Ira Robert Randall

Son of Anderson Smith Randal and Sophia Mitchell, Ira Robert Randall was born during January 1870, in Franklin County, Georgia.

During 1895 (according to the 1900 U.S. Census), Ira Robert Randall married Mary Lou Virginia “Jeanie” Whitworth (daughter of Thomas Southerland Whitworth1) and Martha E. Griffin Whitworth2)).

They had the following children:

  1. Viola Estella Randall Farr (Dec. 30, 1898 - June 7, 1974)3) She married Wesley Cornelus Farr (May 8, 1890 - March 4, 1972).4)
  2. Janie Divilla Randall Sewell (May 7, 1912 - July 5, 1969)5) She married Oliver Parker Sewell (March 1, 1910 - Feb. 16, 1973).6)

After marrying Mary Lou Virginia “Jeanie” Whitworth, Ira Robert Randall and his new family lived next door to his sister and brother-in-law, Sallie D. Randall Mitchell & Benson Mitchell. By 1900, his mother, Sophia Mitchell Randall, was also living with his sister, Sallie.

[1900 U.S. Census. Ira Robert Randall's family begins on line 63.]

1900 United States Federal Census


State: Georgia
County: Franklin
Township or other division of County: Bryant Dist.
Date: June 8, 1900

Name Relationship Sex Birth (mo/yr) Age Marital Status Birthplace Occupation
Ira R. Randall Head M January 1870 30 Married Georgia Farmer
Jennie Randall Wife F April 1876 22 Married Georgia
Estelle Randall Daughter F Dec. 1898 5/12 Single Georgia

Source: 1900; Census Place: Bryant, Franklin, Georgia; Roll: 197; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0022; FHL microfilm: 1240197

We know that during 1910 (from the U.S. Census), Ira Robert Randall owned a home in Gum Log, GA, next door to his brother, Thomas Watson Randall. Ira indicates in the 1910 & 1920 U.S. Census that he was a farmer.

[1910 U.S. Census. Ira Robert Randall's family begins on line 50.]

[1910 U.S. Census. Ira Robert Randall's family continues on the following page at line 51.]

1910 United States Federal Census


State: Georgia
County: Franklin
Township or other division of County: Gum Log Dist.
Date: April 19-21, 1910

Name Relationship Sex Age Marital Status Birthplace Occupation
Ira R. Randall Head M 40 Married Georgia Farmer
Virginia Randall Wife F 32 Married Georgia
Viola E. Randall Daughter F 11 Single Georgia
Rawland Moore Hired Man M 20 Single South Carolina Farm Laborer

Source: 1910; Census Place: Gum Log, Franklin, Georgia; Roll: T624_189; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0041; FHL microfilm: 1374202

We know that during 1920 (from the U.S. Census), Ira Robert Randall owned a home in Gum Log, GA, but it is unclear as to whether it was the same home that he owned in 1910. And his brother, Thomas Watson Randall appears to have moved.

[1920 U.S. Census. Ira Robert Randall's family begins on line 69.]

1920 United States Federal Census


State: Georgia
County: Franklin
Township or other division of County: Gum Log Dist.
Date: Jan. 12, 1920

Name Relationship Sex Age Marital Status Birthplace Occupation
Ira R. Randall Head M 49 Married Georgia Farmer
Mary L. J. Randall Wife F 41 Married Georgia
Janie D. Randall Daughter F 7 Single Georgia
Norman J. Mitchell Boarder M 22 Single Georgia Farmer

Source: 1920; Census Place: Gumlog, Franklin, Georgia; Roll: T625_255; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 41; Image: 863

By April 17, 1930, Ira Robert Randall was renting a home at 101 West Main Street, Lavonia, GA.

[1930 U.S. Census. Ira Robert Randall's family begins on line 97.]

1930 United States Federal Census


State: Georgia
County: Franklin
Township or other division of County: Bryants Dist.
Date: April 17, 1930

Name Relationship Sex Age Marital Status Birthplace Occupation
I.R. Randall Head M 60 Married Georgia Farmer
Jeanie Randall Wife F 52 Married Georgia
Divilla Randall Daughter F 17 Single Georgia
Inez Vickery Boarder F 20 Single Georgia Sales Lady

Source: 1930; Census Place: Lavonia, Franklin, Georgia; Roll: 357; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0001; Image: 252.0; FHL microfilm: 2340092

After Mary Lou Jeanie Whitworth Randall died on Sept. 25, 1936,7) Ira moved in with his daughter, Viola Estella Randall Farr, and lived with her family.

[1940 U.S. Census. Ira R. Randall is listed on the last line, #40.]

1940 United States Federal Census


State: Georgia
County: Franklin
Township or other division of County: Militia Dist. 213, Gum Log
Date: April 3, 1940

Name Relationship Sex Age Marital Status Birthplace Occupation
Wesley C Farr Head M 49 Married Georgia Farmer
Estelle Farr Wife F 40 Married Georgia
Blanche Farr Daughter F 19 Single Georgia
Guy Ray Farr Son M 14 Single Georgia
Bobby Farr Son M 10 Single Georgia
Ira R Randall Father-in-law M 69 Widowed Georgia Farmer

Source: “United States Census, 1940,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7LB-R3T : accessed 24 May 2015), Wesley C Farr, Militia District 213, Franklin, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 59-6, sheet 2A, family 26, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 673.

Both Ira Robert Randall (1870 - Jan. 24, 1942)8) and Mary Lou Jeanie Whitworth Randall (1878 - Sept. 25, 1936)9) are buried in “Lavonia-Burgess City Cemetery”, in Lavonia (Franklin County), Georgia.

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