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

1875: Ralph Alexander Randall was born at Litchfield (Medina) Ohio.
"Tombstone Inscriptions from the Cemeteries of Medina County, Ohio" p. 312; published by The Medina County Genealogical Society; Whipperwill Publications; Evansville, Indiana; 1983 (929.3097 Tom MCDL) (977.101 M46T ACPL) (Photographs, Randall Archives)

Name: Randall, Ralph A.
Relation to the Head of the Household: Son
Race: White
Sex: Male
Age: 4 years
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Ohio
Birthplace of Father: Ohio
Birthplace of Mother: Ohio
"1880 Federal Census" Lafayette Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: T9 - Roll: 1047 - Page: 316B) (US GenWeb Census Project)

Name: Randall, Ralph A.
Dwelling: 135
Family: 137
Relationship to head of household: Son
Race: White
Sex: Male
Birth Date: August, 1875
Age: 24 years
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Ohio
Birthplace of Father: Ohio
Birthplace of Mother: Ohio
Occupation: School Teacher
Read English: Yes
Write English: Yes
Speak English: Yes
Soundex Code: R534
"1900 Federal Census" York Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: T623 - Roll: 1302 - Page: 6B) (USGenWeb Census Project)

1903: Ralph Randall entered on the roll of the Congregational Church of Medina, Ohio.
"Membership Roll Litchfield Congregational Church from January 1, 1875" found in "The Medina County Story" II:14, 1994 (Randall Archives)

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DEATH'S CALL
Answered by Ralph A. Randall, Auditor Elect of Medina County

The End Came Unexpectedly Tuesday Evening After an Illness That Baffled the Physicians. Had Been Long Ailing, Something of His Life and Work.

This community was shocked and deeply saddened Tuesday evening by the announcement of the death of Ralph A. Randall, auditor elect of Medina county and a member of the board of county examiners. The end came at about 7:30 that evening, after a singular illness that had baffled and perplexed the skill and knowledge of his physicians for months past. He had never enjoyed robust health, having been delicate from childhood. A catarrhal condition of the stomach, much aggravated during the past two years had made him an almost continuous sufferer. For relief from this trouble, he went to Cleveland Hospital last summer and for several weeks was under the care of Dr. John P. Sawyer. He received but little benefit, and after returning home his ill health was aggravated by symptoms of serious nerve trouble, that at times completely prostrated him. For some weeks past, he had suffered at times excruciating pain at the back of his head, and during one of these attacks of intense pain and nervous prostration on March 19, he was rendered unconscious for a number of hours. But he rallied, and placed himself under the care of Dr. W. D. Wise a local physician. He was able to go to Cleveland for examination and treatment three times during the past two weeks, and the Cleveland physician gave him the strongest hope of ultimate recovery, diagnosing his case as one of acute gastritis with sympathetic nervous affection.
But from time to time he suffered from attacks of the terrible pain in the head, and appeared to his friends to be losing ground. Last week, he seemed better, and was on the street last Saturday. Monday he showed symptoms of nervous collapse and a return of one of the attacks of terrible pain in the head, and during much of the night unconscious or in great pain. Tuesday the suffering and unconsciousness continued until about 4:00 O'clock in the afternoon, when he seemed to rally and grow materially better. His physician then left him hopeful of the outcome, but an hour later was hurriedly summoned again to find that respiration had ceased, and complete unconsciousness ensued. Artificial respiration and the most powerful heart stimulants were at once resorted to by the doctors, and good respiration and almost normal heart action restored.
For two hours and a half Drs. Wise and Freeman kept the fleeting spark of life glowing in the suffering body, but consciousness did not return and at 7:35 O'clock the fight for life had to be given over, and the brave spirit of Ralph H. Randall took its flight from earth.
Wednesday forenoon a postmortem examination was held conducted by Drs. Wise and Freeman, and attended by Drs. Jones and Damon. The cause of death was found to be a gathering of water at the base of the brain, causing fatal pressure on the vital nerve center there, immediate dissolution being due to the paralyzing effect on the breathing function of the brain center. The watery gathering was due to long standing inflammation of the covering membranes of the lower brain, caused perhaps by a sunstroke received six or seven years ago, and aggravated by over work and too long mental application. Nearly a cupful of water was found in the brain ventricles.
The funeral was held Thursday after-noon at 1:30 at the house and at 2:00 at the Congregational church, conducted by Rev. Jesse Hill. Few funerals ever held in Medina have been more largely attended, and the marked sorrow and grief of the large assemblage were a heart-felt tribute to the love and high esteem in which the deceased was every where held. Burial was made at Spring Grove cemetery. There are left to mourn him a wife, infant son, and two brothers, for all of whom the sincerest sympathy is expressed throughout this community.
The biography of the deceased must necessarily be brief, for his life was short. It is the story of a noble spirit struggling against adverse circumstances up to success and wide esteem. His recent canvas of his county for the office of auditor had made him known to most of its citizens, and the fact that he secured the Republican nomination for that highly-prized office, without a competitor in the field, tells how highly he was regarded by all men who met him and made even the slightest acquaintance with him. His brief biography was characteristically told by himself in the columns of the Gazette where, as a candidate for office, he addressed himself to the Republican voters of the county, and we shall here reprint those words of his own, for they glow with the modesty, honesty, courage and splendid manhood of the deceased. He said: "I was born in Lafayette township in 1878, and have since spent the greater part of my life in Medina county. For the past 12 years I have been engaged: in school teaching, seven of which I spent in Mallet Creek; the last two in Litchfield. In 1906 I was appointed county school examiner which position I now hold. I think I realize the importance and responsibility of the office to which I aspire, and shall, if nominated and elected, thoroughly devote my energies and ability to its successful administration, striving to perform faithfully and impartially, without fear or favor, any official duties involving friend or foe, rich or poor, corporation or individual, with justice for all and malice toward none."
"The Medina County Gazette" for Friday, April 7, 1905; p. 1 (Randall Archives)

