Source of Randall details: Wiliam R. Randall
Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall

1786, June 5: Susannah, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Carr and Ichabod Foster were married by Job Spencer at West Greenwich (Kent) Rhode Island [Research of Julia Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1790, September 2: Gideon Walker, Nathaniel Munger, Jesse Walker, John Beach, Benjamin Foster, Wm. Foster, Elisabeth Beach added by Baptism. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1790, September 26: Sarah Stone, Ichabod Foster, Josiah Stone, Levi Walker, John Foster, added by baptism. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1792: Members included Ichabod, John, Susannah, Benjamin, William and Abigail Foster; also Josiah and Sarah Stone; Rachel, Gideon, Otis, Jesse and Levi Walker; Rachel, Elizabeth, John and Deliverance Beach; Widow Washburn (who could be Jerusha Foster); Ezra Allen. The women were not among those either dismissed or excluded (except Rachel Beach was dismissed) [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1792: "Several complaints were made against various members who were stometimes throuwn out of the church for misdemeanors which as lying, use of unseemly language. Too stringent rules did not suit some of the members, for nineteen were soon to withdraw. These united with seventeen others who had "previously erased their travel with the church", and organized themselves into a separate body. They resolved their differences and joined together six years later. But a few years after the 1798 union the two bodies became once more beset with trials and difficulties. which resulted in some members being excluded from the church." Listed when the December 6, 1798 union was signed the following were lied as Dismissed: Joseph Needham, Ezra Allen, Josiah Stone, Rachel, Rachel Beach, Sarah Stone; those excluded included: Abner Ames, ICHABOD FOSTER and JOHN FOSTER. Those staying were Benjamin, William, Susannah and Abigail Foster (must have been a bit of a family feud).[Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1799, November 31: Brother Benjamin Foster exhibited a complaint to the Church against Brother Ebenezer Flagg for recording, or falling from a contract concerning a piece of land. A committee was set up to examine the complaint. 1800, March 1: The committee report was accepted by the Church (but didn't say what it was) [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1800, April 5: Benjamin Foster and Brother Brown a committee to visit brother John Foster and make report. John attended the next meeting and "manifested some difficulty with the Church for receiving Thomas Gregory to their fellowship over objection." [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1800, November 1: Received Rebecca Foster. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1801, April 25: Brother Foster's objections against brother Gregory and deliberated largely on John Foster's objection, found nothing proved against brother Gregory. They proceeded to withdraw fellowship from brother John Foster for neglecting to walk with the church. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1804, September 1: Heard complaint from Benjamin Foster against brother Moses Munger, viz. After he had entered into covenant or agreement, then receded there from to the damage of the said Benjamin. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1804, September 5: Took up complaint and the church voted unanimously that Bro Foster had supported his complaint against bro Most Munger. After which bro Munger came forward and made some recantation in the before mentioned matter against him. The church withdrew the hand of fellowship. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1804, October 5: Brother Benjamin Foster came forward before the church and confessed he had done wrong in withdrawing from the church in the manner in which he did. He was forgiven and took his place in the church. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]1805, December 14: Membership list: no Fosters, Beaches, Stones, Walkers or Allens. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]The Whiting Baptist church was constituted of members of the church in Orwell--origins to Ephraim Sawyer and Henry Chamberlain, "who carried their Bibles with them to their work as constantly as they did their axes, read and chopped alternately, and spent time in meditation and prayer as far as practicable. Church recognized February 25, 1799 with ten members, among them were Ezra Allen, Josiah Stone, Sarah Stone, Rachel Beach., Jesse Walker, Otis Walker. First Pastor was David Rathbun on October 4, 1799 the church voted to bear Elder Rathbun's extra expense for liquor for himself and family, and to have it averaged on the members of the church. What other provision was made for the supply of his needs and comfort we do not know. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]The Baptist church in Middletown was formed in 1784. It is one of the oldest baptist churches in the State, if not the oldest (Frisbie p. 96). From about 1790 to 1802 it was a large church and embraced in its communion members residing in Wells, Poultney, Tinmouth and Ira. Among the first members was Ephraim Foster (no relative that I am aware of). Rev. Sylvanus Haynes of Provincetown, Massachusetts was ordained pastor on August 30, 1790, and remained in office 27 years. He married Albro and Rispah at Ichabod's home. The Baptist Society bought a piece of land for him of Captain Joseph Spaulding, and Mr. Haynes commenced living on it in a log home. Baptist meeting house was built in 1806. He left in 1817 and went to western New York. He was a man of fair education and abilities. But from some investigation I have made during the last few months, I should be inclined to put a higher estimate upon his abilities, than the impressions I had received from the old people here would permit me to do. I find he was the author of several religious works, which at the time gave him a good reputation as a writer in his denomination. He preached the election sermon before the legislature of Vermont in October, 1809. The sermon was printed by a vote of the legislature. (Frisbie pp. 98-99)."The History of Middletown, Vermont, in Three Discourses, Delivered Before the Citizens of That Town, February 7 and 21, and March 30, 1867" by the Honorable Barnes Frisbie;pp. 98-9; Poultney, Vermont. published by Middletown Springs Historical Society at the request of the citizens of Middletown, Vermont; 1867 1975. Note: My primary interest is in locating the land and grave site of my great, great, great grandfather, Ichabod Foster, born 1740 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, resided in Clarendon, Vermont (1770-1784, Whiting, Vermont (1784-1805), Middletown Springs, Vermont (1805-1811). According to his diary dated October 24, 1811 "We left with our family and effects for the Holland Purchase in York State." He kept a detailed diary which I have for the years 1785-1813. