Lavina Randall

Female 1839 - 1911  (~ 71 years)


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  • Name Lavina Randall 
    Born Nov 1839  New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 9 Aug 1911  Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6458  Treespot
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2012 

    Family Benjamin Wilson Vardaman,   b. 7 Nov 1832, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1909, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 19 Oct 1856  Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Phila N Vardaman,   b. Abt 1860,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Oscar E Vardaman,   b. Mar 1863,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2012 
    Family ID F2355  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    1856 Marriage Record Iowa, Taylor County, Bedford
    1856 Marriage Record Iowa, Taylor County, Bedford
    Groom: Benjamin W Vardaman
    Bride: Lavina Randall
    m. 19 Oct 1856
    1860 Census Record Iowa, Taylor County, Bedford
    1860 Census Record Iowa, Taylor County, Bedford
    Head of Household - Benjamin W Vardaman, age 28, Silversmith, born in Illinois
    Wife - Lavinia, age 21, born in New York
    Child - 7 months, female, born in Iowa
    1870 Census Record Iowa, Ringgold County
    1870 Census Record Iowa, Ringgold County
    Head of Household - Benjamin W Vardaman, age 37, Silversmith, born in Illinois
    Wife - Lavinia, age 30, keeping house, born in New York
    Daughter - Phila N, age 10, attending school, born in Iowa
    Son - Oscar E, age 8, attending school, born in Iowa
    1880 Census Record Iowa, Ringgold County
    1880 Census Record Iowa, Ringgold County
    Head of Household - Benjamin W Vardaman, age 47, jeweler
    Wife - Lavinia, age 40, housekeeper
    Daughter - Phila N, age 20, dressmaker
    Son - Oscar E, age 15, laborer
    1900 Census Record Iowa, Ringgold County
    1900 Census Record Iowa, Ringgold County
    Head of Household - Benjamin W Vardaman, born Nov 1832, age 67, married 43 years, born in Illinois, both parents born in Kentucky
    Wife - Lavinia, born Nov 1839, age 60, married 43 years, 3 children, 2 alive, born in New York, Father born in Maine, Mother born in New York
    Daughter - Phila N, born Oct 1860, age 40, Single, born in Iowa, Father born in Illinois, Mother born in New York, Dressmaker
    1909 Iowa, Ringgold County Declaration of Widow's Pension
    1909 Iowa, Ringgold County Declaration of Widow's Pension
    Iowa, Ringgold
    24 April 1909
    Lavina Vardaman, aged 69,
    resident of Mount Ayr, County of Ringgold, State of Iowa
    That she is the widow of Benjamin W Vardaman who was enrolled under the name of enjamin W Vardaman on the 9th day of August 1862 as a Sergeant in Co F 29th Regiment of Iowa Infantry Volunteers and honorably discharged August 10th 1865 having served ninety days or more during the late war of the rebellion...
    That she was married under the name of Lavinia Randall to said soldier at Bedford, Iowa on the 19th day of October 1856 by Rev ?; that she had not been previously married; that the soldier had not been previously married.
    That the said soldier died April 18th 1909 at Mount Ayr, Iowa, that she was not divorced from him; that she has not remarried since his death.
    1912 Military Record Iowa
    1912 Military Record Iowa
    1911 Pension dropped due to widow's death
    Pensioner Lavina Vardaman, widow of
    Soldier Benjamin W Vardaman served in 429 IA Infantry


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