William Miskey Singerly (December 27, 1832 – February 27, 1898) was an American businessman and publisher of The Philadelphia Record newspaper.

He returned to Pennsylvania and worked for the Germantown Passenger Railway company and inherited stock worth $750,000 when his father died.

[3] He had investments in the Brighton Knitting Mills in Philadelphia, a factory in Norristown, Pennsylvania, and a paper-mill in Fair Hills, Maryland.

Morello raced under the name of Singerly's nom de course Elkton Stable as well as his trainer Frank Van Ness.

[8] He suffered significant financial difficulties including the failure of the Chestnut Street National Bank in December 1897.