When Randall M. Lipscomb was born in 1835, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Allen Lipscomb, was 33 and his mother, Sarah E McDonald, was 18. He married Polly Marilla Myers about 1862. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Woodland, Woodland Township, Barry, Michigan Territory, United States in 1900 and Woodland, Barry, Michigan, United States in 1910. He died on 23 March 1916, in Lake Odessa, Ionia, Michigan, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Lake Odessa, Ionia, Michigan, United States.