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Note: It is clear from the text, substantiated by competent 21st century medical specialists, Ralph A. Randall died of a form of spinal-meningitis. It is very strange the doctors, at that time, were not prepared to make an accurate diagnosis and to, possibly, save or prolong his life.
Epidemics of Medina County, Ohio
1863-65: Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis - inflation of brain or spinal cord.
"The History of Medina County, Ohio"; Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers; Chicago, Illinois; 1881 (977.1 OH SCGS) (977.135 H629 OSH)

1905: Ralph A. Randall and Alice Mae Randall are buried in the Randall family lot; Section 2, Lot 55, in the Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina (Medina) Ohio.
"Tombstone Inscriptions from the Cemeteries of Medina County, Ohio" p. 312; Medina County Genealogical Society; Whipperwill Publications; Evansville, Indiana; 1983 (929.3097 Tom MCDL) (977.101 M46T ACPL) (Photographs, Randall Archives)

1940, November 15: Alice H. Randall and Everett H. Randall gave "Testimony to Supply Birth Record" as to the person of Ralph Alexander Randall, father of Everett Hale and husband to Alice May Randall.
"Testimony to Supply Omitted Birth Record" The state of Ohio; Probate Court of Medina County, Ohio (Randall Archives)

1. 2. Everett Hale RANDALL   b. 10 Jul 1903, Litchfield (Medina) Ohio; d. 7 Mar 1977, Sun City (Maricopa) Arizona; bur. Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina, Ohio.
2. 3. Ralph Hale (b) RANDALL   b. 9 May 1905, Medina (Medina) Ohio; d. 12 Jul 1994, Palm Coast (Palm Beach) Florida; bur. Spring Grove Cemetery at Medina (Medina) Ohio.

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

1903, July 10: Everett Hale, son of Ralph Alexander and Alice May (Hale) was born at Litchfield (Medina) Ohio.
"Birth Certificate" Medina County Probate Court Records; II:242 (Randall Archives)

1903: Everett Randall was born.
"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, Everett Hale
Dwelling: 40
Family: 42
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Race: White
Sex: Male
Age: 7 years
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Ohio
Birthplace of Father: Ohio
Birthplace of Mother: Ohio
"1910 Federal Census: Township of Medina - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series: T624 - Roll: 1205 - Page:) (HeritageQuest Census Project)

