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Randall, Frank Wilbur, 1874-1930

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1930

Biography

Frank Wilbur Randall (1874-1930) was a doctor who worked with X-rays.

Frank Wilbur Randall was born on September 24, 1874, in Winnebago, Wisconsin to Edwin Mortimer Randall, Sr. and Lucretia Caroline Steele. On April 5, 1912 he married Mary Bise in Tombstone, Arizona. Later on September 21, 1914, he married Agnes Heaton Thompson in Cochise County, Arizona. He trained as a physician, and worked with X-rays in the 1910s, and worked in Douglas, Arizona at the Surgical Maternity Hospital. Randall then married again on July 25, 1920, to Magdalen Dettweiler in Douglas, Arizona.

Randall died on December 16, 1930 in Hot Springs, New Mexico.

Citation:
Familysearch, Sept. 9, 2014 (Frank Wilbur Randall; b. Sept. 24, 1874 in Winnebago, Wis.; m. Mary Bise in Tombstone, Ariz., Apr. 5, 1912; m. Agnes Jessie Heaton in Cochise County, Ariz., Sept. 21, 1914, one daughter; m. Magdalen Dettweiler in Douglas, Ariz., July 25, 1920)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, Dec. 18, 2014 (Frank W. Randall; Frank Wilbur Randall; parents: Edwin Mortimer Randall, Sr. and Lucretia Caroline Steele; m. 1900 to Oliver Ollie Durall (d. 1913); m. Sept. 21, 1914 to Agnes H. Thompson (d. 1918); m. Viva L. Randall; d. Dec. 16, 1930 in Hot Springs, N.M.; physician)

UPB files, Sept. 9, 2014 (Frank W. Randall; F. W. Randall; worked with X-rays in the 1910s, and worked in Douglas, Ariz. at the Surgical Maternity Hospital)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Isabel F. Cowan correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197235231716]
Identifier: MSS 8563
Scope and Contents Contains fifteen letters received by Cowan from March 21, 1918 to September 7, 1920, eight of which are written by Frank Wilbur Randall and two by his wife Agnes Randall. Contents of these letters include his dealings in Arizona as an x-ray technician, including the smelter business, and about the death of Agnes. Agnes wrote about their move to Colorado. Five letters are written by others related to Frank and Agnes, including Jennie who is a sister to Guy Cowan, P. Callahan, Eli Webb who is...
Dates: 1918-1920
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Isabel F. Cowan correspondence

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