The Family
They finally finished for a total of 11 children in the end after years of moving and eventually settling in.
John Hampden Randolph, was born to a wealthy Virginia family in Nottoway County, Virginia on March 24, 1813. The son of Judge Peter Randolph, he lived in Virginia until his father was appointed a federal court judge in Woodville, Mississippi.
Emily Jane Liddell, lived in a plantation not far from the Randolph home. The couple married on December 14, 1837. Being from a family of wealth also, Emily entered into the marriage with a substantial dowry of $20,000 and 20 slaves.
Ella Eugenia: 1838-1917 was the oldest child was . She married Lovik Feltus in 1861 and lived in Natchez, Mississippi.
Algernon Sidney, 1840-1863, was the only child to die in battle in the Civil War. He studied to become a doctor, but left school to join the Louisiana 3rd Infantry. He was killed at Vicksburg in May of 1863, the victim of a sniper's bullet.
Moses Liddell, 1842-1907, was the son who stayed with his father in his Texas adventures. Moses married Jane Justine Connor, daughter of a prominent Natchez, Mississippi, family, in 1873. The couple had 10 children and made their home in Blythewood Plantation, close to Nottoway.
John Hampden Jr., 1844-1919, saw many violent battles during the Civil War. He married Sarah Walker in 1873 and they had three children.
Mary Augusta, 1846-1914, wed prominent New Orleans lawyer Horace E. Upton in Nottoway's elegant white ballroom in 1875. The couple had six children and lived in New Orleans.
Emma Jane, 1848-1932, married Rev. Marmaduke St. James Dillon in 1870. The couple had two children before he died in 1879. Emma Jane then married her cousin, Frank Liddell Richardson, and lived the rest of her life with him in New Orleans.
Cornelia, 1851-?, deeply loved her father, and published a diary, "The White Castle of Louisiana," about her life at Nottoway in 1903. The book was dedicated to her father.
Sarah Virginia, 1853-1893, was sickly with an unknown disease for most of her life, and is the only Randolph daughter who never married.
Annie Carolina, 1855-1942, married Valle J. Rozier, and the couple had one child who died the same day. After she was widowed, she married Stephen Miller Williams in 1895 and they had a daughter.
Peter Everett, 1857-1899, was the Randolph's youngest son. Little is known of him. He never married and died in St. Louis, Missouri.
Julia Marceline, 1862-?, was the only Randolph child to be born at Nottoway. She married Valle Rayburn of St. Louis, Missouri at Nottoway in 1883. The couple had six children before she was widowed in 1908. She remarried in 1915, to Charles Fletcher Sparks.
John Hampden Randolph, was born to a wealthy Virginia family in Nottoway County, Virginia on March 24, 1813. The son of Judge Peter Randolph, he lived in Virginia until his father was appointed a federal court judge in Woodville, Mississippi.
Emily Jane Liddell, lived in a plantation not far from the Randolph home. The couple married on December 14, 1837. Being from a family of wealth also, Emily entered into the marriage with a substantial dowry of $20,000 and 20 slaves.
Ella Eugenia: 1838-1917 was the oldest child was . She married Lovik Feltus in 1861 and lived in Natchez, Mississippi.
Algernon Sidney, 1840-1863, was the only child to die in battle in the Civil War. He studied to become a doctor, but left school to join the Louisiana 3rd Infantry. He was killed at Vicksburg in May of 1863, the victim of a sniper's bullet.
Moses Liddell, 1842-1907, was the son who stayed with his father in his Texas adventures. Moses married Jane Justine Connor, daughter of a prominent Natchez, Mississippi, family, in 1873. The couple had 10 children and made their home in Blythewood Plantation, close to Nottoway.
John Hampden Jr., 1844-1919, saw many violent battles during the Civil War. He married Sarah Walker in 1873 and they had three children.
Mary Augusta, 1846-1914, wed prominent New Orleans lawyer Horace E. Upton in Nottoway's elegant white ballroom in 1875. The couple had six children and lived in New Orleans.
Emma Jane, 1848-1932, married Rev. Marmaduke St. James Dillon in 1870. The couple had two children before he died in 1879. Emma Jane then married her cousin, Frank Liddell Richardson, and lived the rest of her life with him in New Orleans.
Cornelia, 1851-?, deeply loved her father, and published a diary, "The White Castle of Louisiana," about her life at Nottoway in 1903. The book was dedicated to her father.
Sarah Virginia, 1853-1893, was sickly with an unknown disease for most of her life, and is the only Randolph daughter who never married.
Annie Carolina, 1855-1942, married Valle J. Rozier, and the couple had one child who died the same day. After she was widowed, she married Stephen Miller Williams in 1895 and they had a daughter.
Peter Everett, 1857-1899, was the Randolph's youngest son. Little is known of him. He never married and died in St. Louis, Missouri.
Julia Marceline, 1862-?, was the only Randolph child to be born at Nottoway. She married Valle Rayburn of St. Louis, Missouri at Nottoway in 1883. The couple had six children before she was widowed in 1908. She remarried in 1915, to Charles Fletcher Sparks.