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]In the second volume he lists the route his family took and the families they stayed with from Middletown Springs, Vermont to Willink. What follows are the stops during the five week trip: Poultney, Vermont, Hartford, New York, Argyle Force, Saratoga, Saratoga Springs, Northern Galway, Johnstown, Bingham Herkimer, Schuyler, Whitestown), Vernon, Onondaga, Marcellus, Brutus, Fabius , Seneca, Gorham, Lima, Caledonia, Batavia, Clarence, Buffalo and Willink. November 28, 1811: "B. C. Foster (Benjamin Carr) where we arrived in the afternoon through the Divine goodness which completed a journey of 5 weeks". During most of the trip it either rained or snowed. It appears that this follows closely the route of the Great Genesee Road. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]"Benjamin Foster Diary"The Foster family settled on lot fifty-one, township seven, range six and was the first on that lot. The log house was located on the "old Amos Stanbro place". Benjamin and John Foster, who built a house next to his brother's, were children of Ichabod and Susannah Carr Foster. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]"History of the Original Town of Concord, Being the Present Towns of Concord, Collins and SardiniaErie County, New York"; by Erasmus Briggs; p. 32; Union and Advertiser Company's Print; Rochester, New York; 1883 (974.702 C74B, PT.1 ACPL)June 28, 1812: "we heard of wars being declared against great Britain"July 31, 1812: "alarm of the declaration of war between the United States and great Britain".August, 30, 1812: "This morning I saw a hand bill that gave an account of General Fuller conduct at the surrender of Detroit and the surrender of his command."September 14, 1812" The British cross the Lake and plunder on Eighteen Mile Creek and cloded wagon . . "October 12, 1812: "Heard the cannon in Buffalow".October 16, 1812: "in the morning we heard of the defeat of our troops in Canada".November 28, 1812: "We heard the cannons all day." His diary has one page per month with weather, crop, livestock information, and notes the activities, visits, births and deaths of family members and friends. December 18, 1812:-"In the night Samuel was taken poorly." (he died on the 27th) Ichabod finished Suzanna's shoesDecember 19, 1812: He was a farmer and a cobbler; making his family's shoes for generations. His last entries just said "snow". [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher] "Ichabod Foster's Diary" "As a rule, the pioneers of the Holland Purchase were men of splendid physique, intelligent, self-reliant and possessed great strength, courage and endurance, which stood them well in hand in the herculean task they had in rescuing this fair domain from a savage state. They came of noble race and could trace their lineage back to the pilgrims who landed on Plymouth Rock, through the bloody times that tried men's souls during the dark days of the Revolution . . . They had left the homes and scenes of their childhood and bid good-bye to early associates and friends, turned their faces toward the setting sun, and with their wives and little ones had started forth on their long and weary journey towards their future homes . . . When they at last arrived at their destination, within the dense forests of the Holland Purchase, hundreds of miles away from any city or large village, and without post offices or mails to aid them in communicating with their Eastern friends, they selected lands and built their log cabins, without lumber or nails, and entered upon a new mode of life." [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]"History of the Original Town of Concord, Being the Present Towns of Concord, Collins and SardiniaErie County, New York"; by Erasmus Briggs; p. 100; Union and Advertiser Company's Print; Rochester, New York; 1883 (974.702 C74B, PT.1 ACPL)"And if the sons inherited the wisdom, courage and valor of the sires, what shall be said of the daughters? Endowed with the spirit and fortitude of the Spartan mothers, who, in times of extremity, became truly heroic; still possessing the gentleness, tender solicitude and undying love, that has ever distinguished the sure woman from the sterner sex. They cheerfully shared all the toils, trials and dangers, incident to that period, and they were the guardian angels that watched over the pioneer's log cabin, ministering to him and his in sickness and caring for their comforts in health." [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]"History of the Original Town of Concord, Being the Present Towns of Concord, Collins and SardiniaErie County, New York"; by Erasmus Briggs; p. 101; Union and Advertiser Company's Print; Rochester, New York; 1883 (974.702 C74B, PT.1 ACPL)The last four tracts described in the conveyances of the land purchased of Massachusetts, by Robert Morris, were conveyed by him by four separate deeds. These tracts were purchased with the fund of certain gentlemen in Holland is 1773, and held in trust by the several grantees for their benefit, as they, being aliens, could not purchase and hold real estate in their own names, according to the then existing laws of the State. The Holland Company and the lands conveyed by those deed the Holland Purchase. The Dutch proprietors were Wilhem Willink, Jan Willink, Wilhem Willink the younger, and Jan Willink the younger. [Research of Julie Foster Van Camp, Foster family researcher]"History of the Original Town of Concord, Being the Present Towns of Concord, Collins and SardiniaErie County, New York"; by Erasmus Briggs; p. 32; Union and Advertiser Company's Print; Rochester, New York; 1883 (974.702 C74B, PT.1 ACPL)"The Carr Book; sketches of the lives of many of the descendants of Robert and Caleb Carr, whose arrival on this continent in 1635 began the American story of our family"; by Arthur Adkins Carr; published by the author; Ticonderoga, New York; 1947 (929.2 C23C ACPL)Ichabod's writings reveal an educated, observant, disciplined man who recorded facts but ignored feelings. He was a risk-taker in the wilderness who keenly observed his natural surroundings. He wasmy kind of person. If he were here today, I'm confident he would join me in my treks in the Yukon Territory and in my expeditions in the Himalayan mountains. He showed me that Fosters traveled on the edge centuries even before I was born. It is in our genes.Ichabod was seventy-one in 1811 when his last land deed was registered in Vermont. I don't know where he died or if a gravestone rests somewhere with his name on it, but tracing my family has linked me in universal space and time to a pioneer I never met but now know so well. He solved a mystery for me, too. In his diary, Ichabod wrote that in the early hours of the morning his son, Albro, was born. The date was October 16, 1785. "Ichabod's Diary: A Window to His World"; by Julie Foster Van Camp from "Ancestry Magazine"; XVIII:2:82; March/April, 2000 (Randall Archives)"Albro & Ichabod: Was There a Connection?" from the "Ancestry Magazine"; XVII:4; August, 1994 (Randall Archives)"Ichabod's Diary, A Window to His World" from the "Ancestry Magazine"; XVIII:2; March/April, 2000 (Randall Archives)

