Evening star., 1948-01-05
Mrs. R. ]. Randolph,
Granddaughter Of
Lincoln, Is Dead

Mrs. Jessie Lincoln Randolph,
granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln
and the last descendant born to the
name, died early yesterday in hos
pital at Bennington, VT, the family
announced today.
Mrs. Randolph, who was the
daughter of Robert Todd Lincoln,
was about rs, but the exact date of
her birth was not Immediately avail
able. She was the wife of Robert ].
Randolph, retired electrical engi-
neer. The family home is at 1908
N street NV. Mrs. Randolph had
been living for about two years at
the family summer estate, Hildene,
at Manchester. VT.
Her unexpected death was shock
to friends here who had not known
OF her illness, which was apparently
of short duration. She underwent
an operation at the hospital in Ben
nington.
A daughter, Miss Mary Lincoln
Beckwith, had been living with her
mother at Hilderne A son, Robert
Lincoln Beckwith, 6215 Ridegwood
avenue, Chevy Chase, Md, is now
In Manchester.
Daughter of Robert Todd Lincoln.
Mrs. Randolph was married twice.
Her first husband was Warren Beck
with, native of Iowa. They lived in
Chicago. She was married to Mr..
Randolph, Virginian, in 1927.
Mrs. Randolph was born in Chi
cago where her father was practicing
law. She spent part of her child
hood in Washington while her
father was Secretary of War in
1881-85. Later she lived in London
when her father was Minister to
Great Britain from 1889 to 1898.
She was one of three children
of the Robert Todd LincoIns. A
sister, Mrs. Mary Lincoln Isham,
widow of Charles Isham, died in
New York in 1888. A brother,
Abraham Lincoln II, but known to
the family as Jack, died at an early
age in London in 1890.
Father Died in 1926.
Robert Todd Lincoln died at Man.
chester in 1926 and Mrs Lincoln
died in 1887. A number of years
before he died Mr.. Lincoln gave the
Library of Congress the papers of
his father, President Lincoln, with
the stipulation they should not be
disclosed to the public until 81
years after his death.
The safes containing them were
opened with elaborate ceremonies at
the Library last July. Lincoln
scholars have been interested also
in the Robert Todd Lincoln papers
in the possession of Mrs. Randolph.
| 1t was said today by friend of the
family that as far as he knew what
ever Robert Todd Lincoln papers
there are will remain in the posses
sion of the family.
The Randolph home at 2908 N
street NV. is not far from the
one where the Robert Todd Lin
coins once lived at 3014 N street.
The house, generally known as Fox
hall House, was built before the
Revolution and was occupied by
Henry Foxhall, who was a promi-
nent supplier of munitions during
the War of 1912. A tunnel, said to
have provided refuge from
Indians; runs from its cellar
Funeral Wednesday. @
Mrs. Randolph lived quietly In
Washington in her later years, but
in July, 1910, it was announced
she had applied for membership in
the local club supporting the late
Wendell L. Willkie for the presi-
dency.
Funeral services will be held in
Manchester at 2 pm Wednesday.
The body will be placed in receiv-
ing vault until it is determined where
burial will be. Mrs. Randolph's
mother and father are buried in
Arlington Cemetery.
In addition to her husband,
daughter and son, only one other
member of the family survives, a
nephew. He is Lincoln Isham, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Isham.
He lives in New York and has
summer place at Dorset, VT.