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Feb 19, 2024 · Maj. Gen. Arthur St Clair formerly Sinclair. Born before 3 Jan 1733 in Longformacus, Berwickshire, Scotland. Ancestors. Son of Daniel Sinclair and Elizabeth (Hamilton) Sinclair. Brother of James Sinclair. Husband of Phoebe (Bayard) St. Clair — married 14 May 1760 in Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Descendants.
Maj. Gen. Arthur St. Clair Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 July 2020), memorial page for Arthur St. Clair (23 Mar 1736–31 Aug 1818), Find a Grave Memorial no. 11822, citing Old Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave.
Arthur St. Clair was a General in the Revolutionary War and the first Governor of the Northwest Territory. Born on March 23, 1737, in Scotland, Arthur St. Clair was fortunate enough to attend medical school for a short while. Following his mother's death, St. Clair joined the British army in the French and Indian War overseas.
May 5, 2002 · The St. Clair Papers. The Life and Public Services of Arthur St. Clair: Soldier of the Revolutionary War; President of the Continental Congress; and Governor of the North-Western Territory with his Correspondence and other Papers. 2 vols. Cincinnati, 1882. description ends 2:136). Sometime in the spring or summer of 1790, St. Clair sent GW a ...
Aug 29, 2014 · Brigadier General, Arthur St. Clair answered the call with fresh troops, took over the leadership of a brigade and suggested the strategies of stealth which enabled Washingtons army to win the next three battles over the British in just nine days after Christmas in 1776.
Arthur St. Clair was a man that never seemed to receive any credit or public attention for his achievements, but was often "scapegoated" for the mistakes of others. As a result, historians have avoided him because to them, the embattled general must have appeared to have been "damaged goods."
He was baptized Arthur Sinclar in Longformacus, Scotland on January 3, 1733 O.S. (Old Style) and died Arthur St. Clair in Greensburg, Pennsylvania on August 31, 1818. More than any other U.S. President, St. Clair's life was marked by noble and jarring contrasts. With Washington, he crossed the Delaware to take Trenton and counseled the ...
