Sullivan-Bradford County PA Archives Biographies.....RANDALL, Wallace Joseph 1835 - 1881
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  DR. WALLACE JOSEPH RANDALL,* deceased, was a gentleman widely known throughout
  Sullivan County, and for many years was the only practitioner of medicine in the
  borough of Forksville. He was a son of Orrin Randall, and was born at Columbia
  Cross Roads, Bradford County, Pa., January 16, 1835.
  
    Dr. Randall was educated in the public schools of Elmira. He took up the study
  of medicine with Dr. Axtel of Troy, Pa., later being admitted to practice. He
  then practiced with his preceptor at Troy until about 1860, when he located at
  Forksville, Sullivan County, continuing there until his death. Ambitious by
  nature, he continued to study during practice and obtained a wonderful knowledge
  of medical science and great skill in the treatment of his cases. Being the only
  physician in that vicinity, his practice assumed vast proportions. Many of his
  patients lived at distant places necessitating long and hard drives almost every
  day, but being of exceptionally strong constitution he withstood the strain for
  years. His constitution finally was impaired and typhoid fever setting in he was
  obliged to take to his bed, but he believed that it would be but a short time
  before he would be about again. However, he never rallied and passed away on
  October 3, 1881, leaving a family and scores of friends to mourn his loss. The
  doctor had been very successful financially, and was the owner of large real
  estate interests. As rapidly as he could earn the money, he would invest it to
  advantage and in this he always displayed the best of judgment and unusual
  foresight. At the time of his death he owned the noted hotel Eagle Mere, and
  many acres of choice land there. He owned what is known as the John Brown farm,
  which he improved in many respects, making it a very valuable property. He also
  owned a number of large timber tracts. He purchased the John Brown residence on
  Bridge street in Forksville. where Mrs. Randall now resides, and in which he had
  his office. Just prior to his last sickness he had a cellar almost completed for
  a new store and office building, which he planned to be built on a lot adjoining
  his residence. After his death Mrs. Randall carried out his plans and erected a
  fine business block, and also built a new house, which he expected to erect, on
  the farm.
  
    Mrs. Randall was born January 26, 1843, and is a daughter of Wheeler and
  Hannah (Ball) Green of Hillsgrove, Pa., and her union with Dr. Randall was
  blessed with the following children: William F., a physician practicing at
  Dushore, who was born February 7, 1867, and married Delia Fleming, by whom he
  has a son, Ralph; Esther M., born November 16, 1869, who married Rev. Charles
  Schaubacher, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Pennelton Center;
  Moses L., of Lincoln Falls, Pa., born January 22, 1873, who married Nellie
  Osier, and they have one son, Milton; John W., born August 8, 1876; Washington
  E., a drug clerk, who was born November 9, 1878; and Maude, born March 26, 1880.
  Socially our subject was a member of Sullivan Lodge No. 522, I. O. O. F. In
  politics he was a Republican; in religious belief he was liberal.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  * The information contained in this biography was supplied by the subject of
  this sketch. A type-set copy of the biography was sent to the subject to be
  proof-read, but the subject did not edit and return the copy, so this biography
  may contain typographical errors.
  
    Extracted from:
      
      Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
      Published by 
      Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
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