Hamden Veteran of Civil War, Formerly Enslaved,
Met President Lincoln, Became Pastor, Died at Age 103
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| Sgt. William H. Singleton |
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| 1931 New Haven Register article |
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After the war, he settled in New Haven. The 1880 census indicated that he was a coachman living at 426 Orchard Street with his wife Maria. City directories list his employer as the Thomas Trowbridge firm of shipping merchants. He then lived at several other addresses in New Haven.
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| 1880 census entry for William Singleton |
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| Rev. SIngleton living in Hamden in 1930 |
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Beginning in 1894, he was a pastor, listed with the title Reverend. In 1898, his first wife, Maria E. Wanton, died. In 1929, at age 94, Singleton married Mary Powell. The 1930 directory and census place him at 35 Saint Mary Street, Hamden, confirming the address given in the Register story.
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| With his second wife Mary in the 1930 census |
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He died on September 7, 1938 in Des Moines, Iowa, evidently while visiting there, as his place of residence was listed as New Haven.
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| Death certificate of William Singleton |
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