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Rev. John Randle was born on the 12th of January, 1811, and is a son of Thomas and Nancy (Davidson) Randle, and is a descendant of Maj. John Randle and Col. George Davidson, who were Revolutionary veterans. Our subject’s parents were born in North Carolina and came to Tenn. after their marriage. The father was a farmer, and served under Jackson in three campaigns. He lost his life during the Seminole war. He was an old Jacksonian Democrat and he and wife were church members. The mother died about 1817. After his parent’s death our subject was cared for by Maj. Henry Walls. He remained with him until his sister’s marriage, which was in a few years, and then lived with her until 1831, when he was married to Nancy W. Harris, daughter of Isham and Lucy (Davidson) Harris. She was born in Tennessee, in 1811, and is the mother of eleven children: Thomas G., Lucy E., Martha E., Nancy E., Angeline E., George B. (deceased), John F., Mary E. (deceased), William H., William (deceased) and Richmond A. (deceased). Mr. Randle obtained a license to preach, in 1842, and followed that calling twelve years. He now owns a good farm of 275 acres. In 1836 he volunteered to fight the Creek Indians and also assisted in the Florida war. For the last two years Mr. Randle has been unable to perform his ministerial labors, but his past labors and many good deeds will ever be a living tribute to his memory. His wife, who was an earnest Christian and a devoted wife and mother, died in 1875. All the children save two are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Maj. Ton Randle, son of Rev. John Randle, served in the Confederate Army throughout the late war.