SAMUEL
WALLACE RANDALL
Samuel Wallace Randall
Samuel was the third child of Jeffrey and Sarah
(Wallace) Randall. He was born on September 30, 1808 in
Ridge, Long Island and died March 13,1888. He married 1.
Joanna M. Davis, born May 26, 1840, daughter of Albert
Bryant and Clarissa Davis. He married 2. Nancy O. Griffin
in November of 1855.
He eventually moved to Yaphank where he
was a farmer and a dealer in real estate. The day the big
blizzard began on March 12, 1888, he went to the barn. A
large barn door came off and fell on him. His wife was
sick in bed and his daughter was unable to get him into
the house at once. The exposure to cold and the
concussion produced by the barn door falling are the
reasons for his death as given on his death certificate.
Samuel, Joanna and Nancy are buried in the Union Cemetery
at Middle Island.