Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, Kniffin 2nd ed., 1885
Caldwell Co.

W.S. RANDOLPH, county judge, was born September 25, 1836, in Trigg County,
Ky.; his father, Alexander Randolph, was a native of North Carolina, born
in 1800.  He was a descendant of the celebrated Randolph family of 
Virginia, and died in Trigg County, Ky., January, 1865, at the age of 
sixty-five years.  Subject's mother, Malinda (Watkins) Randolph, was a
daughter of Samuel Watkins, who died in Trigg County at a very early day.
Mrs. Randolph departed this life on January 2, 1878, at the age of sixty-
five years.  Mr. and Mrs. Randolph were the parents of eight children:
G.B. (deceased), W.S. (subject), M.J. (deceased), M.A. (deceased), E.S.
(deceased), D.W. (deceased), J.A. and T.L.  W.S. Randolph remained under
the parental roof until the age of twenty years, when he entered Cadiz
High School, which he attended for three years; at the end of that time
he was engaged as assistant in said school under Prof. Q.M. Tyler, whom
he afterward succeeded as principal, serving in the latter position until
1869, at which time he was appointed assistant assessor of internal
revenue, and surveyor of distilleries for the First Congressional District,
filling both positions for a period of four years.  He came to Caldwell
County in 1865, and in 1874 was elected county judge, which office he
holds at the present time, having been elected for three consecutive terms.
He was united in marriage, April 14, 1864, with Margaret A. Jenkins, of
Trigg County, Ky., step-daughter of Judge Collins D. Bradley.  This union
has been blessed with eight children: M.M., F.F., W.B., E.T., Anna, Pocha,
May and Ethel.  Mr. Randolph is a member of the I.O.O.F. and votes with 
the Democratic party.  He and wife are active members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, of Princeton.

Randolph Watkins Tyler Jenkins Bradley
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Trigg-KY NC VA 

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