Emilius Oviatt Randall. 99
ican Revolution, and of the Benjamin
Franklin, the local chapter.
He served as an officer in both
organizations and spoke upon
many occasions on patriotic subjects at
their meetings and ban-
quets.
Col. W. L. Curry, a charter member of
the State Society, a
Past President and for many years State
Registrar, and an active
executive of the Society, will speak.
RANDALL, SON OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
BY COL. W. L. CURRY.
Emilius Oviatt Randall, to whom we pay
tribute today, was
a very active member of the Society of
the Sons of the American
Revolution for more than a quarter of a
century. He joined the
Society, March 31, 1894. His ancestors,
both paternal and mater-
nal, served as soldiers of the
Revolution, in establishing American
independence, and had long and honorable
service. They were
of sturdy New England stock and some of
the strains of the
families were traced back to the
Puritans.
John Randall, his great-grandfather,
served as a soldier of
the Continental Army, enlisting from New
London County, Con-
necticut, and served during the entire
war.
Benjamin Oviatt, his great-grandfather,
served as a Minute
Man, enlisting from the town of Goshen,
Litchfield County, Con-
necticut.
Patrick Grant Pemberton, his
great-grandfather, served in
the Connecticut Militia.
Mr. Randall often referred with pride to
the long and hon-
orable service of his ancestors in the
Revolution with his convic-
tion that the warm blood of patriotism
and heroism which flowed
in the veins of the men of '76 does not
become cold in the veins
of their descendants by the lapse of
years. He was a firm be-
liever in the tenets of the Society,
that, though far removed in
kinship, blood will tell for successive
generations, when the op-
portunity comes; that the spirit which
led these ancestors to battle
for liberty inspires their descendants
to fight the battles of all
our wars in which they have taken so
prominent a part; that
Christianity and patriotism go hand in
hand, and that the higher