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L. F. SINGER, proprietor of livery, sale and feed stable, Troy; was born in Frederick Co., Md., in 1837; his father, Frederick Singer, and his mother, Elizabeth Switzer were born in Maryland, and removed to Tiffin, Ohio, when L. was but 3 years old, where his father still resides, his mother being dead; they were parents of four children—three living. Our subject’s early boyhood was spent in Tiffin, where he received the rudiments of an education, which was developed by a course of study in the Antioch College, he being one of the first students enrolled on the books here he prosecuted his study two years; then entered Bartlett’s Commercial School in Cincinnati, taking the regular course and graduating; after which he entered the Cincinnati Gazette office, in the role of Assistant Bookkeeper for seven years; received a position in the United States Express office, in which he remained several years. In 1860, he married Miss Laura L., daughter of W. H. H. Dye, whose sketch appears among these memoirs; after the celebration of his nuptials, he kept books for Dye & Culbertson several months, then was assigned charge of the business for one year, after which he purchased an interest, when the firm became known as Dye, Singer & Harter, and as such did business till the close of the war; in 1866, he removed to Tiffin, and for nearly one year was engaged in milling; the following year he removed to Montgomery, Ala., where he purchased a plantation, raising a crop of cotton, but the enterprise resulted disastrously to him financially; returning to Troy, he refitted an old distillery, which he operated till 1869, when the financial crash of that year drove him to the “wall,” and he found a position in the express office, which he had hitherto held; his health failing he repaired to New York—engaged with Babcock & Co., for whom he sold goods throughout the West for three years; they failing, he started a livery, which is stocked with the best turnouts in the city.