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HENRY ST. CLAIR, merchant; Greenville; dealer in groceries, provisions, produce, glass and queensware, etc., etc. Greenville, like most cities of its size, has its representative business men in nearly all branches of trade, and while it has several good stores in the above line, it is conceded by all, that the leading grocery house of Greenville is that of Henry St. Clair, who is one of the most enterprising, energetic and active business men of the place, and has by the above traits of character, combined with honorable and fair dealing, during the past eight years, built up the largest grocery trade done by any one house in Darke County; he carries a large stock, selected with care, which would do credit to any large city. He has had a steady yearly increase of trade; his sales for the year 1878 being upward of $200,000. Mr. St. Clair was born in Seneca Co., N. Y., upon the 7th of May, 1852; when 3 years of age, he emigrated to Darke County with his parents, and, after a residence of seven years, removed to Cincinnati, and was educated in the public schools, and completed his education by a course of instruction in the Commercial College; at 16 years of age, he accepted a position as book-keeper in a large wholesale house in Cincinnati with which he remained four years; in 1872, he camp to Greenville and engaged in his present business. A card of his business will be found in the business directory of Greenville, in another part of this work. His marriage with Ella S. Van Dyke was celebrated Feb. 4, 1875; she was born in Glendale, Hamilton Co., Ohio, in 1853.