1. 2. Albro FOSTER   b. 16 Oct 1785, Whiting (Addison) Vermont; d. 15 May 1874, North Eaton (Lorain) Ohio; bur. Butternut Ridge Cemetery in Ridgeville, Ohio.

Source of Randall details: Wiliam R. Randall
Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall

1785, October 16: Albro, son of Ichabod and Susannah (Carr) Foster was born at Rutland (Rutland) Vermont.
"Ichabod's Diary: A Window to His World" by Julie Foster Van Camp from "Ancestry Magazine" XVIII:2:82; March/April, 2000 (Randall Archives)

Albro Served in the War of 1812.
"Index of Awards on Claims to Soldiers of the War of 1812" [Research by Robyn Osborn, WorldConnect]

Name: Foster, Albro
Dwelling: 426
Family: 437
Sex: Male
Age: 65 years
Occupation: Farmer
Real Estate: 600
Birthplace: Vermont
"1850 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M432 - Roll: 709 - Page: 253B - Line: 38) (USGenWeb Census Project)

1874, May 15: Albro Foster died (g.s.) and is buried, with his wife, in the Butternut Ridge Cemetery at North Eaton (Lorain) Ohio.
"Cemetery Inscriptions of Lorain County, Ohio" published by the Genealogical Workshop of the Lorain County Historical Society; Elyria, Ohio; 1980 (977.1 OH Lorain/Cemeteries SCGS) (929.377123 C332 OHS) (977.101 L88LAB ACPL)

1874, May 15: "It becomes our painful duty to record the sad and sudden death of our old and valued friend, Albro Foster . . . in the 88th year of his age. On the morning of his death, he went out into the woodshed and it is supposed, made a mis-step, falling through an open doorway into the cellar below, striking his forehead against the sharp edge of a stone . . . "
"Medina County (Ohio) Gazette" Obituary; May 22, 1874 (MCDL)

"Albro and Ichabod - Was there a Connection" by Julie Foster Van Camp from the "Ancestry Magazine" XII:4; July/August, 1994 (Randall Archives)

1. 3. Harriet FOSTER   b. 27 Mar 1807, Middletown Springs (Rutland) Vermont.
2. 4. Azariah Doane FOSTER   b. 10 May 1811, Whiting (Addison) Vermont; d. 7 Sep 1889, (Washington) Iowa.
3. 5. Lydia FOSTER   b. 16 Nov 1815, Ellisburg (Jefferson) New York; d. 2 Nov 1892, Lodi (Medina) Ohio.
4. 6. Sarah C. (b) FOSTER   b. 28 Jul 1819, Bakersfield (Franklin) Vermont; d. 28 Sep 1886, Chippewa Lake (Medina) Ohio; bur. 2 Oct 1886, Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina (Medina) Ohio.
5. 7. Christianna FOSTER   b. 17 Mar 1829, Lyme (Jefferson) New York; d. 29 Nov 1862, Wassonville (Washington) Iowa; bur. Wassonville Cemetery in Wassonville, Iowa.
6. 8. Ann Jeanette FOSTER   b. 10 Sep 1831, Lyme (Jefferson) New York; d. 12 Dec 1927, Logan Township (Lincoln) Kansas.

Name: Foster, Azariah D.
Dwelling: 429
Family: 440
Sex: Male
Age: 39 years
Occupation: Farmer
Value: 2,000
Birthplace: Vermont
"1850 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Reel: M432-709 - Page 253B - Line 6) (USGenWeb Census Project)

Name: Foster, A. D.
Dwelling: 191
Family: 199
Sex: Male
Age: 55 years
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Vermont
"1870 Federal Census" Lime Creek Township - County of Washington - State of Iowa (Series: M593 - Roll: 424 - Page: 152 - Line 33) (HeritageQuest)

Source of Randall details: Wiliam R. Randall
Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall

1808, July 28: Sarah C. Foster was born (birth date computed from g.s.).
"Tombstone Inscriptions from the Cemeteries of Medina County, Ohio" p. 313; Medina County Genealogical Society; Whipperwill Publications; Evansville, Indiana; 1983 (929.3097 Tom MCDL) (977.101 M46T ACPL)(Book/Photographs, Randall Archives)

Name: Randall, Sarah C.
Dwelling: 431
Family: 442
Sex: Female
Age: 30 years
Race: White
Birthplace: Vermont
"1850 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M432 - Roll: 709 - Page: 253B - Line: 32) (USGenWeb Census Project)

Name: Randall, Sarah
Relation to the Head of the Household: Wife
Race: White
Sex: Female
Age: 60 years
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Keeping House
Birthplace: Vermont
Birthplace of Father: Connecticut
Birthplace of Mother: Connecticut
"1880 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: T9 - Roll: 1047 - Page: 316B) (HeritageQuest)

Note: She then moved to South Haven, Michigan. Owns a lot in Minneapolis, Minnesota of unknown value that was taken on a debt. Description: North 16 1/2 feet of Lot 20, Block 1 and South 17 5/6 feet of Lot 21, Block 1; Minneapolis, Minnesota. Father: Pemberton Randall (Preacher) Died: January 4, 1891 in Minneapolis, Minnesota Buried in Medina, Medina County, Ohio
"Pension Application"

SARA FOSTER RANDALL
"Grandma" Randall had returned to Chippewa Lake from Michigan two weeks previous, with her son Taomas (Thomas) and daughter, Mrs. George Chapman. A Week after her return to Medina County, she passed away quietly in her sleep and was found by her daughter, Mrs. Nye, at 2 a.m. Wednesday. She was buried, next to her husband, in Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina on October 2. Reverend Cooley, an old and esteemed friend officiating."
"Medina County Gazette" Obituary, October 8, 1896; p. 2; Local News, roll 20 (Randall Archives)

1866, September 28: Sarah Randall died at the age of 77 years and 2 months (g.s.) and is buried with her husband in, Section 2, Lot 97 in the Spring Grove Cemetery at Medina, Ohio.
"Tombstone Inscriptions from the Cemeteries of Medina County, Ohio" p. 313; Medina County Genealogical Society; Whipperwill Publications; Evansville, Indiana; 1983 (929.3097 Tom MCDL) (977.101 M46T ACPL) (Book/Photographs, Randall Library)

"Effie Belle Randall of Bath, Ohio: Her Ancestors and Descendants" by Theodore N. Woods; p. 5; published by T. N. Woods; Phoenix, Arizona; 1991 (CS71.R19 199 LofC)

"Alexander Family Record" (Randall Archives)

"SAR Patriot Index" #81917 (Randall CD Library)

1. 9. Theodorus Beebe RANDALL, , Corporal   b. 30 Sep 1841, Granger (Medina) Ohio; d. 28 Feb 1911, Murietta (Fulton) Georgia; bur. Muriett National Cemetery in Murietta, Georgia.
2. 10. Thomas P. RANDALL, , Private   b. 11 Aug 1843, Medina (Medina) Ohio; d. 21 Nov 1910, Logan Township (Lincoln) Kansas; bur. Covert (Van Buren) Michigan.
3. 11. David Austin RANDALL, , Private   b. 1845, Medina (Medina) Ohio; d. 20 Aug 1861, Arlington (Arlington) Virginia; bur. Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina, Ohio.
4. 12. Maria Teresa RANDALL   b. 8 Aug 1848, Granger Township (Medina) Ohio; d. 12 Feb 1932, (Van Buren) Michigan.
5. 13. Sarah A. RANDALL   b. 1851, Granger Township (Medina) Ohio.
6. 14. Elizabeth RANDALL   b. 1852.
7. 15. Charles S. RANDALL   b. 20 Jul 1856, Lafayette Township (Medina) Ohio; d. 20 Dec 1878, (Lincoln) Kansas; bur. Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina, Ohio.
8. 16. Lydia E. RANDALL   b. 1862, Lafayette (Medina) Ohio; d. AFT. 1920, Arkwright, Spokane (Spokane) Washington.

