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Note: A James R. Randolph shows up on the Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio census. He is listed as a lodger and is 82 years old. It shows that he was born in Ohio, his father was born in Virginia and his mother in Maine. Age is listed as 82 years old. He is a lodger in the household of William Kenney (?) 1880 Census shows J.R. Randolph being the landlord of a hotel in Plain City, Madison County, Ohio. Listed in household are: Nancy J. Randolph wife age 39 landlady of hotel, parents both born in Ohio Mary J. Randolph daughter age 15 waiter in hotel Ella V. Randolph daughter age 13 waiter in hotel Minie Ida Randolph daughter age 10 in school and five boarders From"The Portrait and Biographical Record" James R. Randolph,whose sketch now invites attention,is the proprietor of a fine drug store in West Jefferson(Ohio) and possessing the necessary qualifications for a successful business man,has been greatly prospered in his dealings. The parents of our subject,James and Jane(Pugsley)Randolph were natives of Hampshire County,Virginia and Maine. The grandparents removed to Ohio in 1801,while it was yet a Territory,and located in Zanesville,Ohio while his parents made their home on a farm in Athens County,Ohio,from 1821 till 1840.The father there began the practice of medicine which he followed until his decease. The parental family of our subject included nine children,of whom he was the seventh son. He was born July 28,1837 in Nelsonville,Athens County,Ohio and attended the common schools until nineteen years of age,when he supplemented the knowledge gained therein by taking a course at an academy in New Albany,Ohio and for one year was a student at the Ohio University at Athens. On the outbreak of the Civil War,Mr.Randolph enlisted April 21,1861,in Company B,Twenty Second Ohio Infantry. Owing to a railroad accident which occurred May 30,1861,he was severely injured,on account of which he received his honorable discharge. On returning from the army,December,1863,our subject read medicine with Dr.J.T.Colliver for a period of two years,and in 1865 went to Noble County,Ohio,where he was employed by his uncle,in the tannery,at the same time continuing his studies,being thus engaged for five years. During that time Mr.Randolph took a course at Cincinnati in the Eclectic Medical College,afterward began the practice of medicine. He remained in Noble County until 1871,when he returned to West Jefferson,and on account of ill health operated a farm for the following six years. In 1878 he took up his abode in Plain City,where he operated a hotel as mine host for two years,at the end of which time he went to Marysville and for six months was employed in the handling of walnut timber. He later entered the employ of the U.I.X.L.Windmill Company of Kalamazoo,Michigan,with which he was engaged in the marble and granite business in Mechanicsburg,Ohio. After following that line of work for two years,Mr.Randolph,came to Jefferson County and for three years cultivated the soil in this locality. Finally locating in West Jefferson,he opened a drug store,which he has managed successfully since. The lady to whom our subject married was Nancy J,Thompson,her birth occurring in Jefferson Township,in 1840.To them have been born a family of five children,namely:Mary J.,Mrs James B. Hilton,Ella,the widow of G.J.Frey,Minnie,James L,and Thomas,the latter of whom died an infant. Mr.Randolph is classed among the public-spirited citizens of this country,and in the various places in which he has lived has filled most satisfactorily various offices of honor and trust. Socially,he is an Odd Fellow,in which order he has taken all the degrees,is a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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