Typescript copy of letter of Miss Ella Gill, Meridian, Mississippi, to Mr. R. Randolph, Cairo, Illinois (2 pages). On stationery of the St. Louis Division, Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, Cairo, Illinois. In reply to Mr. R. Randolph's letter, Miss Gill relates her family genealogy. William V. Raymond, formerly of Sparta, Wisconsin, lived some months after his marriage with the Miss Ella Gill's sister in Birmingham, Alabama. He moved to St. Louis, and is now living in Colorado because of lung or throat trouble. Miss Ella Gill's father, Richard Henry Gill, was the son of Michael Gill of Virginia. Richard Henry Gill was born in North Carolina, but raised in Alabama. Miss Ella Gill's mother, Martha Elizabeth Randolph, was the daughter of Robert Randolph of Virginia and J. Ann Ruffin of North Carolina. Martha Elizabeth Randolph's grandfather was Jesse Randolph, a direct descendant of John Randolph of Roanoke, Virginia. Miss Gill claims to descend from Pocahontas. Her uncle Robert James Glen Randolph lives in Blanco, Texas., 1901 May 12, Box: 1, Folder: 1. George Brown Randolph Papers, A2372. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center.

Typescript copy of letter of Miss Ella Gill, Meridian, Mississippi, to Mr. R. Randolph, Cairo, Illinois (2 pages). On stationery of the St. Louis Division, Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, Cairo, Illinois. In reply to Mr. R. Randolph's letter, Miss Gill relates her family genealogy. William V. Raymond, formerly of Sparta, Wisconsin, lived some months after his marriage with the Miss Ella Gill's sister in Birmingham, Alabama. He moved to St. Louis, and is now living in Colorado because of lung or throat trouble. Miss Ella Gill's father, Richard Henry Gill, was the son of Michael Gill of Virginia. Richard Henry Gill was born in North Carolina, but raised in Alabama. Miss Ella Gill's mother, Martha Elizabeth Randolph, was the daughter of Robert Randolph of Virginia and J. Ann Ruffin of North Carolina. Martha Elizabeth Randolph's grandfather was Jesse Randolph, a direct descendant of John Randolph of Roanoke, Virginia. Miss Gill claims to descend from Pocahontas. Her uncle Robert James Glen Randolph lives in Blanco, Texas., 1901 May 12, Box: 1, Folder: 1. George Brown Randolph Papers, A2372. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center. https://mohistory.mobiusconsortium.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/5686 Accessed November 14, 2024.