(Research of Julie Foster Van Camp)
"Wassonville Cemetery Records: Washington County, Iowa" Washington Country Historical Society; Washington, Iowa

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Name: Foster, Augenette
Dwelling: 426
Family: 437
Sex: Female
Age: 19 years
Birthplace: New York
"1850 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M432 - Roll: 709 - Page 253B - Line 40) (USGenWeb Census Project)

Name: Hinckley, Ann Jeanette
Dwelling: 718
Family: 718
Age: 28
Sex: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: New York
"1860 Federal Census" Village of Eaton - County of Lorain - State of Ohio (Series: M653 - Roll: 1001 - Page: 50 - Line 22) (HeritageQuest)

Source of Randall details: Wiliam R. Randall
Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall

Note: It is reported that Theo had such a violent temper and treated his family so badly when living in Michigan that during a trip his wife, Carolyn Emelia, in the dead of night called in some neighbors, loaded all the family belongings into wagons, put all the contents on a train and returned to Ohio never to see or speak of him a- gain. Following the departure of his family, Theodorus may have received his teaching credential at Oberlin College. On his return from a winter vacation in Florida, Theo had his pocket picked in Atlanta and was thrown off his train. He slept on a park bench, caught pneumonia and was taken, it is believed, to Wesley Hospital, where he died. His son, James Pemberton Randall was working for the railroad in Missouri and got a pass to go to Atlanta and claim the body. He was buried in Marietta National Cemetery (see Randall records) never to be spoken of again in the family circles. (Carolyn Randall Worrall, telephone conversation of December 3, l998)

Name: Randall, Theodorus B.
Dwelling: 431
Family: 432
Sex: Male
Age: 9 years
Occupation: At Home
Birthplace: Ohio
"1850 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M432 - Roll: 709 - Page: 253B - Line: 38) (USGenWeb Census Project)

Military Note: Theodorus served as a Corporal in Company "K" of the 8th Regiment of the Ohio Infantry
"National Archives and Records Administration" Washington, DC (Series: M552 - Roll 87)

The 8th Regiment, Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio on June 22, 1861, and duty there till July 8. Moved to Grafton, West Virginia on July 8. At West Union, Preston County, till July 13. Pursuit of Garnett's forces from July 13-18. Guard duty on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to September. Attached to Hill's Brigade, Army of Occupation, West Virginia, to August, 1861. 3rd Brigade, Army of Occupation, to January, 1862. Landers' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. Kimball's Independent Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to July, 1862. Kimball's Independent Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1864.
Action at Worthington, West Virginia on September 2, 1861and at Hanging Rock, Romney on September 23. Romney from September 23-25. Mill Creek Mills, Romney from October 26. Duty at Romney till January, 1862. Expedition to Blue's Gap from January 6-7 and Blue's Gap on January 7. Evacuation of Romney on January 10 and Bloomery Gap on February 9 and 13. Duty at Paw Paw Tunnel till March 7. Advance on Winchester, Virginia from March 7-15. Strasburg March 19. "Battle of Kernstown" on March 22 and Winchester on March 23. Cedar Creek on March 25 and Woodstock on April 1. Edenburg on April 2. Mt. Jackson on April 16 and March to Fredericksburg, Virginia from May 12-21 and return to Front Royal from May 25-30. Front Royal on May 30. Expedition to Luray from June 3-7. Port Republic Bridge on June 8 and Port Republic on June 9. Moved to Alexandria, thence to Harrison Landing from June 29-30. Haxall's, Herring Creek, Harrison Landing from July 3-4. At Harrison Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville from August 16-28. Cover Pope's retreat from Bull Run to Fairfax Court House on September 1. "Maryland Campaign" from September 6-22. "Battle of Antietam" from September 16-17. Moved to Harper's Ferry September 22 and duty there till October 30. Reconnaissance to Leesburg October 1-2. March to Falmouth from October 30 - November 19. "Battle of Fredericksburg", Virginia from December 12-15. At Falmouth, Virginia till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" from January 20-24. "Chancellorsville Campaign" from April 27 - May 6. "Battle of Chancellorsville" from May 1-5. "Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) Campaign" from June 11 - July 24. "Battle of Gettysburg" from July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Virginia from July 5-24. On detached duty at New York during draft disturbances from August 15 - September 16. "Bristoe Campaign" from October 9-22. Auburn and Bristoe on October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock from November 7-8. "Mine Run Campaign" from November 26 - December 2. Robertson's Tavern, or Locust Grove on November 27. Mine Run from November 28-30. Demonstration on the Rapidan from February 5-7, 1864. Morton's Ford from February 6-7. "Rapidan Campaign" from May 3 - June 15. "Battles of the Wilderness" from May 5-7; Laurel Hill on May 8; Spottsylvania from May 8-12; Po River on May 10; Spottsylvania Court House from May 12-21; "Bloody Angle" May 12; North Anna River from May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey from May 26-28 and Totopotomoy May 8-31. Cold Harbor from June 1-12. Before Petersburg from June 16-18. "Siege of Petersburg from June 16-25. Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad from June 22-23. Left trenches on June 24. Veterans and Recruits formed into two Companies and transferred to 4th Ohio Infantry Battalion on June 25, 1864. Regiment mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, July 13, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 officers and 124 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 72 enlisted men by disease. Total 205 casualties.
"A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion/compiled and arranged from official records of the Federal and Confederate armies, reports of the adjutant generals of the several states, the army registers, and other reliable documents and sources" by Frederick H. Dyer; Morningside Press; Dayton, Ohio 1994 (QUARTO 973.7 D996c, 1994 CSL)

