BIO: Mollie F. RANDOLPH, Beaver County, PA
    
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    BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches 
    of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Buffalo, N.Y., 
    Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 47-49.
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    MRS. MOLLIE F. RANDOLPH, who sprang from a very prominent family of Beaver
  county, is the widow of George F. Randolph, who, it will be remembered, was
  drowned in the disastrous flood at Johnstown in 1889, whither he had gone
  upon a visit. He was one of the most highly respected men of Beaver Falls,
  and his sad death came as a severe shock not only to his family but to the
  citizens of the borough, among whom he had a large circle of friends. Mrs.
  Randolph was born in Allegheny, Pa., February 14, 1863, and is a daughter of
  Major F. and Sally K. (Smith) Scott. Major Scott, who during his life was
  probably one of the best known men of the country, was born near Uniontown,
  Fayette county, Pa., September 21, 1832, and after receiving an education, he
  learned the trade of a saddler and harness maker. In 1856, he removed to
  Allegheny, Pa., and accepted a position as passenger conductor on the Fort
  Wayne R. R., where he remained for many years, thus becoming acquainted with
  nearly all the prominent business men of Western Pennsylvania. Discontinuing
  the railroad business, he bought the St. Charles Hotel in Pittsburg and
  conducted it for one year, but finally disposed of it and bought the Sourbeck
  Hotel in New Brighton. Later he retired from the hotel business, and engaged
  in the wholesale candy business in Beaver Falls, being very successful. When
  the Fort Wayne R. R. Company built their new depot in Beaver Falls, he was
  offered-the position of passenger agent to take effect upon the completion of
  the building. This he accepted and was so arranging his business affairs that
  he might take charge, when he was taken sick and died, just one week prior to
  the opening of the new depot. Major Scott married Sally K. Smith, who was born
  in Uniontown, Pa., October 27, 1832, and five children blessed their union,
  Mrs. Randolph being the only child now living.
    
    Mollie F. Scott was one year old when in 1864, her parents moved to New
  Brighton, and five years old when they located at Beaver Falls, where she was
  given a good education. She has always taken an active interest in educational
  and church matters, and was a member of the church-the choir, and organist,
  for nine years. She is an entertaining conversationalist and an accomplished
  musician and singer, and has always been popular
    
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  in social circles. She possesses exceptional business qualifications and very
  cleverly manages the property in which she and her mother live on Ninth
  street, and the brick residence adjoining, these being the estate left to her
  care by her father. On the maternal side of the family, she is descended in
  the fourth generation from General Douglas, who attained fame in the
  Revolutionary War. Her father was a Democrat in politics and served as school
  director. He was a member of the Methodist Protestant church, and fraternally
  belonged to the Franklin Lodge, F. & A. M.
    
    George F. Randolph, the deceased husband of the subject of this sketch, was
  born in Johnstown, Pa., and was a son of Richard Fitz and Emma A. (Boggs)
  Randolph. He was descended from Edward Randolph, captain in the Revolutionary
  War, who was a farmer in the heart of Philadelphia. His land was situated on
  Fifth and Randolph streets, the latter street being given his name because it
  cut through his farm. He was a strict adherent to the Quaker faith. He reared
  thirteen children.
    
    George F. Randolph, a son of Edward, was born in Philadelphia and during
  his active business career operated a general store there, but in his latter
  days, lived in retirement. He was the father of Edward Randolph, the
  grandfather of our subject, who was a graduate of Harvard University. For a
  time he de-voted himself to the practice of medicine, but at a later date
  read law and was a successful attorney. He was united in marriage with
  Frances McShane, a daughter of a prominent Philadelphia merchant and they
  reared three children: George Fitz; Richard Fitz; and Charles Fitz.
    
    Richard Fitz Randolph, the father of our subject's husband, was educated at
  a private academy in Chester county, Pa., but when seventeen years old, he
  went to Cambria county, to learn the steel trade with the Cambria Steel
  Company. He remained with them until 1884, when he moved to Beaver Falls and
  accepted a position in the steel and wire nail-mill, a part of the time being
  assistant manager. He subsequently accepted a position with the Beaver Falls
  Saw Company, with whom he continued for six years. He was united in marriage
  with Emma A. Boggs, a daughter of Senator Boggs of Hollidaysburg, Blair
  county, where she was born, and they reared five children, as follows: George
  F.; Francis Fitz; Harry Fitz; Richard Fitz; and Charles Fitz. Mr. Randolph is
  a Republican, and in religious faith is an Episcopalian.
    
    George F. Randolph, deceased, was educated in the public schools of
  Johnstown, and also took a course of study in a private institution. After
  completing his education, he went to work in the offices of the Cambria Iron
  Company and gave satisfaction to his employers. Resigning in 1883, he was
  offered and accepted a position in Beaver Fails, with the Carnegie Company,
  and was given entire charge of the nine-inch mill, including the rollers and
  men. In 1889, while still in their, employ, he paid a visit to his birth place,
    
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  and it was while there that the calamity occurred which startled the whole
  world, in which he with hundreds of others lost their lives. He was a loving
  husband and a fond father, and it was indeed a sad bereavement to his devoted
  wife and their children. His union with Mollie F. Scott resulted in the birth
  of two children: Mary F., born November 17, 1885; and Helen F., born December
  1, 1886. Politically, he was a supporter of the Republican party. In a
  religious connection he was an attendant of the Methodist Protestant church.