Robert (Bob) singleton came to Wyoming in April 1914 with his wife Sally Mae and their small son Jesse who was just three years old (another baby was stillborn and buried in Georgia). they came by train from Gainsville, Georgia where Bob had worked on the Burlington Railroad for several years. He stated out as a baggage master, brakeman, freight conductor and later worked up to passenger conductor. they came to Wyoming because of hiss ill health - he had arthritis and also a bronchial ailment, so his doctor advised him to come to a drier climate.
The family lived in Moorcroft the first summer & Bob worked for his cousin Tate Green who owned a butcher shop there. In the fall of 1914 the Singletons moved to Oshoto, where Bob worked for billy Wesley who was at that time foreman of the Empire Sheep Company. Also in 1914 Bob filed on a homestead of 320 acres on Left Creek. During the winter of 1914 and 1915 he worked part time for Wesley and also built a frame house on the homestead.
In the spring they moved to their homestead and began ranching and farming. That summer Sally Mae passed away due to complications from child birth, when their daughter Lucy Margaret was born. Bob & Jessie took her body back to Georgia for burial with the baby they had left behind, near where all of her close relatives lived. Baby Lucy was cared for by several families until Bob remarried in 1918-he married Cora Parkus who had come to Wyoming in May of 1909 with her mother and sister Maude. Cora and Maude had each filed on a homestead of 320 acres south of Hulett. During her early years in Wyoming Cora worked for the Dick Bush Sr. family and later the Frank Parks family. Their brother John Parkus took up a homestead near Cedar Hill, 4 miles south of the Singleton homestead and Bob and Cora met when she was visiting her brother. Bob & Cora's first child, a son William, was born in 1919 and only lived 16 days. they had 3 more children, Robert, Bernice (George Ike), and John.
The years of 1918 and 1919 were hard years to make a a living. The Singletons milked cows and shipped cream away to creameries. They sold pork which they raised to the meat market in Moorcroft, garden produce to the grocery store in Moorcroft and eggs to the Oshoto and Carlile grocery stores.
The family lived in Moorcroft the first summer & Bob worked for his cousin Tate Green who owned a butcher shop there. In the fall of 1914 the Singletons moved to Oshoto, where Bob worked for billy Wesley who was at that time foreman of the Empire Sheep Company. Also in 1914 Bob filed on a homestead of 320 acres on Left Creek. During the winter of 1914 and 1915 he worked part time for Wesley and also built a frame house on the homestead.
In the spring they moved to their homestead and began ranching and farming. That summer Sally Mae passed away due to complications from child birth, when their daughter Lucy Margaret was born. Bob & Jessie took her body back to Georgia for burial with the baby they had left behind, near where all of her close relatives lived. Baby Lucy was cared for by several families until Bob remarried in 1918-he married Cora Parkus who had come to Wyoming in May of 1909 with her mother and sister Maude. Cora and Maude had each filed on a homestead of 320 acres south of Hulett. During her early years in Wyoming Cora worked for the Dick Bush Sr. family and later the Frank Parks family. Their brother John Parkus took up a homestead near Cedar Hill, 4 miles south of the Singleton homestead and Bob and Cora met when she was visiting her brother. Bob & Cora's first child, a son William, was born in 1919 and only lived 16 days. they had 3 more children, Robert, Bernice (George Ike), and John.
The years of 1918 and 1919 were hard years to make a a living. The Singletons milked cows and shipped cream away to creameries. They sold pork which they raised to the meat market in Moorcroft, garden produce to the grocery store in Moorcroft and eggs to the Oshoto and Carlile grocery stores.
Robert (Bob) singleton came to Wyoming in April 1914 with his wife Sally Mae and their small son Jesse who was just three years old (another baby was stillborn and buried in Georgia). they came by train from Gainsville, Georgia where Bob had worked on the Burlington Railroad for several years. He stated out as a baggage master, brakeman, freight conductor and later worked up to passenger conductor. they came to Wyoming because of hiss ill health - he had arthritis and also a bronchial ailment, so his doctor advised him to come to a drier climate.
The family lived in Moorcroft the first summer & Bob worked for his cousin Tate Green who owned a butcher shop there. In the fall of 1914 the Singletons moved to Oshoto, where Bob worked for billy Wesley who was at that time foreman of the Empire Sheep Company. Also in 1914 Bob filed on a homestead of 320 acres on Left Creek. During the winter of 1914 and 1915 he worked part time for Wesley and also built a frame house on the homestead.
In the spring they moved to their homestead and began ranching and farming. That summer Sally Mae passed away due to complications from child birth, when their daughter Lucy Margaret was born. Bob & Jessie took her body back to Georgia for burial with the baby they had left behind, near where all of her close relatives lived. Baby Lucy was cared for by several families until Bob remarried in 1918-he married Cora Parkus who had come to Wyoming in May of 1909 with her mother and sister Maude. Cora and Maude had each filed on a homestead of 320 acres south of Hulett. During her early years in Wyoming Cora worked for the Dick Bush Sr. family and later the Frank Parks family. Their brother John Parkus took up a homestead near Cedar Hill, 4 miles south of the Singleton homestead and Bob and Cora met when she was visiting her brother. Bob & Cora's first child, a son William, was born in 1919 and only lived 16 days. they had 3 more children, Robert, Bernice (George Ike), and John.
The years of 1918 and 1919 were hard years to make a a living. The Singletons milked cows and shipped cream away to creameries. They sold pork which they raised to the meat market in Moorcroft, garden produce to the grocery store in Moorcroft and eggs to the Oshoto and Carlile grocery stores.
The family lived in Moorcroft the first summer & Bob worked for his cousin Tate Green who owned a butcher shop there. In the fall of 1914 the Singletons moved to Oshoto, where Bob worked for billy Wesley who was at that time foreman of the Empire Sheep Company. Also in 1914 Bob filed on a homestead of 320 acres on Left Creek. During the winter of 1914 and 1915 he worked part time for Wesley and also built a frame house on the homestead.
In the spring they moved to their homestead and began ranching and farming. That summer Sally Mae passed away due to complications from child birth, when their daughter Lucy Margaret was born. Bob & Jessie took her body back to Georgia for burial with the baby they had left behind, near where all of her close relatives lived. Baby Lucy was cared for by several families until Bob remarried in 1918-he married Cora Parkus who had come to Wyoming in May of 1909 with her mother and sister Maude. Cora and Maude had each filed on a homestead of 320 acres south of Hulett. During her early years in Wyoming Cora worked for the Dick Bush Sr. family and later the Frank Parks family. Their brother John Parkus took up a homestead near Cedar Hill, 4 miles south of the Singleton homestead and Bob and Cora met when she was visiting her brother. Bob & Cora's first child, a son William, was born in 1919 and only lived 16 days. they had 3 more children, Robert, Bernice (George Ike), and John.
The years of 1918 and 1919 were hard years to make a a living. The Singletons milked cows and shipped cream away to creameries. They sold pork which they raised to the meat market in Moorcroft, garden produce to the grocery store in Moorcroft and eggs to the Oshoto and Carlile grocery stores.
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