- WILLIAM F. RANDALL. Success has come to William F. RANDALL,
one of the progressive
- citizens of Geneva township, because he has been willing
to keep plodding steadily onward even though obstacles beset
his way and his surroundings were at times none too favorable.
He has always been a hard worker and has lived an upright life,
so that he has the friendship of his neighbors and all who know
him, which, as all will readily acquiesce, is a most valuable
asset in the world of business.
- Mr. RANDALL was born at Janesville, Rock county, Wisconsin,
November 17, 1863, and is the
- son of William F., Sr. and Mary M. (MADDEN) RANDALL. The
father was born and reared in Batavia county, New York, and was
the son of Samuel and Sarah (WRIGHT) RANDALL, also of Batavia.
Mary M. MADDEN was born in Pennsylvania and was the daughter
of Irish parents, who emigrated to America from Dublin, Ireland,
in an early day.
- It was in the fall of 1870 that the RANDALL family came to
Walworth county, Wisconsin. Here
- the father bought a farm near Darien, and he also owned three
farms nearby in Sharon township, and was one of the leading farmers
and influential citizens of his community.
- William F. RANDALL, of this sketch, grew to manhood on his
father's farm and there assisted
- with the general work when he was a boy, and he received
his education in the public schools of his community. His parents
now live at Allen's Grove, his father having sold his farm, and
is now retired from the active duties of life.
- The subject is one of a family of five children, four sons
and one daughter, namely: William F., of
- this sketch; Samuel F., of Darien; George W. and Clarence
W., both of Darien; all have farms in that vicinity; the daughter,
Mora, died when seven years old.
- When the subject was only seventeen years old he worked a
farm for himself and boarded at
- home, in fact, continued thus most of the time until his
marriage which took place on July 3, 1886, to Bertha STEINKE.
She was born at Stettin, Germany, and was the daughter of Carl
STEINKE. She spent her childhood in the fatherland, emigrating
to the United States when seventeen years of age, and located
at Allen's Grove, Walworth county, Wisconsin, where she lived
until her marriage.
- After his marriage William F. RANDALL continued farming in
the same community, most of the
- time until 1909 with singular success when he bought a farm
of one hundred and eighteen acres near Como, in Geneva township,
where he now resides. He is bringing his land up to a fine state
of cultivation and improvement, and has a very comfortable home
and convenient outbuildings. He has farmed most of his life,
with the exception of about a year in which he engaged in the
meat business in Elkhorn.
- To Mr. and Mrs. RANDALL four children have been born, namely:
Mary Maude, who married
- Frank HOELZEL, lives in Sharon township, and she has one
child, Marion; William and Bessie RANDALL live on the home farm;
Bell, who is married to John ABBOTT, lives in Springfield. Mr.
RANDALL is a member of the Modern Woodmen.
-
- Taken from "The History of Walworth County, Wisconsin,
Vol. II" by Albert Clayton Beckwith, (c)1912, pp. 1077-1078.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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