Randolph, Albert

RANDOLPH

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/9/2021 at 17:23:13

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.655

RANDOLPH, ALBERT, farmer, White Oak Township, Sec. 9; P. O. Indianola, was born in Montgomery county, Kentucky, August 13, 1808, and was raised there; he removed from Kentucky to Montgomery county, Indiana, in 1829, and lived in Indiana until his removal to Marion county, Iowa, in 1851; after a residence of one year in Marion county, he came to Warren county, in February, 1852, locating where he now resides; he owns 240 acres of land; when he settled here White Oak township was not organized; he assisted in its organization, and has held various township offices and has been closely identified with its growth and prosperity; a man of untarnished reputation, upright and honorable in all his transactions, he is held in deservedly high esteem by all with whom he is intimately acquainted; he married Miss Elizabeth Switzer, October 20, 1829; she was a native of Montgomery county, Kentucky, and died in 1841; he married for his second wife Miss Sarah Ally, in January, 1842; she was born in Virginia, and died in 1855; he afterwards married Mrs. Adamson, of Virginia, in 1856; has five children by first marriage: Lucindia (now Mrs. Bilbo), Meranda (now Mrs. Moon), Louisa (now Mrs. Ray)[,] Wm. H., John w.; lost three: James, Elizabeth, and Nancy; the former enlisted in the war during the rebellion, and died, near Memphis, on his return, in 1865; has two children by second marriage: J. Marion and Thomas Grant; Mrs. Randolph has two children: May and Simon Adamson; Mr. Randolph is a descendant of the Randolph family, of Virginia.