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Tlieological seminary, N.Y., in 1838. He was ordered deacon July 17, 1838, and ordained priest Nov. 2, 1839. He was married in May, 1839, to Eliza, daughter of Lewis Hoar of Warren. He was rector of the Church of the Ascension, Fall River, Mass., 1838-44, and of the Church of the Messiah, Boston, 1844-66. He was a member of the school committee of Boston; secretary of the general convention, a member of the .standing committee of the diocese of Massachusetts, 1850- 65, and for many years edited the Christian Wit- ness, the representative organ of the church in New England. He was elected missionary bishop of Colorado with jurisdiction in adjacent terri- tories (Wyoming and New Mexico) in 1865, and was consecrated Dec. 28, 1865, by Bisliops Hop- kins, Smith and Eastburn, assisted by Bishops Chase, Clark,Vail, and Staley of Honolulu. When he entered upon the charge of his episcopal duties, there were but two parishes in the diocese, and at the end of seven years' work, the par- ishes had increased to twenty-four, with twenty churches and a theological school. He promoted good will toward the Indians and was closely identified with the progress of civilization. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Brown university in 1856. He is the author of: W^iy I am a Churchman, and Observation on Confirmation (1868). He died in Denver, Colo- rado Territory, Sept. 98, 1873.

RANDALL, James Ryder, poet and journalist, was born in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 1, 1839; son of John Killen and Ruth Maria (Hooper) Randall; grandson of John and Caroline Randall and of Robert and' Margaret Hooper; great-grandson of the celebrated Robert Hooper, known as " King " Hooper of Marblehead, Mass., and a descendant ma- ternally of the people of " Evangeline," the French of Acadie, who were driven from Nova Scotia by the British. He was ed- ucated by private tu- tors, and at George- town college, D.C., 1849-56; was em- ployed as a clerk in a Baltimore book store; taught school in Florida, and removed to Louisiana, where he became clerk to a shipping merchant. He was professor of English and the classics in Poydras college, Pointe Coupee parish. La., 1859-61. and contributed poems to the New Orleans Sunday Delta. His most famous poem, "My Maryland" which he wrote after reading

the news of the passage of the Massachusetts vol- unteers through the streets of Baltimore, became popular throughout the South and gained him an international reputation. It was set to music by Mrs. Hettie (Cary) Martin of Baltimore to the German air " Tannebaum." He was married in December, 1864, to Katherine, daughter of Mar- cus and Harriet Hammond, and removed to Au- gusta, Ga., where he became editor of the Con- stitutionalist and subsequently of the Chronicle, of both of which papers he was the Washington correspondent during the successive sessions of congress. The honorary degree of LL.D. was con- ferred on him by the University of Notre Dame, Ind., in 1899. Among his other poems are: TliC Cameo Bracelet; The Lone Sentry; Arlington: Tliere's Life in the Old Land yet; The Battle Cry of the South; Stonewall Jackson; Eidolon; At Arlington; John Pelham and Why the Robin's Breast is Red.

RANDALL, Robert Richard, philanthropist, was born in New Jersey about 1740; son of Thomas Randall, a member of the committee of 100 chosen to control the affairs of the city of New York in 1775. He went to sea as a boy and became master of a ship. In 1771 he was a mem- ber of the marine society of New York for the re- lief of indigent masters of vessels, their widows and orphan children. He was a member of the chamber of commerce of the state of NewYork in 1780, and in 1790 he purchased from Baron Poel- nitz the property above Canal street in New York city known as Minthorn, consisting of twenty- one acres of land. This, with four other lots of land in New York city, and stocks amounting to $10,000, he bequeathed to found a home for sailors to be known as Sailors' Snug Harbor. On ac- count of lawsuits the property was not available to his executors until 1831. Meanwhile, the growth of the city made it advisable to locate the home in a more quiet section, and Staten Is- land was selected and a site purchased near New Brighton. In October, 1831, the corner stone of the main building was laid, and the rents from the lands in New York city produced a large yeai'ly income for the support of the institution. In 1834 Randall's remains were removed to Sailors' Snug Harbor, and in 1884 a heroic statue by St. Gaudens was unveiled in front of the main build- ing. He died in New York city, June 5, 1801.

RANDALL, Samuel Jackson, representative, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 10, 1828; son of Josiah and Ann (Worrell) Randall, and grand- son of Joseph Worrell, a well known political leader of the Jefferson school. He attended the University academy at Philadelphia. Pa., en- gaged in mercantile business, and devoted him- self to politics. He was a member of the city council for four years, and of tiie state senate,