The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 270
A portrait of Alfred H. Sinclair appears in this publication.

ALFRED H. SINCLAIR.

Live stock interests, particularly in regard to the cattle industry, are ably
represented by Alfred H. Sinclair, a wideawake and successful agriculturist of
the Naches district. He is a worthy representative of one of its honored pioneer
families, the Sinclairs living in the first log cabin built in the Naches
valley. A native of Nova Scotia, he was born August 27, 1867, and is a son of
Hugh K. and Frances (Bishop) Sinclair, also natives of Nova Scotia. His cousin,
Dan Sinclair, removed from Nova Scotia to Puget Sound when a young man and for
some time worked in a logging camp but afterward returned to Nova Scotia. On
again coming to Washington in 1879 he was accompanied by Hugh K. Sinclair and
his two brothers. Hugh K. Sinclair, who was a blacksmith by trade and very
proficient in his line, had removed to Iowa in 1867 but later returned to Nova
Scotia, whence he came to the Naches valley in 1879, as mentioned above. Here,
however, he did not work at his trade but gave his entire attention to live
stock interests, being successfully engaged in that business until his death on
the 22d of July, 1908. His widow survives and now makes her home in Yakima at
the age of seventy-five years.

Alfred H. Sinclair was but twelve years of age when the family removed to this
section and he therefore received his education partly in the British Dominion
and partly here. After laying aside his schoolbooks he assisted his father with
the work on the ranch, thus becoming thoroughly acquainted with farming
conditions in this locality. At a later date he acquired the property and now
has one hundred and seventy-five acres, eighty of which are in a high state of
cultivation. He largely raises hay and gives considerable attention to the live
stock business, particularly to Shorthorn cattle. He has thoroughly studied all
the details in regard to this business and has been very successful along this
line.

On the 31st of December, 1896, Mr. Sinclair was married to Miss Grace McMillan,
a native of Sumner, Washington, and a daughter of James and Mary (Stone)
McMillan, pioneers of this state, who made their way to the Pacific slope in
pioneer style, coming by wagon. To this union have been born three children:
Kenneth, who is twenty years of age; Minnie Frances, who died in 1917 at the age
of seventeen; and Edith Grace, at home.

Mr. Sinclair is numbered among the Yakima pioneers and stands high in the
confidence of his fellow citizens not only for what he has achieved but because
of those nualities which made his success possible. He is industrious, reliable,
dependable and true in friendship and is therefore a valuable member of the
community. Fraternally he is a member of Yakima Lodge, No. 318, B. P. O. E., and
also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, being a charter member of the local
lodge. His political affiliations are with the republican party. Besides his
agricultural interests he is a director of the Yakima National Bank, as was also
his father. The family stands high among those connected with the planting of
civilization and culture in this state when Washington was practically still
undeveloped.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.