Nelson Walter St. Clair was the second child of nine and the second son born to, Austin Newton St. Clair & his wife, Vera Constance [Marks] St. Clair on, 14 October 1911 in, Tower, Presque Isle, MI. On 24 December 1939 in Michigan he married, Pansy L. Browning. Together this couple would share two children. Nelson died in Dollarville, Luce, MI on 14 January 1980 and is buried in Forest Home Cemetery, Newberry, Luce, MI.