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• Suffix	, Private
  Birth	1845	Medina (Medina) Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Aug 1861	Arlington (Arlington) Virginia
  Buried	Spring Grove Cemetery in Medina, Ohio
  Person ID	I29240	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Pemberton RANDALL, , Reverend, b. 6 Oct 1807, Lebanon Township (Windham) Connecticut
  Mother	Sarah C. (b) FOSTER, b. 28 Jul 1819, Bakersfield (Franklin) Vermont
  Family ID	F11998	Group Sheet

• Notes

  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)