Theodore Rand (1837 - 1902)

Born 4 Feb 1837 in Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States

Died 27 Dec 1902 at age 65 in Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Theodore Rand was involved in the westward expansion of the USA. See Westward Ho!.

Theodore was born in 1837 to Susannah & Israel in Clinton, New York.

From the Pony Express Museum

"Rand, Theodore (Little Yank, Yank), Theodore Rand rode the Pony Express during the entire period of its organization. His run was from Box Elder to Julesburg, Colorado 110 miles and he made the entire distance both ways by night. His schedule, night run though it was, required a gait of ten miles an hour, but Rand often made it at an average of 12, thus saving time on the through schedule for some unfortunate rider who might have trouble and delay. Originally, Rand used only 4-5 horses each way, but this number, in keeping with the revised policy of the Company, was afterward doubled, an extra mount being furnished him every 12-15 miles. "

Family Life

1850 Beekmantown, Clinton, New York

House Number: 257

Susanna Rand F 53 Vermont

Israel Rand M 60 New Hampshire

Lysander Rand M 27 New York

Matthew Rand M 16 New York

Theodore Rand M 13, birth Year (Estimated): 1837 New York

Household ID: 259---Line Number: 34 -- ^[1]

1880 Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States ^[2]

1900 Atchison city Ward 5, Atchison, Kansas

Enumerated June 11

1024 Mound St

Head of the household was,

Theodore Rand Head M 64, birth Date: Feb 1836 New York

Occupation: Truckman Depot

Father's Birthplace: New Hampshire--Mother's Birthplace: Vermont

Mary E Rand Wife F 68 Wales

Years Married: 35 --:Marriage Year (Estimated): 1865

children: 3 / 1 living

William T Rand Son M 24 Kansas

District: 9--Sheet Number and Letter: 7B--Household ID: 160---Line Number: 77 -- ^[3]

Death

He passed away in 1902.

Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas

Location: Plot Div East, Block 1, Lot 19, Grave 6

NO HEADSTONE, just a Memorial stone with "T. RAND" and the "Pony Express Trail" disc in concrete block. no sources but the Reporters story

Excerpts from 1/19/2009 9:37:00 AM History set in stone

Pony Express riders rest in Atchison -- By PATTY MOORE, Reporter

"Two names stand out in early American western lore -

David R. Jay and Theodore P. Rand, aka, "Little Yank."

"The plaques identify two men who carried the mail on horseback in 1860-61, riders of the Pony Express. David Jay rests in Mt. Vernon Cemetery, and Theodore Rand is buried at Oak Hill, their graves marked by Western Trails Historian Joe Nardone of Laguna Hills, Calif.

Mr. Jay and Mr. Rand rode for the Pony from its start in April 1860 until its end in October 1861, after Atchison had become PE eastern terminus on Sept. 23.

David Jay, at 13 years old, the youngest rider ever hired by the PE, carried mail in Kansas from Seneca to Big Sandy (Marysville), sometimes on to Ft. Kearney, Neb.

Theodore Rand rode the 110-mile night route between Box Elder and Julesburg, Colo. After completion of telegraph lines put the PE out of business, David Jay and Little Yank Rand eventually moved to Atchison......................"

Research Notes

News of Mr. Rand's death Dec. 27, 1902, in the Globe that day said he was born in Plattsburg, N.Y., Feb. 4, 1827, and died at work at the Missouri Pacific freight office.

However his year of birth was a typo and should have read 1837.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTY-F6N : 12 April 2016), Theodore Rand in household of Susanna Rand, Beekmantown, Clinton, New York, United States; citing family 259, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).Affiliate Film Number: 489--GS Film Number: 17065--Digital Folder Number: 004196777--Image Number: 00045
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPJ-3HS : 14 January 2022), Theadore Rand, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMTM-VQ7 : accessed 8 June 2022), Theodore Rand, Atchison city Ward 5, Atchison, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) - :Image 14- 9, sheet 7B, family 160, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,470.

1. List of RIDERS.
2. Find A Grave: Memorial #110582283