William Jefferson Singletary

Full Name: William Jefferson Singletary
Date of birth: 1836
Date of death: November 20, 1915

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 17 Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881 16th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Pittsburg / Camp   Camp, Upshur

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Pittsburg, Camp County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Camp County. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

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House District 17
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th (1) (2) (3)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Pittsburg / Camp
Counties in district: Camp, Upshur

(1) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Pittsburg, Camp County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Camp County. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Military Service Notes

  • William Jefferson (W.J.) Singletary, death date 11/20/1915 in Wood County, Texas; marriage to Mrs. Fannie Baldwin Singletary on 6/1/1881 in Enterprise, Mississippi. Pension File No. 41449, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
  • Confederate States Army, Company H, 8th South Carolina Regiment. Biographical sketch, pp. 93-94. Marriage to Miss Fannie C. Baldwin in 1881, removal to Tyler in 1906. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.

Other Resources

  • William J. Singletary (1836-1915), burial in Cedars Memorial Gardens, Mineola, Wood County, along with Fannie B. Singletary (1853-1936). Find a Grave.

Committee Information top

16th R.S. - 1879
Code of Criminal Procedure, Select  
Contingent Expenses  
Judiciary No. 2  
Penitentiary  

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