Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John LaForge F. Randolph    
                Born: Oct-23-1802           1,2
                Died: Jan-17-1889           1,2
              Buried:                      in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
          Occupation:                      physician, surgeon   (see note 1)
              Father: Jesse Fitz Randolph   (1768 - 1863) 
              Mother: Delila LaForge 
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Barsheba Skinner     
             Married: Apr-29-1860           4
                Born: Jun- 3-1831           5,2
                Died: Feb-14-1889           4,2
              Buried:                      in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
              Father: John Skinner   (1810 - 1862) 
              Mother: Mary Davis   (1805 - 1857) 
           M Child 1: Joel F. Randolph      
                Born: Aug-16-1861           6,4,2
                Died: Mar-29-1927          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  7,2
              Buried:                      in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
          Occupation:                      carpenter  6
                Wife: Ellen I. Davis  b. Sep-13-1862  d. Jan- 7-1895  
       Also known as: Ella I. Davis 8
             Married: Jun-28-1885          in Doddridge Co, WV  9
                Wife: Gertrude Traugh  b. Jul-10-1862  d. Apr-10-1935  
           M Child 2: Thomas Burns F. Randolph      
         Census name: Thom B. Randolph 
                Born: Jan-26-1863          in Harrison Co, WV  4,2,10
                Died: Jan-27-1940          in Long Bottom, Meigs Co, OH  11,2,12
              Buried:                      in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1910                 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Reno District, Preston Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1910                 watchman for B. & O. Railroad  13
          Occupation: 1900                 repair hand on railroad  14
                Wife: Estella B. Garrett  b. Apr-22-1872  d. Mar-28-1925  
             Married: Apr-18-1889          at Buffalo Calf (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV  10
           M Child 3: Stephen Davis Randolph      
                Born: Jul-29-1864           4,2
                Died: Sep-11-1933          in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  15,2
              Buried:                      in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1900, 1910           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  16,17
                Wife: Mary E. Hurst  b. May-28-1870  d. Jun-25-1948  
             Married: Nov-28-1889          in Doddridge Co, WV  
           F Child 4: Ruth Fitz Randolph      
                Born: Apr- 6-1872          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  4,15
                Died: Apr-26-1960          in Warren, Trumbull Co, OH  15
              Buried:                      in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  15
             Husband: John Skinner Hurst  b. Jun-20-1867  d. Apr-23-1900  

Sources:
(1) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 57. 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, 
revised 1995) 
(4) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 114. 
(5) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 59. 
(6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). 
"Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 114, reports death date as Mar 28 1926.  But death record shows death date to be 
Mar 29 1927. 
(8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as Joel F. Randolph, 23, of Harrison Co; and Mrs. Ella I. Davis, 22, of Doddridge Co.  Married Jun 28 
1885. 
(10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(11) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(12) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) 
(13) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). 
(14) 1900 Census, Preston County, WV. 
(15) Findagrave.com. 
(16) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(17) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). 

Event Notes
Note (1) Identified in the Civil War file of Sylvester Hughes (1821-1864) as the
physician in attendance when Hughes was released from duty and sent home
suffering from smallpox.







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