Nancy Elliott Randall 1822-1893

ELLIOTT, RANDALL

Posted By: Shirley (email)
Date: 3/26/2008 at 22:25:04

Afton Enterprise
Afton, Iowa April 13, 1893

Grandma Randall

Nancy Elliott was born April 27, 1822 in the state of Kentucky. She was the second of a family of six children, the eldest J. H. Elliott, of Ladoga, Taylor county, Iowa, being the only surviving member. She departed this life April 5, 1893. In an early day with her parents she removed to Indiana, where in 1848 she was married to Noah Randall who died in Nodaway county, Mo., some ten or twelve years ago. To them were born two daughters and one son, the latter only being alive today. Soon after the war they removed to Iowa, and in 1860 To Afton. She was for many years a devoted Christian and has been for upwards of twenty years a member of the Afton M. E. church. Her life has been one of severest trial, but she endured hardness as a good soldier. She had been greatly afflicted during the past year, suffering from a carbuncle and other causes most of the winter, and was enjoying reasonably good health with the return of spring, and looked forward hopefully to the future. The account of her tragic death has already been reported to our readers. The funeral services were conducted by her pastor from the church Thursday afternoon and were attended by a large concourse of people