Son of Bana Singletary and Mary Emaline Cook.
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Singletary Rites Held
Auditor Crossed Plains to Oregon in Covered Wagon
J. W. Singletary, 73, auditor for the Weatherly building, who died here November 29, was born in Missouri February 15, 1860, and while a child crossed the plains with his parents in a wagon train, reaching Oregon by the old Fort Klamath trail. Funeral services were held December 1 at 2:30 o’clock at the Portland crematorium with Rev. J. J. Staub officiating.
For most of his boyhood and youth he lived near Harrisburg, Or. In 1887 he was married to Miss Lucy Jane Farra. For several years he was associated with Sol Abraham in the mercantile business in Roseburg and Glendale, Or., and in 1889 he moved to Portland, where he was engaged in business as a partner in the firm of Singletary & Casey. For many years the firm was at Union avenue and East Stark street. He acquired the entire business and continued it at a location on Grand avenue until 1913, when he entered the hotel business.
The surviving relatives include a daughter, Alice F. Singletary, Portland; a son, William R. Singletary, Portland; a sister, Mrs. Fanny Alford, Coburg, Or., and a brother, Sam Singletary, Portland.
[The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Sunday, December 10, 1933, page 16]
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Singletary Rites Held
Auditor Crossed Plains to Oregon in Covered Wagon
J. W. Singletary, 73, auditor for the Weatherly building, who died here November 29, was born in Missouri February 15, 1860, and while a child crossed the plains with his parents in a wagon train, reaching Oregon by the old Fort Klamath trail. Funeral services were held December 1 at 2:30 o’clock at the Portland crematorium with Rev. J. J. Staub officiating.
For most of his boyhood and youth he lived near Harrisburg, Or. In 1887 he was married to Miss Lucy Jane Farra. For several years he was associated with Sol Abraham in the mercantile business in Roseburg and Glendale, Or., and in 1889 he moved to Portland, where he was engaged in business as a partner in the firm of Singletary & Casey. For many years the firm was at Union avenue and East Stark street. He acquired the entire business and continued it at a location on Grand avenue until 1913, when he entered the hotel business.
The surviving relatives include a daughter, Alice F. Singletary, Portland; a son, William R. Singletary, Portland; a sister, Mrs. Fanny Alford, Coburg, Or., and a brother, Sam Singletary, Portland.
[The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Sunday, December 10, 1933, page 16]
Son of Bana Singletary and Mary Emaline Cook.
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Singletary Rites Held
Auditor Crossed Plains to Oregon in Covered Wagon
J. W. Singletary, 73, auditor for the Weatherly building, who died here November 29, was born in Missouri February 15, 1860, and while a child crossed the plains with his parents in a wagon train, reaching Oregon by the old Fort Klamath trail. Funeral services were held December 1 at 2:30 o’clock at the Portland crematorium with Rev. J. J. Staub officiating.
For most of his boyhood and youth he lived near Harrisburg, Or. In 1887 he was married to Miss Lucy Jane Farra. For several years he was associated with Sol Abraham in the mercantile business in Roseburg and Glendale, Or., and in 1889 he moved to Portland, where he was engaged in business as a partner in the firm of Singletary & Casey. For many years the firm was at Union avenue and East Stark street. He acquired the entire business and continued it at a location on Grand avenue until 1913, when he entered the hotel business.
The surviving relatives include a daughter, Alice F. Singletary, Portland; a son, William R. Singletary, Portland; a sister, Mrs. Fanny Alford, Coburg, Or., and a brother, Sam Singletary, Portland.
[The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Sunday, December 10, 1933, page 16]
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Singletary Rites Held
Auditor Crossed Plains to Oregon in Covered Wagon
J. W. Singletary, 73, auditor for the Weatherly building, who died here November 29, was born in Missouri February 15, 1860, and while a child crossed the plains with his parents in a wagon train, reaching Oregon by the old Fort Klamath trail. Funeral services were held December 1 at 2:30 o’clock at the Portland crematorium with Rev. J. J. Staub officiating.
For most of his boyhood and youth he lived near Harrisburg, Or. In 1887 he was married to Miss Lucy Jane Farra. For several years he was associated with Sol Abraham in the mercantile business in Roseburg and Glendale, Or., and in 1889 he moved to Portland, where he was engaged in business as a partner in the firm of Singletary & Casey. For many years the firm was at Union avenue and East Stark street. He acquired the entire business and continued it at a location on Grand avenue until 1913, when he entered the hotel business.
The surviving relatives include a daughter, Alice F. Singletary, Portland; a son, William R. Singletary, Portland; a sister, Mrs. Fanny Alford, Coburg, Or., and a brother, Sam Singletary, Portland.
[The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, Sunday, December 10, 1933, page 16]
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