Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-07-11
DEATHS Do1Nes.
Three Funerals I'm One Day--St. Anne,s
Rector Kept Busy.


Three funerals in one day is some
thing unusual for Annapolis, bnt this
was one OF the events of the day in the
Ancient City, on the Severn, ana st.
| Ann s rector, Rev. DIR. Southgate. was
unusually busy to-day performing the
sad rites over the dead.
THE LATE MRS. ALEX. RANDALL.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Elizabeth
Philpot Blanchard Randall, widow of
the late Hon. Alexander Randall, took
place this afternoon from st. Anne1s
Church, and was largely attended by
relatives and friends of the deceased.
The Rev. DIR. SOuthgate, rector Of st.
AnneS, conducted the funeral service.
The pail bearers were Blanchard Ran
dali, DR.. Burton A. Randall, Henry T.
Randall, Daniel r. Randall, Alexander
Randall and J. Writ Randall. The first
four are sons of the deceased.
Mrs. Randall was born in Annapolis.
September ], 1927, and was the eldest
child and only daughter Of the Rev. John
Gowen Blanchard and Elizabeth T..
Blanchard. Her father was at that
time the rector of st. Annes parish,
Annapolis, but shortly afterward was
called to st, Paul's parish, Baltimore.
Rev. DIR. w. T., Wyatt, until his death,
which took place at an early age. Mrs
Randall was educated in Baltimore, and
in January, 1856, was married TO the
late Alexander Randall, of Annapolis,
whom she survived nearly fourteen
years. Her husband was prominent
citizen of Maryland, having been during
the course of his life member of Con-
gress, attorney-general of the State of
Maryland and an eminent member of
his profession. Their residence in An
napolis is one of the old colonial land
marks of the place, and was for many
years the scene of generous hospitality
and the home Of remarkably united
and happy family. Nine children went
| forth from its doors to establish homes
of their own and three unmarried
daughters were living with Mrs. Ran
dali at the old homestead when she died.
Alexander Randall was IA widower with
| five young children when he married
Miss Blanchard. His first wife was a
daughter Of William Writ, Attorney
General of the United States under
| Presidents Monroe and John Quincy
| Adams. Those five n otherless children
were all tenderly raised from their
| childhood by Mrs. Randall with her own
i bCNOu CttiiulCH. OtiO NbS al
plished French, Latin and Greek scholar,
and amid all of her other household
cares found the time to teach all of her
children herself. She fitted all of her
boys for college and her girls for the
higher education, which they received
elsewhere. Her eldest son, Blanchard
Randall, is member of the firm of Gill
| s. Fisher, of Baltimore; her second son,
DR.. Burton Alexander Randall, resides
in Philadelphia and is a well-known
specialist in diseases of the eye and ear,
holding aprofessorship those branches
| in the medical department of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania; L. Henry Ran.
dali is an architect residing in New
York, and is the architect of the new
Music Hall in Baltimore city and OF
numerous private residences in Bal.i
more and elsewhere. Daniel II Ran
dali, a lawyer, is in partnership in An.
napolis with his eldest brother, j. Writ
Randall, in the practice of his profes
sion. Her youngest son, DIR. Wyatt
w. Randall, is assistant professor OF
chemistry at the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, at present studying in London
in the labratory of Professor Ramsay
the distinguished discoverer of the new
element, "Argon He is there as the
accredited representative of the Johns
Hopkins University. Mrs. Randall was
a devoted member of the Protestant
Episcopal Church and was active in al
church and charitable work.