Howell W. Randolph was born in Shiloh, N. J., Dec. 29, 1818, and died of pneumonia in Milton, Wis., April 15, 1891.
He was the fourth of seven children born to Reuben and Beulah Randolph. He made a public profession of religion when about 18 years of age, and was baptized by Eld. John Greene. At the time of his death, and for a number of years previous, he was an acceptable member of the Walworth Seventh-day Baptist Church.
He was married four times: Oct. 6, 1842, to Marietta Davis, who died Aug. 29, 1845; Dec. 25, 1846, to Mrs. Julia A. Ayers, who died Oct. 29, 1855; Dec. 5, 1857, to Hannah W. Bowen, who died April 27, 1884; Aug. 19, 1888, to Hannah A. Crumb, who survives him. He was the father of four children (one each by his first and second wife, and two by his third); two daughters and two sons, all of whom are still living and were present at the time of his death. About a year ago he was prostrated with la grippe, from which he never fully recovered.
He came to Walworth, Wis., in the spring of 1850, and from the first took an active part in furthering the best interests of society. The church and community, in common with the members of his family and relatives, will greatly miss him, but are comforted with the thought that their loss is his gain.
Funeral services were held in Milton, conducted by Rev. E. M. Dunn, and at Walworth, whither he was brought for burial, by the pastor. "The righteous hath hope in his death." S. H. B.