Name: Randall, Theadorus
Dwelling: 38
Family: 38
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Age: 28 years
Marital Status: Single
Race: W
Occupation: Teacher Comon School
Personal Estate Value: 250
Birthplace: Ohio
"1870 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M593 - Roll: 1241 - Page: 318A - Line: 40) (USGenWeb Census Project)

Name: Randall, T. B.
Race: White
Sex: Male
Age: 38 years
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Ohio
Birthplace of Father: Ohio
Birthplace of Mother: Ohio
"1880 Federal Census" Granger Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: T9 - Roll: 1047 - Page: 316B) (USGenWeb Census Project)

THEODORE BEEBE RANDALL
Theodore Randall, father of the late Ralph Randall of this town and an old resident of York and Lafayette, died in a hospital at Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday. He had been spending the winter in Florida and had started on the trip north when he was taken sick in Atlanta. His son, James P. Randall of Cleveland left last Saturday for Atlanta in response to a telegram telling of his sickness. The funeral was held there with burial at the National Cemetery at Marietta, Georgia.
"Medina County Gazette-Obituary" of March 3, 1911; p. 6 (Randall Archives)

Burial Note: Theodorus Randall is interred in Section C., grave #10389 at Marietta VA National Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia.
"Department of Veteran Affairs, Marietta National Cemetery" James H. Wallace, III.; Cemetery Administrator (Randall Archives)

1. 17. Ralph Alexander (a) RANDALL   b. 17 Aug 1875, Worthington (Franklin) Ohio; d. 4 Apr 1905, Medina (Medina) Ohio; bur. Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina, Ohio.
2. 18. Anna Marie RANDALL   b. 9 Jun 1878, Worthington (Franklin) Ohio; d. 8 Jun 1956, Elyria (Lorain) Ohio; bur. York Cemetery in York (Medina) Ohio.
3. 19. James Pemberton RANDALL   b. 21 Aug 1881, Chatham (Medina) Ohio; d. 18 Apr 1951, Normandy (St. Louis) Missouri; bur. Oak Grove Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
4. 20. Dorus Powers RANDALL, , PhD   b. 20 Apr 1889, Covert (Van Buren) Michigan; d. Aug 1979, Syracuse (Onondaga) New York; bur. Oakwood Cemetery at Syracuse, New York.

Source of Randall details: Wiliam R. Randall
Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall

Name: Randall, Thomas
Dwelling: 431
Family: 442
Sex: Male
Birthplace: Ohio
"1850 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M432 - Roll: 709 - Page: 253B - Line: 20) (USGenWeb Census Project)

1864, May 15: Thomas Randall enlisted in Company D. of the 166th Regiment of the Ohio Infantry. [Research of Julie Wall of St. David, Arizona]
"Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866" compiled under the direction of the roster commission; The Werner Company; Akron, Ohio; 1893 (E525.3 .O38 v.1-6 Cleveland Public Library)

Military Note: Thomas P. Randall served in Company D., 166 Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry until the end of the war.
"The History of Medina County, Ohio" p. 855; Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers; Chicago, Illinois; 1881 (977.1 OH SCGS) (977.135 H629 OSH)

Military Note: Thomas Randall served as a Private in Company D of the166th Ohio National Guard Infantry in the Civil War.
"National Archives and Records Administration" (Film M522, Roll 87)

The 166th Regiment, Ohio Infantry National Guard was organized at Camp Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered in May 13, 1864. Left Ohio for Washington, DC, on May 15. Attached to 2nd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to August, 1864. Assigned to duty as garrison at Forts Richardson, Barnard, Raynalds, Ward and Worth (Headquarters at Fort Richardson), Defences of Washington south of the Potomac, till September. Repulse of Early's attack on Washington July 11-12. Mustered out September 9, 1864. the regiment lost during service 39 Enlisted men by disease. 39 Total casualties.
"A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion/compiled and arranged from official records of the Federal and Confederate armies, reports of the adjutant generals of the several states, the army registers, and other reliable documents and sources" by Frederick H. Dyer; II:1552; Morningside Press; Dayton, Ohio 1994 (QUARTO 973.7 D996c, 1994 CSL)

Name: Randall Thomas
Dwelling: 38
Family: 38
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Age: 26 years
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Birthplace: Ohio
"1870 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M593 - Roll: 1241 - Page: 318B - Line: 1) (USGenWeb Census Project)

Name: Randall, T. P.
Age: 40 years
Sex: Male
Marital Status: Married
"1885 Kansas Census" Logan Township - Lincoln County - State of Kansas

Name: Randall, M. J.
Age: 34 years
Sex: Female
Marital Status: Married
"1885 Kansas Census" Logan Township - Lincoln County - State of Kansas

Name: Randall, Vernon, J.
Age: 12 years
Sex: Male
"1885 Kansas Census" Logan Township - Lincoln County - State of Kansas

Name: Randall, Jennie J.
Age: 10 years
Sex: Female
"1885 Kansas Census" Logan Township - Lincoln County - State of Kansas

Name: Randall, Thomas
Dwelling: 224
Family: 254
Relationship to head of household: Head
Race: White
Sex: Male
Birth date: August 1843
Age: 56 years
Marital Status: Maried
Married: 29 years
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Ohio
Birthplace of Father: Connecticut
Birthplace of Mother: Vermont
Read English: Yes
Write English: Yes
Speak English: Yes
Own/Rent: Own
Free/Mortgage: Mortgage
House/Farm: Farm
Farm: 201
"1900 Federal Census" Covert Township - County of Van Buren - State of Michigan (Series: T623 - Roll: 745 - Page: 127 - Line: 3) (USGenWeb Census Project)

1910, November 21: Thomas P. Randall died and was buried at Covert, Kansas. [Research of Laurel Joanne Brown Hardin, Randall family researcher]

1. 21. Vernon Harry RANDALL   b. 25 Feb 1872, Lafayette (Medina) Ohio; d. 5 Feb 1950, Covert (Van Buren) Michigan.
2. 22. Jennie June RANDALL   b. 22 Feb 1874, Lafayette (Medina) Ohio; d. 26 Jun 1955, Las Vegas (Clark) Nevada; bur. Covert Cemetery at Covert (Van Buren) Michigan.
3. 23. Ruth Pemberton RANDALL   b. 28 Dec 1888, Sunrise, Shawnee Soldier Township, Kansas Indian Territory; d. 4 Oct 1981, Las Vegas (Clark) Nevada; bur. Memory Garden Cemetery at las Vegas, Nevada.
4. 24. Theresa Mary RANDALL   b. 16 Feb 1891, Sunrise, Shawnee Soldier Township, Kansas Indian Territory; d. 2 Jun 1972, Aurora (Kane) Illinois.

