Arizona republican., 1921-08-24
EPES RANDOLPH FUNERAL TO BE
 HELD THURSDAY
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upon the records of the minutes of this association, that a copy be transmitted to Colonel Randolph's mourning widow and that a copy be given to the newspapers for publi- cation.
 Led Busy Life
 Epes Randolph was born in Lunen- burg county, Virginia. His parents were also natives of Virginia. his father, William Eston Randolph, hav- ing been born in Clarke county. and his mother. Sarah Lavinia Epes, in Lunenburg county. Since 1878 MT. Randolph has been almost continu- ously engaged in railroad work in some of it's phases. From that year until 1885 he was in continuous serv- ice, during this time having served about half a dozen companies, the principal ones of which were the Ala bama Great Southern, the Chesa- pealSe, Ohio & Southwestern and the Kentucky Central.
 His field of operation during this time was in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Texas and Old Mexico, and his work was location, construction and main tenance. He served as assistant, To- eating, resident and division engineer. In 1885 he was appointed chief en- gineer of the Kentucky Central, with headquarters at Covington, Ky, and at the same time was chief engineer of the Cincinnati Elevated Railway. Transfer and Bridge company, both of which were Huntington properties. With the latter company his work consisted of the construction of a | double track railway, highway and l footway bridge across the Ohio river and connecting the town of Covington with Cincinnati. while on the Ken | lucky Central he was in charge ot maintenance, construction and recon I struction work.
 Early in the year 1890. the Ken
 lucky Central having been sold te | the Louisville & Nashville and the bridge completed, MT. Randolph was | transferred to Lexington as chief en- | gineer and superintendent of the l Newport News &, Mississippi Valley company, the Ohio & Dig Sandy Rail- road company and the Kentucky & l South Atlantic Railroad company | which position he held until 1891, ant was then transferred to Louisville as chief engineer and general suDerin- tendent of the Chesapeake. Ohio 6 | Southwestern and the Ohio Valley companies, which were also Hunting l tOn pTopcItiSS.
 In 1894 he resigned this position owing to i'll health, and spent veal
 in the West doing no work at all ex'
 cept giving professional advice tt | companies which he vas serving al
 a consulting engineer, genera practice in this line having been bull l up by him during the previous ter
 years. in which his clients consisted | of railway companies and munlcl 1 palities. This work was mainl! l bridge construction, foundation ant superstructure, and in this capacit! he supervised the bridge across thu Ohio connecting Louisville with lief fersonville. Ind, which was built b.
 a local company known as the Eas
 End Improvement company, and wa
 sold upon completion to the Chesa
 peake & Ohio and the Big Four com
 panies.
 Comes to Arizona
 In 1895 MT. Randolph was made su
 perintendent for the Southern Pacifi in charge of it's lines in Arizona an New Mexico, and his headquarter were in Tucson. After six years i this position he removed to Los An geles to accept one as vice presiden