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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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

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. 6. 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. 7. 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

Name: Randall, Marie A.
Relation to the Head of the Household: Daughter
Race: White
Sex: Female
Age: 2 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)

Education Note: Anna Marie had an A.A. degree from Radcliff College and a MA in languages from a school near Harvard where the family lived while her brother, Dorus, was attending Harvard University for his Ph D.

Name: Randall, Marie A.
Dwelling: 135
Family: 137
Relationship to head of household: Daughter
Race: White
Male: Female
Birth Date: June, 1878
Age: 21 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: M623 - Roll: 1302 - Page: 6B) (USGenWeb Census Project)

Note: Anna Marie lived with her aunt, Wilma and her husband Gail Alexander in Mallet Creek in the late 1950's according to Kenneth D. Alexander (8-30-98). She was a teacher and at one time taught at Alice Lloyd College in Peppa Passes, Kentucky.
"Alexander Family Record" (Randall Archives)

Occupation Note: Anna Marie taught at Cleveland Heights Heights High School in Cleveland, Heights, Ohio from (about) 1922 to 1939 where she taught Spanish and was the Head of the Language Department per my telephone conversation with Carolyn Randall Worrall, December 3, 1998 and records from Cleveland Heights High School (1922-1939).

Note: The following letter was written to Alice Mae Hale from Ann a Marie Randall for inclusion in the biography, "Ralph A. Hale, 1875-1905"

Post Box 173, Pasadena 16, California
14 November 1943

Dear Nephew Ralph:
Your very interesting and most welcome letter reached me duly, and I was more than pleased to receive it, and to learn what the Global War had found for you to do.
Recently I came across an article in the encyclopedia of American Biography which reminded me of the request your mother made just after I came to California. A request to compile information concerning the earlier generations of Randalls, from the English Puritan immigrants, Boston 1640, on down.
I believe three Randall brothers came to the Boston settlement, Horatio, Marcellus, and John. As I understand it, we are the lineal descendants of Marcellus. And there is a book, written by your great-great uncle, David Austin Randall, a Baptist clergyman of Columbus, Ohio, who travelled
considerably in Europe and the Orient. This book, entitled, "The Wonderful Tent," published about 1880, has in its preface a biographical sketch of the author. All the ancient part of which, and I believe it traces family history back into the highlands of Scotland, where "the family name is not obscure" . . . all that part is as interesting to my generation and to yours as it was to the author, for we belong to the clan.
Your great grandfather Randall was the author's brother.
I do not have a copy of the book, and I know of no one who does, but, of course, if you ever have the time, in Washington, D.C. you can request a copy in the Congressional Library, and sit down therein to read the preface.
I mentioned the article in American Biography, which is a sketch of D. A. Randall's life. There is also an article about his son, my father's cousin, Emilius Oviatt Randall, an attorney and author of Columbus, 0hio. Your great grandfather, Pemberton Randall, (also a Baptist clergyman) was born in Connecticut, son of James and Joanna Pemberton Randall. His grandfather, John Randall, served throughout the American Revolution. His mother, Joanna, was a direct descendant of the Reverend Ebenezer
Pemberton, one of the early distinguished pastors of the Old South Meetinghouse, Boston. In the New Old South Church in Boston is a bronze tablet, honoring his memory. He was Old Sough's minister for seventeen years. We read the tablet when we once attended a morning service at the New Old South.
Joanna's father, Patrick Grant Pemberton, was also a soldier in the Continental Army.
Dorus has a great store of information about our forebears but I never seemed to have the time to study it very much. I am terribly proud of my family, past and present, and I love them, that's all I have ever had time for.
When you or your mother wrote suggesting that I make a brief historical sketch for you, I was barely able to do more than make myself a cup of tea.
I have rested a very great deal and am much better now, however. I have learned to recognize a great.
many new kinds of trees, flowers, and birds, have learned the touch method in typing, and am now learning Russian. It really made me happy to find I could learn it quite as fast as the others in the war language course.
My business, if you remember, was teaching foreign language, and on my desk is a row of Bibles in which I read a few verses every day, in all six languages. When I can read Russian, that will make seven. English, among them, of course.
I can also make a loaf of bread, and do so once a week. It is made with yeast. I have not bought a loaf of bread since February last.
Sorry my ribbon is so dim, and that I have run over on to the fourth sheet. Hard to make a handsome young nephew wade through so much, for you must have very little leisure, since there is a war on.
With all good wishes, and kindest love to you and yours, I am

