Emily Ann, daughter of Catherine and Robert Lusk, was born in West Sparta, Livingston Co., N. Y., December 7, 1840, and died at her home in Farina, February 21, 1913.
In 1850 she moved with her father’s family to Allegany County, New York. On December 2, 1862, she was united in marriage to Silas F. Randolph at Dansville, N. Y., and they soon went to housekeeping at Alfred. Her father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and her husband served in the Civil War. In the fall of 1865 Mr. and Mrs. Randolph went to West Virginia to spend the winter. The next spring they came to Farina, reaching here on the fourteenth of February. Two months later the Farina Seventh Day Baptist Church was organized. Mrs. Randolph was baptized the following April and united with this church. Her membership has been with us except while she was in California between the years 1891 and 1906.
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph were the parents of one son and four daughters, one of the daughters dying in infancy. The other children, Mr. E. F. Randolph, Mrs. C. E. Persels, Mrs. O. C. Wells, and Mrs. Mabel Furrow, live in Farina, and lovingly cared for their mother in her final sickness. During her late life she was denied the privilege of public worship because of poor health, but her love for the cause of God has been great. Herself a convert to the Sabbath she found great satisfaction in seeing her children love and keep the day.
Last December the children, grandchildren, and some of the many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph gathered at the home of their son to celebrate their golden wedding.
Mrs. Randolph died trusting in the merits of Christ, and was ready, we believe, to enter into rest. She leaves her husband and children at Farina, and an aged brother in Iowa. Funeral services were held at the home on Sabbath afternoon, conducted by her pastor.
W. D. B.
