James Randall (1835 - 1888)

Born 10 Dec 1835 in Westray and Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom

Died 1 Feb 1888 at age 52 in Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States

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Biography

James Randall was involved in the westward expansion of the USA. See Westward Ho!.

Birth

James Rendall was born December 10, 1835 in Westray and Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland to James Rendall and Jean Seater. ^[1]

Military

7th Infantry Regiment, United States Army

Enlisted: Sept 1 1880

Ft. Buford, Dakota Territory

Discharged: Aug 31 1885

Fort Laramie

United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914 ^[2]

Name: James Randall

Event Type: military service

Event Date: 1 Sept 1880

Event Place: Fort Buford, , Dakota Territory

Age: 46

Born: Fifeshire, Scotland

Birth Year (Estimated): 18334

Volume Number:082

Family Life

1841 Westray, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom ^[3]

Here is a James Randall, right year, country.............and it is NOT OGNA Island it is Orkney Island, there is no such place as Ogna Island Scotland.

1860 Hartland Township, Worth, Iowa

Page: 101

Head of the household was,

James Rendall M 46 Ogna Island Scotland

Jane Rendall F 54 Ogna Island Scotland

James Rendall M 24, birth Year (Estimated): 1836Ogna Island Scotland

John Rendall M 21 Ogna Island Scotland

Ellen Rendall F 18 Ogna Island Scotland

Jane Rendall F 11 Ogna Island Scotland

Tumima Rendall F 11 Ogna Island Scotland

Household ID: 767 --^[4]

1870 Fort Shaw, Lewis and Clark, Montana Territory

Name: James Randall age: 33 Scotland Soldier

1880 Fort Buford, Wallette, Dakota Territory

Adolf Heinzman Other M 41 Germany

Henry R Laflin Other M 34 New York, United States

George Leher Other M 32 Germany

Evans J Malbone Other M 39 New York, United States

George C Martin Other M 43 Ohio, United States

Dennis Mc Carty Other M 34 Ireland

John Mc Carthy Other M 25 New York, United States

Edmond Murphy Other M 30 Ireland

John Mere Other M 32 New York, United States

John Odonnell Other M 23 Pennsylvania, United States

George Pratt Other M 40 Scotland

James Randall Other M 46, birth Year (Estimated): 1834, marital Status: Single, occupation: Soldier, born Scotland, Father's Birthplace: Scotland--Mother's Birthplace: Scotland

John L Reynold Other M 30 Iowa, United States

Peter Schoendorff Other M 25 France

John Shea Other M 44 Ireland

Robert Stewart Other M 43 Ireland

Robert Wilk Other M 21 Germany

John Wooduff Other M 23 Pennsylvania, United States

John Kregan Other M 31 Germany

District: ED 102--Sheet Number and Letter: 439C--Household ID: 8742640 -- ^[5]

Death

He passed away in 1888.

Burial : Frances E. Warren Air Base Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming

Military Headstone.........^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQQR-HQS : 12 February 2020), James Rendall, 1835.
2. ↑ Fort Buford, Dakota Territory
3. ↑ "Scotland Census, 1841", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYC8-9MF : 22 June 2021), James Rendal in entry for James Rendal, 1841.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M821-4RB : 18 February 2021), James Rendall in entry for James Rendall, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCV4-T6V : 13 January 2022), James Randall in household of Adolf Heinzman, Fort Sanders, Dakota Territory, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .:Sheet Letter: C---Sheet Number: 439--Person Number: 11--Volume: 1
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 08 June 2022), memorial page for SGT James Randall (unknown–1 Feb 1888), Find A Grave: Memorial #25187141, citing Frances E. Warren Air Base Cemetery, Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA ; Maintained by Theresa/Thunderbird584 (contributor 47100429).