Obit for Dudley SINCLAIR (b.1811 d.1889), Olmsted Co., MN USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Charles Sinclair Moody Byron, Kalmar Township, Olmsted County, MN Dudley Sinclair. who departed this life at his home in Byron, Minn. on Nov. 16, 1889, aged 78 years 5 mos. and 3 days at the time of his decease, was born June 13, 1811. He was formerly a resident of this town, having entered into co-partnership a few years prior to 1840 with Messrs. Israel and Sewall Owen, doing quite an extensive business, dealing in general merchandise, and purchasing lumber for the "Down River" market. Then sometime previous to the year 1840 he built the store, now occupied by Charles Wentworth, continuing the same branches of trade as when in company with the Owens, the firm of Owen & Sinclair having been dissolved soon after occupying the new store. He was Post Master here for several years. Hon. Amos Kendall was P. M. Gen. at the same time. When the first Div. of the "Sons of Temperance" was organized in this place he was one of the first to join that order and enlist in the good cause, having been one of its Charter members; and from that time to his decease has always been a strictly temperance man, having for that matter never used ardent spirts as a beverage. He closed up his business here in 1848 or 1849, and removed to Albion, where he lived for 3 or 4 years and then emigrated to the then territory of Minnesota, into the township now known as the town of Byron; where he resided until his decease. After living in the latter place a short time he was reappointed Post Master, and served in that capacity for several years. His wife, formerly Miss Eliza Stratton of Albion, passed on to the higher life before him, also his oldest son, Albert W. and his youngest daughter, Rebecca J., several years ago. The only survivors of the family of Dudley and Eliza Sinclair, are one daughter Eliza Emma and one son Chas. Edward who still occupy their old homestead. The children have lost a good father and mourn his loss. The daughter writing to her uncle Albert says her father was a good father and was willing to go but did not want to leave them and his friends.