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From: Mrs MicR <>
Subject: Re: Erie County, PA Lookups
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 23:02:37 EDT


In a message dated 98-04-19 22:08:14 EDT, you write:

> I would love to have the sketches of the JOHNSONS &
> RANDALLS.

Elias Randall, West Springfield, Erie county, Pa., was born in Coneaut
township, July 6, 1823. He is a son of Maxon and Hannah (Pomeroy) Randall,
life long residents of Girard. His grandfather was John Randall, who first
became a resident of Erie county about 1795, coming here from New York State,
bringing his son Maxon, who was then only 3 years old. His mother was Miss
Hannah, daughter of Medad Pomeroy, for many years a resident of Albion, Erie
county. He served in the Revolutionary war, and was a prominent citizen of
his day and generation. Elias Randall was first married in 1874 to Miss
Hannah Miller, of Springfield township. She died in 1852. Later he was
married to Caroline Ferguson, daughter of Hance Ferguson. The children are:
Edwin, of Springfield township; and Isadore, children by the first marriage;
Emma J., wife of C. F. Eaton, of Monroe township, Ashtabula county, Ohio; Ella
L., wife of J. W. Willey, West Springfield; Alvira, wife of A. H. Dean; and
Alta, wife of Hance Hardy, of Monroe township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, by the
second marriage. Mr. Randall has been a prominent citizen of the community in
which he resides for forty-five years, having occupied his present place
during this time. With him resides his son-in-law, J. W. Willey, who was born
in 1842. He is a son of John H. and Elizabeth (Ward) Willey, natives of
Summit township, Erie county, and prominently identified with the earlier
settlements of the county through their ancestors. Mr. Willey was married in
1876, and has one son, Malcom.

p 861
"Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book on Erie
County"
1896
S. B. Nelson, publisher
reprinted 1987 for the Erie County Historical Society

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