Leslie Fitz Randolph 1851-1931
Categories: Nortonville, Kansas,
The Sabbath Recorder Obituary"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 111, No 11, p 351, Sep. 14, 1931.
Leslie F. Randolph was born near Meadville, Pa., March 12, 1851, and died at the Charles Maxwell Hospital, Lamar, Colo., July 7, 1931, aged eighty years.
In his youth he went with his parents to Atchison County, Kan. At one time he was editor of the Nortonville News, Nortonville, Kan. For several years he was assistant supreme court reporter. Kansas was his home until 1905, when he went to Kiowa County, Colo. He established newspapers at Sheridan Lake, Colo., and at Brandon, Colo. He took an active part in every movement for the development of eastern Colorado, serving his community in every way he could. At one time he was county judge.
As a youth he joined the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Nortonville, Kan., and kept his membership there all his life. He was always keenly interested in matters of the church and denomination.
His wife, formerly Adeline Wheeler, survives him, also a sister, Miss Georgia Randolph of Leavenworth, Kan., and a brother George Randolph of Nortonville, Kan. A. W. R.
Notes for Adeline R. “Addie” (Spouse 1)
Adeline R. (Wheeler) Fitz Randolph 1857-1944
Categories: Boulder, Colorado,
Farmington, Illinois,
Nortonville, Kansas,
Rev. Earl Cruzan Officiating,
The Sabbath Recorder Obituary"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 137, No 24, p 440, Dec. 11, 1944.
Adeline Wheeler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Wheeler, was born in Farmington, Ill., April 7, 1857, and died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Rasmussen of Boulder, Colo., October 24, 1944. She was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Nortonville, Kan. For many years she was a lone Sabbath keeper at Brandon, Colo. Funeral services were conducted at the Allardice-Kelso Funeral Home in Boulder on October 25, 1944. Interment was at Eads, Colo. The services were conducted by Rev. Earl Cruzan, pastor of the Boulder Church. E. C.