Ever affectionately yours,

AUNT MARIE

1956, June 8: Anna Marie Randall died.
Anna Marie was DOA at the Elyria Memorial Hospital of unknown causes. She had lived in Elyria about 3 months prior to her death.

1956, June 11: She was cremated at the Sunset Memorial Park in North Olmstead, Ohio and her cremains were sent to Wainwright Funeral Home in Elyria who forwarded them to The York Cemetery in York Township (Medina) Ohio for internment.

Burial Note: I am very suspicious that, even though nothing was ever discussed in my presence, my father was responsible for the arrangements to have her body sent to Sunset Memorial Park and then to the Wainwright mortuary in Medina for internment at York Cemetery as: 1) my father was the only relative in the area at the time of her death and closest kin and 2) the Sunset Memorial Park was three miles north of our home on Columbia Road in Olmsted Falls. The similarity is too obvious to be ignored.
Unfortunately, whomever placed her in the York Cemetery failed to have her grave marked though it is believed it is on the Alexander family plot and, perhaps, someday, it will be marked.

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

1881, August 21: James P. Randall (listed as James G.)
"Birth Certificate" Medina County Probate Court Records; I:118; # 5826; Recorded on June 4, 1882 (Randall Archives)

Name: Randall, James P.
Dwelling: 135
Family: 137
Relationship to head of household: Son
Race: White
Sex: Male
Birth Date: August, 1882
Age: 17 years
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Ohio
Birthplace of Father: Ohio
Birthplace of Mother: Ohio
Occupation: Attending School
Read English: Yes
Write English: Yes
Speak English: Yes
Soundex Code: R534
"1900 Federal Census" York Township - County of Medina - State of Ohio; Enumerated by Ralph A. RANDALL (Series T623 - Roll: 1302 - 224B - Line: 99) (HeritageQuest)

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James P. Randall, Former Medianian, Dies in St. Louis

James P. Randall, 7212 Burrwood Drive, Normandy, St. Louis, Missouri, brother of Ralph Randall, Marie and Doris formerly of Mallet Creek and Medina, a family of school teachers in the early part of the century, died April 17in a St. Louis hospital after submitting to two brain operations.
Mr. Randall was critically injured when struck by an auto when crossing a street in St. Louis five weeks before his death. He never regained consciousness following the accident.
The deceased, who was in his 70th year, had been a certified public accountant.
Surviving are a wife and two daughters, Mrs. Barbara Rogers and Mrs. Carolyn Worrall; four grandchildren; a sister, Marie of California and a brother Doris of Syracuse, New York.

He is an uncle of Ralph and Clayton Randall, sons of the older brother Ralph, also formerly of Medina.
"Medina County Gazette" Friday April 27, 1951, p. 6 (Randall Archives)

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1961, April 21: James Randall was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. Obituary published in the Medina Gazette for April 27, 1951 (Randall Archives)
"Death Certificate" Department of Health, St. Louis, Missouri (Randall Archives)

1. 8. Barbara Claire RANDALL   b. 26 Feb 1922, St. Louis (St. Louis) Missouri; d. Private.
2. 9. Carolyn Emilia RANDALL   b. 28 Apr 1923, St. Louis (St. Louis) Missouri; d. Private.