Source of Randall details: Wiliam R. Randall
Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall

1841: David Austin, son of Pemberton and Sarah C. (Foster) Randall was born (date of birth calculated from g.s., but is (probably) wrong based on additional information).
"Tombstone Inscriptions from the Cemeteries of Medina County, Ohio" p. 358; Medina County Genealogical Society; Whipperwill Publications; Evansville, Indiana; 1983 (929.3097 Tom MCDL) (Book/photographs, Randall Library)

Name: Randall, David A.
Dwelling: 431
Family: 442
Age: 5 Years
Sex: Male
Birthplace: Ohio
"1850 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M432 - Roll: 709 - Page: 253B - Line: 21) (USGenWeb Census Project)

1864, Mary 15: David A. Randall enlisted in Company D of the 166th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. [Research of Julie Wall of St. David, Arizona]
"Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866" compiled under the direction of the roster commission; The Werner Company; Akron, Ohio; 1893 (E525.3 .O38 v.1-6 Cleveland Public Library)

Military Note: David "Austin" Randall served as a Private in Company D of the 166th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer
Infantry in the Civil War.
"National Archives and Records Administration" Washington, DC (Film Number M552, Roll 87)

1864, May 13: 166th Regiment Infantry was organized at Camp Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered. Left state for Washington, DC on May 15. Attached to 2nd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to August, 1864. Assigned to duty as garrison at Forts Richardson, Barnard, Reynolds, Ward and Worth (Headquarters at Fort Richardson), Defences of Washington south of the Potomac, till September. Repulse of Early's attack on Washington from July 11-12. Mustered out September 9, 1864. Regiment lost during service 39 Enlisted men by disease.
"A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion/compiled and arranged from official records of the Federal and Confederate armies, reports of the adjutant generals of the several states, the army registers, and other reliable documents and sources" by Frederick H. Dyer; II:1552; Morningside Press; Dayton, Ohio 1994 (Quarto 973.7 D996c, 1994 CSL)
and
"National Park Service: Civil War Soldier and Sailors System"

Note: According to the Spring Grove Cemetery marker, David A. Randall died on August 20, 1861, but he was 20 years old so he would have died in 1865. Also, the 166th was not formed until May 13, 1864, so he would have died before his enlistment started. It is possible that he died during the defense of Washington, DC.

1663, August 20: David A. Randall died. David A. Randall served in Company D, 166th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry and died in the Civil War. He is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Medina, Ohio.
"Tombstone Inscriptions from the Cemeteries of Medina County, Ohio" p. 313; Medina County Genealogical Society; Whipperwill Publications; Evansville, Indiana; 1983 (929.3097 Tom MCDL) (Book/ photographs, Randall Archives)

1864, August 20: David Austin Randall died in the regimental hospital in Arlington, Virginia. [Research of Julie Wall of St. David, Arizona]
"Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866" compiled under the direction of the roster commission; The Werner Company; Akron, Ohio; 1893 (E525.3 .O38 v.1-6 Cleveland Public Library)

1895, February 25: A pension was filed for by his mother, Sarah C. Randall, application number: 609,335. No Certificate number is given, which usually means no pension was given. [Research of Sharon, WorldConnect]

Name: David Austin Randall
Company D, 166th Ohio Infantry
Enrolled: May 2, 1864
Died: August 19, 1864 in Regimental Hospital of entero colitis following Typhoid Fever incurred at Ft. Richardson, Virginia.
Married; No
Medical Records of Austin Randall, Aus--- Ran---, A. Randall:
May 22 to June 1, 1864: Rubeola, returned to duty
June to August, 1864: no diagnosis
August 13 - 19, 1864: Typhoid Fever
Died: August 19, 1864; Typhoid Fever
"National Park Service: Civil War Soldier and Sailors System" (Film: M552 - Roll 87)

1895, February 19: His mother, Sarah C. Randall applied for pension at age 76, a resident of the town of Chippewa Lake, Medina County, Ohio

Note" "David Austin Randall "was generally known among his neighbors and towns people by the name of "Austin Randall" and the name of David was seldom used or spoken." [Research of Sharon Dulcich for William R. Randall] (Randall Archives)
"National Archives and Records Administration" Washington, DC

1861, August 20: David A. Randall died (g.s.) and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery at Medina (Medina) Ohio.
"Tombstone Inscriptions from the Cemeteries of Medina County, Ohio" p. 313; Medina County Genealogical Society; Whipperwill Publications; Evansville, Indiana; 1983 (929.3097 Tom MCDL) (977.101 M46T ACPL) (Book/Photographs, Randall Library)

"Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion" Ohio Roster Commission; IX:355-70 and 763; Ohio Valley Press; Cincinnati, Ohio: 1889. (E525.3038v9)

Source of Randall details: Wiliam R. Randall
Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall

Name: Randall, Maria T.
Dwelling: 431
Family: 442
Age: 2 Years
Sex: Female
Birthplace: Ohio
"1850 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M432 - Roll: 709 - Page: 253B - Line: 22) (USGenWeb Census Project)

Name: Chapman, Theresa
Dwelling: 66
Family: 70
Sex: Female
Race: White
Age: 22 years
Birthplace: Ohio
"1870 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M593 - Roll: 1241 - Page: 320A - Line: 14) (USGenWeb Census Project)

1896: Maria Randall Chapman and her brother Thomas Randall, accompanied their mother who escorted her husband's body from Michigan to Medina, Ohio for funeral and burial in Spring Grove Cemetery.
"Medina County Gazette-Obituary" on October 8, 1896 (Randall Archives)

Name: Chapman, Theresa Maria
Dwelling: 134
Family: 157
Race: White
Sex: Female
Age: 71 years
Marital Status: Married
Read English: Yes
Write English: Yes
Birthplace: Ohio
Birthplace of Father: Connecticut
Birthplace of Mother: Vermont
"1920 Federal Census" South Haven Township - County of Van Buren - State of Michigan (Series: T625 - Roll 799 - Page: 292) (HeritageQuest)

Source of Randall details: Wiliam R. Randall
Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall

Note: Sarah . . . moved to South Haven, Michigan. Owns a lot in Minneapolis, Minnesota of unknown value that was taken on a debt. Description: North 16 1/2 feet of Lot 20, Block 1 and South 17 5/6 feet of Lot 21, Block 1; Minneapolis, Minnesota.
"Pension Application"