Everett Randall

Funeral services for Everett H. Randall, 73, who died Monday in Boswell Memorial Hospital, were conducted yesterday in the First Presbyterian Church of Sun City.
Mr. Randall, 10940 Kelso Drive was born in Litchfield, Ohio and moved to Sun City, four years ago from Rocky River, Ohio where he worked for 40 years as a personnel specialist in business, industry and education. He was Personnel Director of Cuyahoga County Community College before retiring.
A graduate of the College of Wooster, he was the first director and drum major of the college band. He was later a member of the Cleveland Mayor's first Commission of Equal Employment and first president of the Ohio Employment Services Association.
He was a Controller Institute of America member and a former club and district president of Ohio Kiwanis clubs and a member of Ohio Presbyterian Churches, he served as an elder, deacon, choir director and Bible study leader.
In Sun City, he was a teacher at Fairway Lapidary; treasurer of Sons of the American Revolution, Saguaro chapter; and a Fairway Silvercraft Club member and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Sun City, Arizona.
Survivors include his wife, Helen; his son William Randall of San Marino, California; two daughters, Mrs. James Plympton of Atlanta, Georgia and Mrs. Donald Smith of Fresno, California; a brother out of state; seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to the First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund.
"Sun City News-Obituary" on March 11, 1977 (Randall Archives)

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1977: Everett H. Randall was cremated and is buried, with his wives; Helene Roberts Randall and Helen Hodel Randall in the Randall family plot in Section 2, Lot 55, in Spring Grove Cemetery in 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 Archives)

1. 4. Ruth Virginia RANDALL   b. 28 Apr 1928, Baltimore (Baltimore) Maryland; d. Private.
2. 5. William Roberts (b) RANDALL   b. 8 Jun 1932, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Private.
3. 6. Sydney Louise RANDALL   b. 3 Jun 1943, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Private.

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

Name: Randall, Everett Hale
Dwelling: 40
Family: 42
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Race: White
Sex: Male
Age: 5 years
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Ohio
Birthplace of Father: Ohio
Birthplace of Mother: Ohio
"1910 Federal Census: Township of Medina - County of Medina - State of Ohio (Series T624 - Roll: 1205 - Page: 173) (HeritageQuest Census Project)

1910 Census Note: Lewis H. Randall was the Enumerator, District 139; taken on April 16, 1910.

1918: Alice (Randall) Canfield left her husband with her two children, Ralph and Everett and lived with the Rickert family for several months. This (appears) to be an early relationship with Marion Rickert and Ralph Randall.
"Conversation with John J, Rickert" by W. Roberts Randall; March 25, 2002

1823, September to 1826, May: Ralph H. Randall "attended Ohio University and then returned in Summer 1928 for field work". (Research of Robert J, Kirby)
"Letter from William M. Kimok, University Archivist and Records Manager" May 2003.

1659: Ralph and Julie Randall, with children; Allen, Bonnie and Jimmie moved into their home at Malvern, Pennsylvania. Upon his transfer to the headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio of his long time employer, the Harris-Seybold and Potter Company, the home was sold to Robert J. Kirby. While in Cleveland the family lived in Brecksville, Ohio.

1971: Ralph Randall bought an acre of land, near his former home at Malvern that had been purchased by the Robert J. Kirby family and built a fieldstone home that he occupied with his wife, Julie Randall.

1976: "Ralph and Julie (Randall) left my favorite county, Chester, Pennsylvania for . . . the PennNational Golf Club near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania . . . a house right on one of the fairways. I am not sure how long they stayed there . . . we drove over and stayed there on several week ends. And, then it was time to make the BIG move to Florida. I am not sure what year it was. They lived at another golf club at Errol Estate in Apopka, Florida, not far north of Orlando. This was a condo . . The Errol Estate Inn was a great place to eat . . . the golf pro was William Katt, a former Phil's pitcher and later a TV announcer . . . How many years did that last? . . I am not sure and there were three more locations after that; Flagler Beach, Deland and then finally the ITT community north of of Flagler on Coopers Lane . . . "
"Remembrances of Robert J. Kirby" family friend of the Ralph Randall's, April 5, 2003

1994, July 12: Ralph Hale Randall died at his home in Palm Coast, Florida.

1994, August: Ralph Randall's cremains were buried next to his marker in the Randall family plot, Section 2, Lot 55, in the Spring Grove Cemetery, Medina (Medina) Ohio. (wrr)

1. 7. Margaret (Peggy) Ann RANDALL   b. 13 Dec 1931, St. Louis (St. Louis) Missouri; d. Private.

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

1. 8. David Lee PLYMPTON   b. 9 Aug 1949, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Private.
2. 9. James Edward (1-1) PLYMPTON, Jr..   b. 28 Apr 1951, Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Private.
3. 10. Christopher Todd PLYMPTON   b. 3 Aug 1954, Boston (Summit) Ohio; d. Private.
4. 11. Kathryn Anne (b) PLYMPTON   b. 10 Mar 1956, Boston (Summit) Ohio; d. Private.

