When James Edward Randle was born on 6 September 1854, in Indiana, United States, his father, Edward Randle, was 40 and his mother, Ruah Hinton, was 30. He married Mary Elizabeth Sallee on 21 December 1877. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Middle Township, Hendricks, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Harrison Township, Boone, Indiana, United States in 1940. He died on 17 July 1940, at the age of 85, and was buried in Old Union Church Cemetery, Jamestown, Jackson Township, Boone, Indiana, United States.
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English: variant of Randall .
Americanized form of German Randel or of its Bavarian variant Randl.
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