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The Biographical
Annals of Ohio - 1906 - 1907 - 1909
A Handbook of the Government and Institution of the State of
Ohio.
by A. P. SANDLES, Clerk of the Senate
E. W. DOTY, Clerk House of Representatives
77th General Assembly
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JOHN RANDLES,
Jackson township; postoffice,
Roscoe; was born near Cadiz, Harrison county,
May 21, 1814. His father, Abram
Randles, was born in Loudon county,
Virginia, and in his youth emigrated to Harrison
county, Ohio, where, at the age of twenty-one,
he married Elizabeth Cheney.
In March, 1817, before John was three
years old, his father moved to Jackson township,
Coshocton county, settling about eight miles
from Coshocton, on the road leading to Mt.
Vernon, in the midst of an unbroken wilderness.
On this road their nearest neighbors were eight
miles distant. Here John was reared
to manhood, enduring all the privations incident
to pioneer life. The oldest of seventeen
children, he became his father's main support in
reducing the barbarous wilds to a civilized
state. Savage, howling wolves prowled
about the lonely cabin at night, disturbing the
sleep of the family. Deer and turkeys were
abundant, and bears were occasionally seen.
John threaded the dismal forests in every
direction, visiting every mill within thirty
miles of home. He was married in August,
1835, to Mary, daughter of Samuel
Oilman, of this county, and by this union
had six children, viz: Jemima E. (Clark),
Jackson; Thomas J., deceased;
Nancy J. (Shaw), William W., and
Hester A. (Eckert). His wife having
died, he married, in 1857, Jane
Hornbaker, who became the mother of five
children, viz: Catharine; John H.,
deceased; John A., Charles
and Dollie. Mr. Randies
lived on theold place till 1850, when ho bought
and moved to a farm adjoining Roscoe. In
1857 he moved to Roscoe, and has lived there
since, except fiveyears, 1865-70, spent in
Coshocton.
Source: History
of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present,
1740-1881 - Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co.,
1881 - Page 769 |
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