Roswell S. Randall
Utica Saturday Globe, December 1905
Roswell S. Randall
1834 - 1905
Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]: Roswell S Randall, who died at his home on West Main street, on Monday, came of a family which traces its lineage back to the days of William the conqueror, and numbers many names famous in various departments of human activity. His father, Hon. Henry S Randall, won distinction as the author of the standard life of Thomas Jefferson.
Roswell S. Randall was born in Cortland, N.Y., November 8, 1834. He was given a broad and thorough education and in 1851 went to Albany with his father, who had been elected Secretary of State. While there he met his future wife, Mary Forbes, to whom he was married in New York city October 4, 1860. His wife died in Cortland in 1886 and two years later Mr. Randall removed to Norwich and had since made his home here. He made many friends, being most entertaining in conversation and having a large fund of interesting incidents to relate regarding prominent people he had met in his earlier years.
A son, Robert F. Randall, and a grandson, Lewis A. Randall, both residents of Brooklyn, survive him. Two sisters, Mrs. Judge Follett and Mrs. Mosher, and his mother, Mrs. Henry S. Randall, former residents of Norwich, have died within a few years. Private funeral services were held at his late home on West Main street Wednesday morning at 11:30, Rev. D.W. Dexter, pastor of the congregational Church, officiating. The remains were taken to the 12:50 Lackawanna train for conveyance to Cortland for interment.
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