Newaygo County MI Archives Biographies.....Randall, John H. March 13, 1854 - 
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JOHN H. RANDALL, farmer, section 11, Barton Township, was born March 13, 1854, 
in Ottawa Co., Mich., and 

is a son of Earl Douglass and Charlotte (Strong) Randall.  His father was born 
in New York and followed 

the pursuit of a carpenter most of the years of his life.  He located with his 
family near Grand Rapids, 

Mich., and was a resident there a number of years.  In 1857 he came to Newaygo 
County and entered a 

homestead claim of land in Barton Township, when it was in a wild condition 
and no residents north of the 

point Mr. Randall selected his farm.  After locating his claim he went to 
Ravenna, Muskegon County, and 

engaged as a builder there until 1859, when he returned to his farm.  He 
became a soldier of the war of 

the Southern Rebellion, enlisting in Co. A., 13th Mich. Vol. Inf., and was 
under Sherman while that 

general, with his dauntless soldiers, was marching through to Georgia.  At 
Savannah he was seized with the 

dreadful camp diarrhea and died Dec. 21, 1864.  His wife is a native of 
Pennsylvania and now resides at 

Paris, Mecosta County.

Mr. Randall of this sketch obtained a good elementary education in the common 
schools of Ottawa County, 

and afterward went to the union school at Lamont.  He was engaged one term in 
teaching and then spent a 

year in study at the Agricultural College at Lansing.  He again engaged in 
teaching, in which employment 

he spent seven terms in the aggregate.  In 1874 himself and a brother returned 
to the farm and entered 

upon the work of clearing and improving.

Mr. Randall was married April 15, 1877, to Mary Louisa, daughter of Grantson 
and Nancy (Barber) Hall.  

Their children were born as follows:  Charles A., Jan. 12, 1878; Elmer, Oct. 
20, 1880; Edith Alma, Jan. 

31, 1883.  Mr. Randall has adopted the platform and issues of the National 
Greenback party, and is 

prominent in his generation in political action.  He has held the post of 
Township Clerk three years.

Additional Comments:
1884 Portrait & Bio Album of Newaygo Co.

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