Biographical Sketch of Milton R. Singleton - Andrew County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888

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Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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Milton R. Singleton, a retired lawyer and farmer of Clay Township, was
born in Jessamine County, KY., April 26, 1817.  He is the second of
six children born to the marriage of Louis Singleton and Rebecca 
Robards, both natives of Kentucky.  The father was a farmer, and he 
and wife lived and died in their native State.  Milton R. enjoyed fine
educational advantages in his youth, and graduated from St. Joseph
College, Bardstown, KY., in 1839.  After his graduation at that
college, he entered the law school at Lexington, and received his
diploma as LL. B. from this institution in 1840.  On July 8, 1841, he
wedded Miss Helen E. Steele, a cultivated lady, who was educated at
Lexington.  She is the daughter of Samuel C. and Elizabeth (Mitchum)
Steele.  After his marriage, Mr. Singleton came to Savannah, MO., and
commenced the practice of his profession, which he continued until 
1861, at which time he went to Denver, Colo., and for one year engaged
in other business...freighting.  Returning to Missouri, he located at
Liberty, Clay County, and resumed the practice of law, which he con-
tinued at that place about ten years.  In 1874 he removed to St. Joseph,
MO., and was an attorney of the bar of that city twelve or thirteen
years.  In the spring of 1886 he returned to Andrew County, and 
settled where he now resides.  He descended from a prominent family
in Kentucky, and was among the first settlers of Savannah.  In 1854-56,
he represented Andrew County in the State Legislature.  He is the
father of nine children, six sons and three daughters..of whom five
sons and one daughter are dead.