Thomas St. Clair, M.D. and Sarah A. Walker

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Husband Thomas St. Clair, M.D. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 5 May 1824 - White Twp, Indiana Co, PA 3
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           Died: Mar 1893 4
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         Father: James St. Clair (1774-1855) 1 5
         Mother: Jennie Slemmons (Abt 1784-1855) 1 5

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       Marriage: 30 Mar 1869 4

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   Other Spouse: Charlotte D. Patton (      -1868) 4 6 - 24 Feb 1848 4

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Wife Sarah A. Walker ^{1 4}

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           Died: Aft 1913
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         Father: Moses Walker (      -      ) 4
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General Notes: Husband - Thomas St. Clair, M.D.

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He lived on his father's farm in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, until he reached the age of fifteen years. His early education was received in the common schools and at the academy in Indiana. In 1843 he took up the study of medicine with Dr. John W. Jenks, of Punxsutawney, and after a year's study with him removed to Indiana, where he completed his preparatory course under the tuition of Dr. James Stewart. Entering Jefferson Medical College in 1845, he was graduated and received his degree of M. D. in 1847. Returning to Indiana, he formed a partnership with his former preceptor, he and Dr. Stewart practicing together for two years, Dr. St. Clair commencing independent practice in 1849. Dr. St. Clair was not only a skilled general practitioner, but, what was more rare in the early days of his professional career, a reliable surgeon. He was the first surgeon in the state west of the Alleghenies who successfully removed an ovarian tumor, his first experience of the kind being the removal of a tumor which weighed forty pounds. His many subsequent operations of that nature were successful, and the confidence which a wide circle of patients placed in his skill and judgment was justified by a long life of the most conscientious devotion to the alleviation of their ills.
During the Civil war he was in the Union service in his official capacity, and he was in attendance on the wounded after the Seven Days' fight and the battle of Gettysburg.
Though his professional duties were sufficient to fill the life of an ordinary man, Dr. St. Clair found time for useful activity in the public affairs of his community, which he served faithfully and intelligently in many offices of trust. He was a member of the borough council, and for several years represented his district-the Thirty-seventh-in the State Senate, to which he was first elected in 1864. At that time the district was composed of Indiana and Armstrong counties, but when he was reelected, in 1876, it comprised Indiana and Jefferson; he served continuously until 1880. His services in the Senate were marked by unswerving fidelity to the interests of his constituents. He was identified with the Republican party, and with the reform element of that party in the days when it was found necessary to break up "ring rule" and "bossism." He always had the courage of his convictions when it came to supporting candidates, helping good men whether they belonged to his own party or not. In 1882 he was identified with an independent movement, and again in 1890 took the stump in favor of Pattison and reform, doing good work in both campaigns. As an honest, sincere advocate of the best interests, he found many friends and supporters and had particularly strong influence with the agricultural and industrial classes, among which he was well known, having served three years as president of the Indiana County Agricultural Society. He belonged to the M. E. Church, and served as steward. [HIC 1913, 620]

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah A. Walker

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Indiana, Indiana Co, PA

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 517.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 620, 803.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 620.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 621.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 620, 803, 1014, 1369.

6 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 336, 517.