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

Name: Randall, Dorus P.
Dwelling: 135
Family: 137
Relationship to head of household: Son
Race: White
Sex: Male
Birth Date: April, 1889
Age: 1 years
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Michigan
Birthplace of Father: Ohio
Birthplace of Mother: Ohio
Occupation: Attending School
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: 224B - Line: 99) (USGenWeb Census Project)

Professor Emeritus
Dorus Randall Dies

Dr. Dorus Powers Randall, 90, professor emeritus of physics at Syracuse University, died Sunday at his home, Strathmore Drive
A native of Covert, Michigan, he had lived in Syracuse more than 40 years. He received a bachelor's degree from Western Reserve University and did graduate work at the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard, where he also taught.
At Syracuse University he taught applied sciences and physics: He helped to establish a course in bio-
physics at the Syracuse University School Medicine. During World War II he was called to Massachusetts Institute of Technology to teach courses in electronics. Following retirement, he taught a year at Harper College at the State University of New York at Binghamton. He then taught a special course for Tom Watson, Sr. of IBM at Cornell University in Ithaca.
Following a semester at the Utica College branch of Syracuse University, he was called back for special government work at the Collendale area, Syracuse University.
Randall was a member of Sigma Psi, Sigma Psi Sigma and Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternities.
Surviving are his wife, the former Arshalouis Azadian; a daughter, Mrs. Anne Carolyn Gustafson of Glastonbury, Connecticut; five grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Greenleaf Funeral Home. Private burial will be in Buffalo.
Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at 503 W. Onondaga Street.
Contributions may be made to the Physics Library at Syracuse University or to charity.
"Post-Standard Newspaper-Obituary" August 20, 1979 (Randall Archives)

Tribute Paid to Syracuse University's Randall
By Ramona B. Bowden

A host of friends colleagues who had been associated with him during his life as professor of physics at Syracuse University went Wednesday to Greenleaf Funeral Home to pay their respects to Dr. Dorus Powers Randall, who died August 19.
The Rev. Dr. Daniel Smith of Syracuse University's Religion Department conducted the service and gave the eulogy.
Smith told of Randall's academic background and his enormous capacity for disciplined study.
Smith said that during both Randall's college years and in his professional life, he was eagerly sought
He closed the service with a reading of the 121st and 23rd psalms.
During the quiet time before the service, the organist played many of "Randy's" favorite hymns, and after the benediction the Lord's prayer was sung in Armenian by Diran Ajemian, a deacon in St. John's Armenian Apostolic Church.
"Post Standard Newspaper-Obituary" on August 23, 1979 (Randall Archives)

1. 10. Anne Carolyn RANDALL   b. 17 Aug 1923, Syracuse (Onondaga) New York; d. Private.

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. 11. Ruth Virginia RANDALL   b. 28 Apr 1928, Baltimore (Baltimore) Maryland; d. Private.
2. 12. William Roberts (b) RANDALL   b. 8 Jun 1932, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Private.
3. 13. 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. 14. Margaret (Peggy) Ann RANDALL   b. 13 Dec 1931, St. Louis (St. Louis) Missouri; d. Private.

Note: Anne Randall Gustafson lives in the Glastonbury (Litchfield) Connecticut area with husband and 5 children. Husband's given name unknown.

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

1. 15. David Lee PLYMPTON   b. 9 Aug 1949, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Private.
2. 16. James Edward (1-1) PLYMPTON, Jr..   b. 28 Apr 1951, Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio; d. Private.
3. 17. Christopher Todd PLYMPTON   b. 3 Aug 1954, Boston (Summit) Ohio; d. Private.
4. 18. 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. 19. Robert Hale RANDALL   b. 3 Aug 1969, Pasadena (Los Angeles) California; d. Private.

1. 20. 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. 21. Pamela Rene HIXON   b. 19 Nov 1956, Laurie (Morgan) Missouri; d. Private.
2. 22. David Seyler HIXON   b. 8 Dec 1961, Nashville (Davidson) Tennesee; d. Private.