Source of Randall details: Wiliam R. Randall
Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall

Source of Randall details: Wiliam R. Randall
Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall

1856, July 20: Charles S., son of Pemberton and Sarah C. (Foster) Randall was born (birth date computed from g.s.).
"Tombstone Inscriptions from the Cemeteries of Medina County, Ohio" p. 313; Medina County Genealogical Society; Whipperwill Publications; Evansville, Indiana; 1983 (929.3097 Tom MCDL) (977.101 M46T ACPL)

Name: Randall, Charles S.
Dwelling: 38
Family: 38
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Age: 13 years
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Ohio
"1870 Federal Census: Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M593 - Roll: 1241 - Page 318B - Line: 2) (USGenWeb Census Project)

Death Note: Charles S. Randall, shot by accident, was single and a farmer in Kansas at the time of his death.
"Medina County Probate Court Records" Volume I:43 (Randall Archives)

1878, December 20, Charles S. Randall died (g.s.) and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery at Medina (Medina) Ohio in Section 2, Lot 97.
"Tombstone Inscriptions from the Cemeteries of Medina County, Ohio" p. 313; Medina County Genealogical Society; Whipperwill Publications; Evansville, Indiana; 1983 (929.3097 Tom MCDL) (977.101 M46T ACPL)

Source of Randall details: Wiliam R. Randall
Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall

Name: Randall, Lydia
Dwelling: 38
Family: 38
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Age: 8 years
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birthplace: Ohio
"1870 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: M593 - Roll: 1241 - Page: 318B - Line: 32) (USGenWeb Census Project)

Name: Randall, Lydia
Relation to the Head of the Household: Daughter
Race: White
Sex: Female
Age: 18 years
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Ohio
Birthplace of Father: Connecticut
Birthplace of Mother: Vermont
"1880 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: T9 - Rolf: 1047 - Page: 316B) (US GenWeb Census Project)

Name. Nye, Lydia E.
Race: White
Sex: Male
Age 57 years
Marital Status: Married
Relationship to Head of the Household: Wife
Read English: Yes
Write English: Yes
Birthplace: Ohio
Birthplace of Father: Connecticut
Birthplace of Mother: Vermont
"1920 Federal Census" City of Spokane, 1st Ward, Arkwright - County of Spokane - State of Washington (Series: T625 - Roll: 1940 - Page: 234) (HeritageQuest)

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Spokane, Washington, November, 1940

My Dear Alice:

