Harry Randolph's grandparents, George and Mary Burgess, and their family
     came from Pennsylvania and settled in Ridge Township in the early 1880's.
     Their daughter, Jessie, taught in the Medicine Lodge grade school for a
     number of years. She also taught the Mumford and Unity schools before the
     Unity schoolhouse was moved to its present location. While teaching the
     Mumford school, she boarded in the house which later became her home,
     when she and Grant Randolph of the Mumford area were married.
       The house still stands. Harry was born there. Harry has a brother, Phillip,
     and a sister, Margie. They all attended the Mumford School and Medicine
     Lodge High School.
       Harry Randolph and Bonnie Bowers of Kingman were married in 1926 and
     started housekeeping on the home place. We now own the farm and are still
     farming there.
       We moved to Nashville in 1957. Harry goes to the farm every day to care
     for livestock and to farm.
       We have three daughters, Mary Lou Heur, Norma Jean McComb, Harriette
     Kahmeyer. They all attended Mumford School and graduated from Medicine
     Lodge High School.
       Harry was a breeder of Purebred Registered Jersey cattle for thirty-one
     years, later changing to Purebred Angus, which we now have.
       Harry was President of South Central Jersey Club. He won prizes for
     showmenship and type of cattle in the varioius shows.
       I was active in the community, also 4-H leader for several years. I am
     now a certified Braillist, certified by the Library of Congress. I have
     been Brailling for 15 years. I transcribe printed material, textbooks, etc.,
     into Braille for the blind.
       We have eight grandchildren and two great-granddaughters. We are still
     active in our community and church, the First Presbyterian Church of Nashville.
       Church and Sunday School was held in the Unity schoolhouse, which people
     from the Ridge and Mumford communities attended. The families of all three
     communities held Thanksgiving dinners, Christmas parties, and miscellaneous
     get-togethers, using the schoolhouse for the center.
       Once, the late Mary Kernohan and I were gathering cow chips to warm the
     building, when Clarence Rucker came along. The next week the men got together
     and sawed enough wood to last for several years.
       Millie Wallace and I papered the building. Not having a table to paste
     our paper on, we used the floor; with no step ladder, we used a chair and 
     piano bench; and broom for a brush. It wasn't work, just fun.
       We had a good place for our young people and us older ones to have a
     good fellowship toghether. We are proud of our young people. We held
     activities there until three years ago when someone stole our heating
     stove, table, chairs, etc. We now meet in our various homes. Though most
     of our neighbors have gone on, we still have fond memories of the good
     times we had together.
       I am glad to be a part of the Ridge, Unity, and Mumford communities.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 375 
     Submitted by: Bonnie Randolph