Biographical Sketch of Kendall B. Randolph, De Kalb County, Missouri

>From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888,
				Goodspeed Publishing Company

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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Kendall B. Randolph, a prominent young attorney of Maysville, was born
in Logan County, IL., October 10, 1859.  He is the third of four child-
ren born to Moses M. and Josephine M. (Mounier) Randolph.  The father
was also born in Logan County, IL., on December 10, 1834, and was the
son of William Randolph, who belonged to the noted Randolph family of
Virginia.  Moses, the father, was a graduate of Newton's Theological
Seminary, and was a minister of the Baptist Church.  At the breaking
out of the war he had charge of the Tonica (Illinois) Baptist Church.
He enlisted in the Federal Army, and was elected first lieutenant of
Company B, of the One Hundred and Fourth Regiment of Illinois Volun-
teer Infantry.  He was killed on December 10, 1862, at the battle of
Hartsville, in Middle Tennessee.  His remains were brought home for
interment.  The G.A.R. post of Tonica was named Randolph Post in his
honor.  The mother was born in Philadelphia in 1838, and is the 
daughter of J.P. and Margaret Mounier.  Her father was born near the 
Pyrenees Mountains, France, in 1782.  He was a general under Napoleon
Bonaparte I, and with him participated in the battle of Waterloo.  
Directly after the battle he escaped to the United States, and located
in Philadelphia, where he practiced medicine, and became quite wealthy
and influential.  He died at Alton, IL., in 1848, to which place he 
had removed.  His wife was born in the West Indies in 1815, and died 
in February, 1885.  The mother of Kendall B. is now residing in Mays-
ville.  He was reared at Normal, McLean County, IL., and received a
good education in the public schools.  He removed to De Kalb County, 
MO., in 1875, and engaged in farming until 1879, when he began teaching
school and reading law.  In 1881 he read law in the office of T. W.
Collins, in St. Joseph, MO.  He was admitted to the bar at Maysville
in October, 1882.  He was elected prosecuting attorney on the Republi-
can ticket in 1884, and served two years.  On May 3, 1885, he was 
united in marriage with Addie M. Weatherby, who was born in Maysville,
on May 23, 1866.  She is the daughter of Dr. Louis H. Weatherby.  To
this union one child has been born, Addie Cloie, born April 15, 1887.

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