I have been devoting some of my spare time of late to the job of looking over old letters and an old scrap book. In the book, from time to time through the years, I have pasted newspaper clippings; some of them brief and some lengthy, all interesting 'to me because they bring back memories of a time long gone, of people I knew and loved and the contribution they made to life, each in his own way and within his particular sphere of influence.
You may be disappointed because I have not found much that could be called "authentic" concerning the history of the Randall family; my father was not as much interested in ancestors as his brother, D. A. Randall. If he had been I might have a more satisfactory report to submit today. The old family bible, which contained a record, even the only really good picture of my father, (a daguerreotype) was appropriated by one of the older children in our family and seems to have been lost, somewhere.
My father would insist that it didn't matter so much who and what our ancestors were; that its what we are that counts. And maybe he was right, though his mother, Joanna must have been rather proud of her side of the house since she named her eldest son (my father), "Pemberton". The Pemberton who was Lord Mayor of London in the seventeenth century A. D. was a,forebear of her father, Patrick Grant
Pemberton. She, Joanna, married James Randall, my father's father, and my grandfather. He was a Scotchman, and my father was more like him, while his brother, D. A., resembled the English side of the house.
My father was out-spoken, brusque, caring little for the niceties of life, a great student of books, he found it easy to be "brains and speech for the whole countryside" as some one once put it. My uncle was entirely different both in looks and in personality. He was gentle, courteous, a lover of beauty; as an author, lecturer and world traveler he was well known and well loved.
He was a successful business man, too, in Columbus where he made his home all his life. His books, stationery and all kinds of interior decorations such as pictures, wall paper and the like, was one of the attractive business houses, as I remember it.
It was always a red letter day when he came to visit us at our farm home near Medina. He liked children and always brought us story-books and whatever else he could think of or thought we would like. Once he gave my mother five hundred dollars, "to use as she liked", he said. He realized, I suppose, that she could find a use for it.
Looking through a box of old keepsakes a week or so ago, I came across a faded flower of a variety that I know must have been beautiful and rare, pasted on a card, once white, but now yellow with age. At the bottom of the card was written, "For Sarah, (my mother) a flower from Jerusalem".
When my father found himself with a family of growing boys he decided to abandon village life and move to a place that seemed to him, at least, more suitable for youngsters, and so, for years and years that farm was the place where "Elder Randall's" family lived and moved and had its being. My father was away a great deal, so to my mother fell the burden to overseer and general manager. A more courageous woman never lived I am sure, and she needed not only that heaven-sent endowment but all that was cultivated as well.
My uncle's wife used to spend a month or so with us on the farm each summer. She was a most remarkable woman. Her parents were New Englanders and came to Ohio in 1800. Their name was Oviatt. He was one of the original founders and generous patrons of "Western Reserve" College. The daughter, Harriet, must have received the best educational advantages of her time as her brilliant accomplishments were often spoken of. She took great interest in all questions of the day, possessed great mental vigor; often contributing articles for the press. She had among her friends many eminent men of the day; John Brown, the political martyr, was one of them.
One of his last letters, written, the night before his execution, was to her, in answer to one she had written to him expressing sympathy for him in his hour of trial.
She was interested in all sorts of philanthropic work. The poor and friendless found her a sympathetic friend and helper. She helped to found mission schools and homes for the friendless. This about Aunt H. may not be of any particular interest to you. It only goes to show that my uncle's wife must have contributed quite a bit in the way of brains to her son, E. O. Randall, who was supreme court reporter for years, also nationally known historian, writer, delightful orator and a generally well beloved human being. My father and "E. 0.", as we always spoke of him, used to have many long conversations concerning men and things lasting long into the night. He was fond of "Uncle Pern" though he was too busy to come often to see my father. He had a son and a daughter. The son, a lawyer, died last year.
I wanted to send you the newspaper write up but I have lost it. Put it away too carefully, I guess. I may find it, if I do I will send it onto you, so that you can add it to whatever you have by way of a Randall Chronology.
I seem to have gathered more concerning my cousin Emilius and his activities than about other members of our clan, maybe because he lived during that period of my life when I took more interest or pride in everything than I have during later periods. He filled so many places in public life that
he was almost an institution in himself. I have just re-read a scrap book story that tells of "a rare opportunity" which came to the art lovers in Marquette, one evening many years ago, when E. 0.
was visiting relatives in that city. He talked about Benjamin West, first painter and founder of the Royal
Academy of England. From some of the comments I'll quote this: "Mr. Randall possesses an elegant diction and a great command of language, always being able to grasp the word having just the right shade of meaning he wishes to express. He has long been interested in art matter and has visited
the principal galleries of this country and of Europe thus acquiring information that fits him to speak with authority and to the advantage of his hearers. He was a graduate of Cornell University, also of the law college of Ohio State, degree of bachelor of philosophy in Cornell and degree of bachelor and master of laws at Ohio State. Later postgraduate in history at Cornell and in Europe. Had two children, a son and a daughter. The daughter still survives. She is Mrs. Robert Pfieffer, she has several children, but
as they are not Randalls, we will pass them by."
I have always held that the children in my father's family might have made a name for themselves had he manifested the same interest in their education that his brother did. My uncle often pointed out that the children's needs ought to come first, that something beyond the common school education must be planned for them.
A letter to my mother from my uncle's wife seems to have kept a place among old reminders of past years. In it she writes ''How are things going with you nowadays, sister? I suppose the days are still full of care.
"How is Theodorus getting along in school, is he applying himself? And is your husband still spending all his time and strength for others, trusting the education and care of his children to Providence? No doubt he feels the conversion of souls a more benevolent act and that his sacrifices in behalf of sinners will be rewarded."
Oh dear me; I wonder if its good for me to keep such old records. My mother must have been a woman of many sorrows, and yet I always think of her as a bringer of sunshine. She was always ready with a hopeful suggestion when things looked black. When I think of my father, I feel proud of his knowledge, but never the love for him that I feel for my mother. She seems always near me. the same guide and
counselor that she was in days of long ago. The older I grow the better I understand her. "Sarah Foster, descendent of Colonel Foster of Revolutionary fame". T. B. used to have the old sword he carried.
In his book entitled "The wonderful Tent" Rev. D. A. Randall, D. D. has written: "Pemberton Randall was one of seven children born to James Randall and his wife, Joanna Pemberton. The parents were able to bestow upon their children those inestimable boons good blood and Christian influences. The Randalls originated in bonnie Scotland, in the stirring annals of which country their name is not obscure. The Pemberton's sprang from sturdy English stock possessed of both ability and nobility. Joanna was a direct descendant of Ebenezer Pemberton, D. D., one of the early distinguished pastors of Old South Church, Boston. Both father and mother were native New Englanders."
My father was the oldest child in this family who, when he was born, (Oct. fifth, 1807) lived in Lebanon, Connecticut. Later the family moved to Auburn, New York and from there to Ontario County near
Canandaigua Lake. The children in this household were well educated, pursuing a classical course the three boys at least, did when they had finished with the common school. Two brothers, my father and D. A., adopted the profession of "Minister of the Gospel", spent much of their time, for a while at least, in "Scripture reading, prayer and meditation" and in due time became cultivated ministers of the Baptist Church. I noticed in reading over one of the notices, this: "he, Pemberton, was regarded as one of the strongest intellectual and scriptural preachers of the denomination to which he belonged. Young ministers have always considered it a great privilege to listen to his discourses, his sermons being clear, logical and strong arguments in favor of the religion of Christ. At eighty, when he died, his mind "was clear to the very last." The other brother, Delano, was a gentle, refined and rather unassuming sort. He had several children, one of them, a doctor, lived on a farm in Granger, Ohio. I have lost all trace of the family since Uncle D. arid Aunt Louisa passed on. I know that some cousin had a summer
home at Black River where we used to go some times but much that has happened in our family is long since forgotten (by me, anyway).
My daughter has a history that she thinks she couldn't get along without; it is the Genealogy of the Nye family In Denmark and England and in America. I wish we could have such a history of The Randall Family. That would be worth something.
This book has about seven hundred pages and the first record of the Nye family began in the 13th Century, A.D. Benjamin Nye was the first Nye to come to America. There is a picture of the house in which he lived in Lynn, Massachusetts and there is record of all the generations that followed, even up to the present. It is interesting.
I have always felt interested in family histories. It helps us to understand the causes that lie back of what may seem to us to be strange performances on the part of friends or relations (distinguished ones, too). Then, too, I think it helps us to know that our forebears were folks who stood for the better things, some of them, at least making valuable contributions to the society in which they lived. I often think of that hope that George Elliott expressed when she wrote: "0 may I join the choir invisible, of those immortal dead, who live again in lives made better by their presence".
Often, thinking- of those who have, gone on, I find myself wondering what their answer would have been to certain troublesome problems, and sometimes I listen, and am helped. I have two pictures of my Uncle Austin. One I have in a frame on the wall, the other one I thought you might like to look at, just to see how one Randall of an older generation looked.
I have some old letters, yellow and worn, written over a hundred years ago. One is from my grandfather, James Randall, to my father. It has occurred to me that your sons might be interested in reading them sometime. They might be bored, though, it would depend on how they regard such things.
I cannot help thinking that of all my brother Theodore's children, his oldest son, Ralph, seemed the most promising. I've just been looking again at his picture, and re-reading that obituary notice and brief biography that I clipped from the Medina Gazette years ago.
Looking back across the years and thinking over the story of his life, as I knew it, I feel sure that had he lived, he would have made a success of life and to his children, he would have left not only a loving memory but the kind of a heritage that money cannot buy from the world, or power wrest from the "Fates". He seemed to have inherited from his Puritan ancestors more of the New England conscience
than some of the rest of us received, steadfastness of purpose, the ability to think straight. The high regard that all who knew him came to feel for him gave evidence that he was free from the hypocrisy and the meaner vices of life that cast their shadow over so many of us.
"If Only." How often we find ourselves repeating those fateful words. If only Ralph Randall had inherited robust health there would have been a different tale to tell concerning his life and work. The children of the future are going to have a better chance.

"Ralph A. Hale, 1875-1905" unpublished biography compiled by Alice Mae Randall (Randall Archives)