Biography of Samuel Randolph, Franklin Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

Samuel Randolph, merchant and proprietor of the hotel at Watalula
Springs, is one of the substantial men of the township, and is a
native of Wayne County, Ohio. His father, Samuel Randolph, was born in
Pennsylvania, but reared in Virginia, whither his parents moved when
he was a child. He was there wedded to Margeret Lowe, and subsequently
moved to Ohio, where they both lived until their respective deaths.
Our subject passed his early life upon a farm in his native county,
and after becoming grown learned the miller's trade. He then
immigrated to Illinois, and there worked at his trade in various
places until 1870, when he immigrated to Monroe County, Ark. After
being engaged in the lumber business there for twelve years he came to
Franklin County in 1881, of which he has since been a resident. He is
one of the active and enterprising men of the county, and is always
interested and ready to lend a helping hand to all projects of a
laudable character for the growth and development of the county. Soon
after coming here he purchased his present property, and engaged in
the mercantile business. He has a good line of merchandise, and enjoys
a well-established trade. Mr. Randolph also successfully runs a good
hotel here, which is conveniently located across the street from the
Watalula Springs, of whose medicinal and curative properties many
speak highly. In 1887 Mr. Randolph was made postmaster, and he is now
discharging the duties of that position. April 10, 1887, he became the
husband of Ruth B. Gregg, a native of Illinois, and daughter of Nelson
Selby, now deceased. Mrs. Randolph received her education in Illinois,
and is an estimable lady.