Bio of McEACHERN, Randall C. (b.1861), Wright Co., MN
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519   HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY 
  
Randall C. McEachern, farmer, Maple Lake township, was born in section 1, 
in the township where he still resides, March 25, 1861, son of Angus and 
Eliza (Hopkins) McEachern, the former a native of Nova Scotia and the 
mother of another part of Canada. They came to Wright county in the 
fifties and located in Maple Lake township, where Angus lake is named in 
his honor. The father is still living at the good old age of eighty-five, 
while the mother died some years ago. In the family there were eight 
children: Mary, wife of John MeEachern, of Monticello township; Randall C.; 
Angus, of Delano, this county; John, of Buffalo, this county; Hugh, of 
Monticello, this county; Archie, of Montreal, Canada; and Alexander and 
George, of Minneapolis. Randall C. McEachern remained with his father 
until he was twenty- two years old. Previous to that time, however, he 
had worked several years in the timber forests. At the age of twenty he 
bought forty acres of land. To this he has added tracts of 22, 49 and 51 
acres each, until he now has a profitable, well-improved farm. In addition 
to his general farm work he has followed threshing to a considerable extent. 
In 1910 he went to South Dakota and took a claim. He now owns 480 acres in
Perkins county, that state, while his son Walter has 160 and the daughter 
Eliza Ann has 160. Mr. McEachern is a Republican in politics. He belongs 
to the I. 0. O. F., the M. W. A. and the B. A. Y. Mr. McEachern was 
married, July 6, 1885, to Mary Ida Shefchick, and this union has been 
blessed with four children: Eliza Ann, Walter, Margaret and Malcolm. 
Eliza Ann was born March 28, 1887. Walter was born July 2, 1888. 
Hle married Rose Ryan, of Maple Lake, and they live in Buffalo. 
Margaret was born May 16, 1890.  She married Charles Balliet, of Buffalo, 
and they have one child, May.  Malcolm was born January 12, 1892.