I was born in Cleveland, my family moved to Akron where my father was a credit manager for Firestone Steel Products. Before the end of the war he accepted a position with Timmerman Products (the famous "Speed Nut" company) and we lived in Lakewood and Rocky River, Ohio. I attended Hiram College, in Hiram, Ohio one year and transferred to University of Cincinnati.

" . . . and what did you do in the "Police Action", daddy"?

I felt a keen need to serve in the Korean war and first applied for Flight Observer training and was tested in Chicago, Illinois. I failed the eye examination, so I enlisted in the United States Air Force from Cleveland, Ohio on November 12, 1952 and entered basic training at Sampson, AFB in Geneva, New York and was assigned to Squadron 3655, Flight 2138. I was permitted to apply for OCS and successfully passed the examination, but due to the shortage of billets, he was not enrolled. I then applied for and successfully passed the "by-pass examination" as a photographer being awarded a 23230 AFSC. Upon his completion of basic training, I was assigned as a member of the permanent party at Chanute AFB in Rantoul, Illinois assigned as a photo technician, Base Photo Lab.

On January 3, 1953, I was published on Special Orders to leave Chanute Field for assignment with the 12 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Kimpo AFB, Korea. During this assignment, he received a promotion to Airman 2nd Class. The 12th Tactical Recon Squadron (Black Birds) was one of two night photo organizations in the USAF using a recon version of the WWII, B-26 as the platform. Serving night duty, time was left for extensive travel and photographing of the peninsula. One such adventure involved extensive photographing of the recently completed Bando Hotel in downtown Seoul. Photographs were later presented personally to the Korean Ambassador in Washington, DC and was followed by a letter from Sygmond Rhee, PhD, the president of South Korea. He served there until December 9, 1954 when he received Special Orders assigning him to the Base Photo Lab of the 54th Fighter Group (ADC), Greater Pittsburgh Airport in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. I was promoted to Airman 1st Class with a 23250 AFSC and was assigned, by the Squadron Commander, Major Julian Becker to be his NCOIC, Ground training and Information. I successful completed an OJT Training program at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississippi in September of 1955. I received several letters of accommodation from Wing and Squadron inspections. I applied for any early discharge on September 8, 1956 to reenter the University of Cincinnati to resume studies leading toward a degree in Business Administration.

On returning to the University of Cincinnati, I graduated in 1960 with a BBA degree in Marketing, During this time, I was inducted into Delta Sigma Epsilon (national business honorary), was a senior staff photographer on the university's yearbook (received a first place award for college yearbooks in the nation in 1959) and published a pictorial history "Cincinnati In Bronze" for the Cincinnati Public Schools.
Following graduation, he worked for Decision, Inc. a publisher of technical recruiting data, married Paulette Koller Johnen, widow of a close friend in Cincinnati who already had a son, Louis Eric. The small Randall family came to California in 1963 where he was elected a Vice President of the company with responsibility for for sales in the 11 western states.

In 1974, I followed his father's footsteps and started a technical recruiting firm in Pasadena, California until 1982. I accepted an appointment to the staff of International Prayer Assembly (IPA) in 1984 in Seoul, Korea as the Director of Development. On completion of the event, I fulfilled a life long desire and taught school as a full time substitute until 1999 when I again, retired.

Rick Johnen Randall graduated from U C Davis, is an high school agriculture teacher in the central valley, married to Catherine Sirolle and they have an adopted daughter, Hayley Elizabeth Randall. Robert Hale Randall is a graduate of CA State University at SLO, he is a registered structural engineer and and is engaged to be married next April. My wife is a credential teacher, and has been a nursery school teacher for 13 years in the community. We have continued to live a very quiet life with Polly continuing to teach and Dad, working, daily, on the Randall family genealogy. [William Roberts Randall, June, 2001]

1. 12. Robert Hale RANDALL   b. 3 Aug 1969, Pasadena (Los Angeles) California; d. Private.

1. 13. Sydney Elizabeth "Beth" SMITH   b. 5 Aug 1966, Fresno (Fresno) California; d. Private.

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

1. 14. Pamela Rene HIXON   b. 19 Nov 1956, Laurie (Morgan) Missouri; d. Private.
2. 15. David Seyler HIXON   b. 8 Dec 1961, Nashville (Davidson) Tennesee; d. Private.