The Children
Ella Eugenia: 1838-1917 was the oldest child was . She married Lovik Feltus in 1861 and lived in Natchez, Mississippi. She inherited portfolios from her father of John James Audubon's first edition prints. Like most Southern planters, the couple experienced hard times after the Civil War, and she would clip out the prints, one a time, to fulfill her society obligations.
Algernon Sidney, 1840-1863, was the only child to die in battle in the Civil War. He studied to become a doctor, but left school to join the Louisiana 3rd Infantry (Iberville Grays). He was killed at Vicksburg in May of 1863, the victim of a sniper's bullet.
Moses Liddell, 1842-1907, was the son who stayed with his father in his Texas adventures. Moses married Jane Justine Connor, daughter of a prominent Natchez, Mississippi, family, in 1873. The couple had 10 children and made their home in Blythewood Plantation, close to Nottoway. One of his daughters, Nan Linderholm, states in her memoirs that Moses lost Blythewood to debt and died leaving the family in dire circumstances. At the time Nan was enrolled in an exclusive girls' school, Sophie Newcomb of New Orleans. The family cook, a former slave at Nottoway, sent her the only money she received, $5 per month. That was half of the $10 per month the 80-year-old cook was paid monthly. Nan never forgot the sacrifice made on her behalf and helped the cook and her descendents until she died.
John Hampden Jr., 1844-1919, saw many violent battles during the Civil War. He married Sarah Walker in 1873 and they had three children. John, Jr. became a professor of history and mechanical engineering at Louisiana State University. His mother, Emily, lived the last years of her life with John after she sold Nottoway.
Mary Augusta, 1846-1914, wed prominent New Orleans lawyer Horace E. Upton in Nottoway's elegant white ballroom in 1875. The couple had six children and lived in New Orleans.
Emma Jane, 1848-1932, married Rev. Marmaduke St. James Dillon in 1870. The couple had two children before he died in 1879. Emma Jane then married her cousin, Frank Liddell Richardson, and lived the rest of her life with him in New Orleans.
Cornelia, 1851-?, deeply loved her father, and published a diary, "The White Castle of Louisiana," about her life at Nottoway in 1903. The book was dedicated to her father, and she used the pen name M.R. Ailenroc, her name and initials spelled backwards. She married Dr. David Gamble Murrell at Nottoway.
Sarah Virginia, 1853-1893, was sickly with an unknown disease for most of her life, and is the only Randolph daughter who never married. In a windowpane in the girls' wing at Nottoway, there is etched her nickname, Sally, indicating that at one time she might have been engaged. It was customary for a recently betrothed woman to write her name using her diamond engagement ring as her tool. Her gravestone epitaph reads, "Earth has no sorrows that heaven cannot heal."
Annie Carolina, 1855-1942, married Valle J. Rozier, and the couple had one child who died the same day. After she was widowed, she married Stephen Miller Williams in 1895 and they had a daughter. Annie inherited the oil portrait of John Hampden Randolph that presides over the Ancestral Hall of Nottoway today. The portrait was returned home by Annie's great grandson, Dr. Marshal E. Cusic of Wisconsin. Annie told the story of a "Major Bullet" who, as a Union soldier, saved Nottoway from destruction during the Civil War. Research shows a Major Bullen as a commanding officer at Ft. Butler and aboard the gunboat Hartford on the Mississippi River during the war.
Peter Everett, 1857-1899, was the Randolph's youngest son. Little is known of him. He never married and died in St. Louis, Missouri.
Julia Marceline, 1862-?, was the only Randolph child to be born at Nottoway. She married Valle Rayburn of St. Louis, Missouri at Nottoway in 1883. The couple had six children before she was widowed in 1908. She remarried in 1915, to Charles Fletcher Sparks. They maintained homes in St. Louis and Palm Beach, Florida. Several guests and staff have reported seeing the ghost of an auburn haired young woman fitting her description in the girls' wing of the house. A visiting psychic, seeing Julia's photographs, identified the ghost as Julia.
Algernon Sidney, 1840-1863, was the only child to die in battle in the Civil War. He studied to become a doctor, but left school to join the Louisiana 3rd Infantry (Iberville Grays). He was killed at Vicksburg in May of 1863, the victim of a sniper's bullet.
Moses Liddell, 1842-1907, was the son who stayed with his father in his Texas adventures. Moses married Jane Justine Connor, daughter of a prominent Natchez, Mississippi, family, in 1873. The couple had 10 children and made their home in Blythewood Plantation, close to Nottoway. One of his daughters, Nan Linderholm, states in her memoirs that Moses lost Blythewood to debt and died leaving the family in dire circumstances. At the time Nan was enrolled in an exclusive girls' school, Sophie Newcomb of New Orleans. The family cook, a former slave at Nottoway, sent her the only money she received, $5 per month. That was half of the $10 per month the 80-year-old cook was paid monthly. Nan never forgot the sacrifice made on her behalf and helped the cook and her descendents until she died.
John Hampden Jr., 1844-1919, saw many violent battles during the Civil War. He married Sarah Walker in 1873 and they had three children. John, Jr. became a professor of history and mechanical engineering at Louisiana State University. His mother, Emily, lived the last years of her life with John after she sold Nottoway.
Mary Augusta, 1846-1914, wed prominent New Orleans lawyer Horace E. Upton in Nottoway's elegant white ballroom in 1875. The couple had six children and lived in New Orleans.
Emma Jane, 1848-1932, married Rev. Marmaduke St. James Dillon in 1870. The couple had two children before he died in 1879. Emma Jane then married her cousin, Frank Liddell Richardson, and lived the rest of her life with him in New Orleans.
Cornelia, 1851-?, deeply loved her father, and published a diary, "The White Castle of Louisiana," about her life at Nottoway in 1903. The book was dedicated to her father, and she used the pen name M.R. Ailenroc, her name and initials spelled backwards. She married Dr. David Gamble Murrell at Nottoway.
Sarah Virginia, 1853-1893, was sickly with an unknown disease for most of her life, and is the only Randolph daughter who never married. In a windowpane in the girls' wing at Nottoway, there is etched her nickname, Sally, indicating that at one time she might have been engaged. It was customary for a recently betrothed woman to write her name using her diamond engagement ring as her tool. Her gravestone epitaph reads, "Earth has no sorrows that heaven cannot heal."
Annie Carolina, 1855-1942, married Valle J. Rozier, and the couple had one child who died the same day. After she was widowed, she married Stephen Miller Williams in 1895 and they had a daughter. Annie inherited the oil portrait of John Hampden Randolph that presides over the Ancestral Hall of Nottoway today. The portrait was returned home by Annie's great grandson, Dr. Marshal E. Cusic of Wisconsin. Annie told the story of a "Major Bullet" who, as a Union soldier, saved Nottoway from destruction during the Civil War. Research shows a Major Bullen as a commanding officer at Ft. Butler and aboard the gunboat Hartford on the Mississippi River during the war.
Peter Everett, 1857-1899, was the Randolph's youngest son. Little is known of him. He never married and died in St. Louis, Missouri.
Julia Marceline, 1862-?, was the only Randolph child to be born at Nottoway. She married Valle Rayburn of St. Louis, Missouri at Nottoway in 1883. The couple had six children before she was widowed in 1908. She remarried in 1915, to Charles Fletcher Sparks. They maintained homes in St. Louis and Palm Beach, Florida. Several guests and staff have reported seeing the ghost of an auburn haired young woman fitting her description in the girls' wing of the house. A visiting psychic, seeing Julia's photographs, identified the ghost as Julia.