Birth of F. Randolph, lumber dealer, in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

The evidence

• “F. RANDOLPH, lumber dealer, Evansville; born in Crawford Co., Penn., in 1822; removed to Wisconsin in the fall of 1853, and entered the employ of a grocery house in Janesville, Rock Co. ; remained until 1855, then entered the employ of a lumber firm; in 1865, became interested in a lumber business which he established in partnership with his former employers at Evansville ; in 1877, the partnership dissolved, and Mr. Randolph established himself as lumber dealer June 1, 1877.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/30-bios-union.md, PDF p. 862 / book p. 866

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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