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Rev Florence <I>Spearing</I> Randolph

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Rev Florence Spearing Randolph

Birth
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Death
28 Dec 1951 (aged 83)
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Rev. Dr. Florence (Spearing) Randolph was the daughter of John B. and Anna (Smith) Spearing. She was the wife of Hugh Randolph. They were married May 5, 1886. Florence was a renowned African Methodist Episcopal minister, missionary, suffragist, lecturer, organizer and temperance worker.

US CENSUS
June 8, 1880
Charleston, Charleston Co., SC
SPEARING
John B., age 59, b1821 SC, widower, painter
dau Mary age 23, b1857 SC, dressmaker
dau Salina age 20, b1860 SC, dressmaker
dau Sarah age 16, b1864 SC
dau Florence age 14, b1866 SC
Sabina McDow, age 70

US CENSUS
April 23, 1910
Astor Place, Jersey City, Ward 8, Hudson Co., NJ
RANDOLPH
Hugh age 45, b1865, VA, dining-car chef/Pullman Co
Florence age 40, b1870 SC
dau Leah age 22, b1888 NJ, music teacher/at home
son Randolph age 20, b1890 NJ, driver/coal company
son Louis age 18, b1892 NJ, hall boy/hotel
son George age 17, b1893 NJ, hall boy/hotel
dau Mary age 15, b1895 NJ

Price, Carl Fowler
Who's Who In American Methodism, c1916, Page 253
Randolph, Rev. Florence

African Americans
Who's Who in Colored America, 1942, Page 425
Randolph, Rev. Florence

Charisma Magazine
January 31, 2004
Florence Spearing Randolph - Holiness Preacher And Social Reformer
by Bettye Collier-Thomas
"She was among a small group of women evangelists who were lcensed to preach and ordained as Deacons and Elders in the late 19th century."

The New Jersey Historical Society
Florence Spearing Randolph Papers
Mamuscript Group 1321
Rev. Dr. Florence (Spearing) Randolph was the daughter of John B. and Anna (Smith) Spearing. She was the wife of Hugh Randolph. They were married May 5, 1886. Florence was a renowned African Methodist Episcopal minister, missionary, suffragist, lecturer, organizer and temperance worker.

US CENSUS
June 8, 1880
Charleston, Charleston Co., SC
SPEARING
John B., age 59, b1821 SC, widower, painter
dau Mary age 23, b1857 SC, dressmaker
dau Salina age 20, b1860 SC, dressmaker
dau Sarah age 16, b1864 SC
dau Florence age 14, b1866 SC
Sabina McDow, age 70

US CENSUS
April 23, 1910
Astor Place, Jersey City, Ward 8, Hudson Co., NJ
RANDOLPH
Hugh age 45, b1865, VA, dining-car chef/Pullman Co
Florence age 40, b1870 SC
dau Leah age 22, b1888 NJ, music teacher/at home
son Randolph age 20, b1890 NJ, driver/coal company
son Louis age 18, b1892 NJ, hall boy/hotel
son George age 17, b1893 NJ, hall boy/hotel
dau Mary age 15, b1895 NJ

Price, Carl Fowler
Who's Who In American Methodism, c1916, Page 253
Randolph, Rev. Florence

African Americans
Who's Who in Colored America, 1942, Page 425
Randolph, Rev. Florence

Charisma Magazine
January 31, 2004
Florence Spearing Randolph - Holiness Preacher And Social Reformer
by Bettye Collier-Thomas
"She was among a small group of women evangelists who were lcensed to preach and ordained as Deacons and Elders in the late 19th century."

The New Jersey Historical Society
Florence Spearing Randolph Papers
Mamuscript Group 1321

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