated he had one or more broken ribs that did not heal properly and a punctured lung. Ransom suffered from chronic and persistent pain in the chest with ongoing lung problems ie. coughing up blood, and eventual neurological problems which may have been Parkinson's disease.
Because of his injuries, my great-great grandfather was not able to maintain a full time job and eventually lived a destitute life, dependent upon his children's good will.
This is my great-great-grandfather.
Ransom Sinclair aka St. Clair, son of George Washington Sinclair and Lucinda Cosby.
Husband of Nancy A. Edrington; father of M.M., Isaphene "Josephine" Elizabeth, Mary Elizabeth, Susan Pearl, Mary Elvira, William S., McLelland (Mack), and James A. Sinclair.
Also married to Martha M. Miley (2) and Rosa Motsch (3) [divorced].
Served in the Civil War Company I 53rd Indiana Infantry.
Died from chronic dystentery, and long-term injuries sustained during the Civil War. Ransom was living with his daughter Mary Elvira and her husband Charles Davis at the time of his death.
According to his Civil War pension papers, Ransom was in Sherman's March to the Sea, and actively fought in the battle of Atlanta.
While working with a group of men tearing up the rail lines outside of Atlanta, one of the rail ties gave way quickly, and hit him in the chest. Physicians at that time were not concerned with his injury and gave him only a quick examination dismissing him as slightly bruised. However, the symptoms Ransom exhibited at that time and during the rest of his life indicated he had one or more broken ribs that did not heal properly and a punctured lung. Ransom suffered from chronic and persistent pain in the chest with ongoing lung problems ie. coughing up blood, and eventual neurological problems which may have been Parkinson's disease.
Because of his injuries, my great-great grandfather was not able to maintain a full time job and eventually lived a destitute life, dependent upon his children's good will.
Ransom Sinclair aka St. Clair, son of George Washington Sinclair and Lucinda Cosby.
Husband of Nancy A. Edrington; father of M.M., Isaphene "Josephine" Elizabeth, Mary Elizabeth, Susan Pearl, Mary Elvira, William S., McLelland (Mack), and James A. Sinclair.
Also married to Martha M. Miley (2) and Rosa Motsch (3) [divorced].
Served in the Civil War Company I 53rd Indiana Infantry.
Died from chronic dystentery, and long-term injuries sustained during the Civil War. Ransom was living with his daughter Mary Elvira and her husband Charles Davis at the time of his death.
According to his Civil War pension papers, Ransom was in Sherman's March to the Sea, and actively fought in the battle of Atlanta.
While working with a group of men tearing up the rail lines outside of Atlanta, one of the rail ties gave way quickly, and hit him in the chest. Physicians at that time were not concerned with his injury and gave him only a quick examination dismissing him as slightly bruised. However, the symptoms Ransom exhibited at that time and during the rest of his life indicated he had one or more broken ribs that did not heal properly and a punctured lung. Ransom suffered from chronic and persistent pain in the chest with ongoing lung problems ie. coughing up blood, and eventual neurological problems which may have been Parkinson's disease.
Because of his injuries, my great-great grandfather was not able to maintain a full time job and eventually lived a destitute life, dependent upon his children's good will.
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