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Clinton Swallow Singleton1

born about 1858, died about 1891

Facts and Notes

  • Burial: Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USABGO1
  • Education: Westminster College, Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, USABG1
  • Religious Affiliation: Presbyterian1
  • Birth: About 1858; Missouri, USABGO; Boone or Callaway County, according to Robert Woodson's family history1,2
  • Residence: 1860; Bourbon, Boone County, Missouri, USABGO; Age: 23
  • Residence: 1870; Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri, USABGO; Post Office: Fulton; Age: 122
  • Death: About 1891; He was "killed by a railroad engine" (hit by a locomotive?) when he was 33 years old. Cause of Death: Accident1

Citations

  1. [S436] Woodson, Robert S., Book of Record and Brief Family History of Robert Singleton Woodson, Robert Woodson states that Middleton Singleton attended Missouri State University in 1847. However, he probably meant the University of Missouri, which was established at Columbia in Boone County in 1839; Missouri State wasn't established until 1905.
  2. [S471] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=4727951&indiv=try, Year: 1870; Census Place: Fulton, Callaway, Missouri; Roll: M593_764; Page: 333B; Image: 118236; Family History Library Film: 552263, Record for Middleton Singleton
  3. [S476] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=40878587&indiv=try, Year: 1860; Census Place: Bourbon, Boone, Missouri; Roll: M653_608; Page: 913; Image: 464; Family History Library Film: 803608, Record for M G Singleton