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James Burns Singleton

James Burns Singleton[1, 2, 3]

Male 1851 - Aft 1880  (> 30 years)

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  • Name James Burns Singleton  [4, 5, 6] 
    Birth 1851  Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 1880 
    Person ID I12445  1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Family Amanda Catherine Goff,   b. 29 Jan 1840, Tennessee, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1890, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Children 
     1. Willes O Singleton,   b. 1865, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1920, Decatur, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    ▻ Martha Thompson  m. 28 Jan 1891
     2. Lewis Henry Singleton,   b. 1868, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jul 1950, Humboldt, Gibson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     3. Mary Singleton,   b. Abt 1872, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Nov 1927, Hornersville, Dunklin, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     4. John Jefferson Singleton,   b. Abt 1874, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1968, Clarkton, Dunklin, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     5. William Dorsey Singleton,   b. Abt 1875, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1938 (Age 63 years)
     6. Ada Samantha Singleton,   b. Between 1877 and 1881, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1946, Gary, Lake, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    ▻ Warren Caldwell  m. Bef 1930;   Edward Meadows  m. Abt 1906;   Nola Montez Pruitt  m. 12 Oct 1903
     7. Mollie E. Singleton,   b. 1880, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Hornersville, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Otis Leander Singleton,   b. 11 Aug 1881   d. 20 Apr 1929, Manila, Mississippi, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    ▻ Etta Belle Boyer  m. 30 Aug 1900
     9. Mattie E Singleton,   b. 1882, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1912, Dunklin, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
    ▻ Mance Gilbert Wilkerson  m. 14 Oct 1901
    Family ID F3720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • b. ca 1852
      married Amanda Catherine GOFF
      1864 son Willis a. b. Scotts Hill, TN
      1870 Scotts Hill, Decatur Co., TN census
      1880 Decatur Co., TN census
      did he go to Dunklin Co., TN and remarry?

      1860 Dist 10, Decatur Co., TN Image 4 & 5 of 14 household 754/754
      C. SINGLETON 31 M farmer $500, $500 TN (b. ca 1819)
      M.A. 27 F domestic b. TN
      J. B. 8 male b. TN (is this the husband of Amanda GOFF?)
      M. J. 7 female B. TN
      S. J. 4 male b. TN
      R. E. 2 female TN
      (no space in original so it looks like it's part of above family)
      (written where household # should be appears to be “inmate”) beside following entry
      J. SINGLETON 68 M farmer, b. NC (b. ca 1792) (compare to 1850 census of James SINGLETON)
      S. 72 F domestic, b. TN
      J. 46 m b. TN (compare children below to 1850 census of Alison SINGLETON)
      S. J. 17 female b. TN
      J. P. 15 male b. TN (James 6)
      G. W. 14 male b. TN (George 4)
      C. 12 female b. TN (Caroline 2)
      R 10 female b. TN (Rebecca 4/12)
      M. 7 male b. TN
      C. 5 male b. TN

      755/755 E. SINGLETON 36 female seamstress everyone b. TN
      N. J. 11 female
      J. R. 10 male
      J ? 3 male
      M (T?) 1 female
      Next to J. M. STANFIELD
      ------------------
      1870 Scotts Hill, Decatur Co., TN Census (note that James was only 15 when William was born & Amanda is 7 years older then James)
      James B. SINGLETON/19/farmer
      Amanda C./26/house wife
      William A./4/at home When reading the original I came up with Willis A.
      Lewis H./2/at home
      (living in between Susannah SINGLETON 57, Rebecca a. 27, Sarah C. 24, E?? (Eh??as) 13 (?) female, Lewis R 4 and her son James W. SINGLETON 21, Elizabeth 16. (Susannah's the widow of Sterling)
      --
      Household #235, 1880 TN Census next to Leander W. GOFF & his father Lewis R. GOFF
      1880 Census District 2, Decatur, TN
      Source: FHL Film 1255252 National Archives Film T9-1252 Page 32C
      Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
      James SINGLETON Self M/M W 28/TN. Occ: Farmer Fa: TN. Mo: TN.
      Amanda C. SINGLETON Wife F/M W 36/TN.Occ: Keeping House Fa: S. C. Mo: TN.
      Lewis H. SINGLETON Son M/S W 12/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN.
      Mary I. SINGLETON Dau F/S W 8/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN.
      John SINGLETON Son M/S W 6/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN.
      William SINGLETON Son M/S W 4/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN.
      Ada S. SINGLETON Dau F/S W 3/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN. (ca 1877)
      Mollie E. SINGLETON Dau F/S W 4M/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN.
      Susannah SINGLETON Sister F/S W 16/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN.
      John W. SINGLETON Brother M/S W 15/TN. Fa: TN. Mo: TN.
      (there's a Willie O. SINGLETON, age 14) in the 1880 Census with Amanda's parents, Lewis & Marinda GOFF, listed as their grandson))
      ---
      1890 census N/A, destroyed in fire
      couldn't find him or Amanda in 1910 Ancestry.com census index

      Are his parents Henry and Matilda? They're in Decatur Co. in 1860 and then 1870 in Stoddard Co., MO. James was married in 1870 so he could have stayed put. Henry has children the right age to be Susannah and John:
      1850 Dist. 10, Decatur Co., TN (same page as Lewis GOFF)
      Henry SINGLETON, 20 laborer TN value of real estate owned (nothing listed)
      Matilda 17 TN

      in 1870 New Lisbon, Stoddard Co., MO
      SINGLETON, Henry 35 $200/$200 TN everyone is b. TN
      Matilda 35
      Isabella 16
      Jefferson 15
      Rodicia 12
      Mal? 10
      Susan 7 (1863)
      John 5 (1865)
      George 2

      The death cert of his son Lewis Henry SINGLETON says his name is James Burns SINGLETON.
      Stoddard Co., MO marriage records has W. O. SINGLETON of Stoddard marrying Bell BOYER, license dated 30 Aug 1900. Father of groom, J.B. SINGLETON gives his assent. This marriage has been attached in trees to Odis Leander SINGLETON (but it says W.O.?)

  • Sources 
    1. [S29] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: District 10, Decatur, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1524; Page: 88A.

    2. [S169] Arkansas, Death Certificates, 1914-1969, Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Death Certificates; Year: 1929; Roll: 2.

    3. [S247] Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Missouri State Archives; Jefferson City, MO, USA; Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm].

    4. [S91] Geneanet Community Trees Index.

    5. [S51] Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965, Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 111.

    6. [S27] 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 10, Decatur, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1247; Page: 63; Family History Library Film: 805247.

    7. [S54] 1870 United States Federal Census.
      Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1870 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Original data: Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. M593, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. T132, 13 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. District 10, Decatur, Tennessee, post office Scotts Hill, roll 1524, page 88, image 176.