Husband: Samuel Preston F. Randolph
Census name: S. P. F. Randolph
Born: Jan-25-1807 1
Died: Jul-28-1863 2 (see note 1)
Buried: (old section) in Randolph Cemetery, Rt 18 South, West Union, WV (see note 2)
Cause of death: typhoid fever
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer, Clerk of County Court 3,4
Father: Jonathan Fitz Randolph (1775 - 1853)
Mother: Mary Davis (1782 - 1862)
Wife: Hannah Davis 5 Married: Oct-15-1827 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2
Born: ca 1803 5 Died: Jan-28-1880 6,2 Buried: (old section) in Randolph Cemetery, Rt 18 South, West Union, WV Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Nathan Davis, Jr. (1772 - 1866) Mother: Jane Sutton (1770 - 1857) Notes
F Child 1: Virginia F. Randolph Born: ca 1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7,3 Died: Mar- 2-1917 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Buried: (old section) in Randolph Cemetery, Rt 18 South, West Union, WV 8 Census: 1870, 1880, 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 7 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Alfred Jennings b. Jan-28-1838 d. May-30-1884 Married: Jun- 5-1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 9
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. 32. (2) 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. 56. (3) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (4) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (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. 21. (6) Headstone. (7) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (8) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Alford Jennings, 22. b. Somerset Co Pa, res. West Union Va, son of Moses & Rhoda A. Jennings, occupation merchant; and Virginia F. Randolph, 20, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Samuel P. F. & Hannah Randolph. Married Jun 5 1860 in Doddridge County, ceremony by John Conwell. (Note: The preceding entry in the handwritten ledge-style marriage register was for the groom's brother, married the same day in West Union by J. S. Hall: Hiram Jennings, 20, b. Somerset Co Pa, res. West Union, merchant; and Emily Davis, 19, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of John S. & Esther Davis. The two brothers' wives were first cousins to each other, as they were both granddaughters of Nathan Davis Jr, a founding father of West Union.), MR p. 130 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790842&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) The entry for July 29, 1863, in the diary of Flavius Josephus Ashburn contains the following statement: "That night, the corpse of S.P.F. Randolph was brought home." Note (2) http://www.doddridgecountyheritageguild.com/abandoned-randol ph-family-cemetery Note (3) In household with daughter and son-in-law Virginia & Alfred Jennings.