Shelby Magoffin SINGLETON

1867 - 1938  (71 years)

• Name	Shelby Magoffin SINGLETON  [1]
  Birth	2 May 1867	Alexandria, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Education	Evanston High School, Chicago, IL Northwestern Law School
  Occupation	Member Of The Bar, Political Editor
  _UID	2E35031A91864FDCBD512FD3889FC7AC6C66
  Death	Nov 1938
  Person ID	I2109	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	25 Jul 1997

  
  

  Father	William Francis "Frank" SINGLETON,   b. 2 May 1840, Harrodsburg, Kentucky d. 13 Dec 1908 (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Gertrude MAGOFFIN,   b. 4 Mar 1844   d. Nov 1919 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	10 Dec 1865
  _UID	5227FFFD3D7F46359A4A8B780B9B28FA5BD5
  _UID	5227FFFD3D7F46359A4A8B780B9B28FA5BD5
  Family ID	F761	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Olive FINLEY,   b. Of Sycamore, IL d. 14 Dec 1937
  Marriage	1893
  _UID	E3B778BA00B548A58C0C49BA2E0DF12C6148
  _UID	E3B778BA00B548A58C0C49BA2E0DF12C6148
  Children	1. Shelby Magoffin SINGLETON, Jr.,   b. 20 Sep 1895, Evanston   2. Elizabeth Anne SINGLETON,   b. 18 Sep 1899, Wilmette, Illinois   3. Olive Gertrude SINGLETON,   b. 1893   d. 1897 (Age 4 years)   4. Mary SINGLETON,   b. 1898   d. 23 Oct 1927 (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  ® "He attended Evanston High School and later as graduated from Northwestern Law School. He was a member of the Bar. Political Editor for two Chicago newspapers and in later years was Executive Secretary of the Legislative Voters League and the Chicago Citizens Association. He spent may years fighting graft and crim. He procured the enactment of laws which saved the tax payers millions of dollars."

  
  

• Sources

  [S61] Charles Galloway Singleton.