Randall, B. H. (Benjamin Hoyt), 1823-1913.

B. H. Randall, born in Vermont in 1823, arrived in the Minnesota Territory in September 1849 to serve as sutler's clerk at Fort Snelling. In 1853, he was appointed sutler at Fort Ridgely, a position he retained until the fort's 1867 abandonment. During the Dakota Uprising, he was appointed to organize and arm the citizen refugees in defense of Fort Ridgely. From 1863 to 1888, he was involved in the manufacture of boots in St. Peter. He moved to Winona in 1888. Randall served in the territorial legislature, the state legislature (1883), and as mayor of St. Peter. He died in 1913.

From the description of Biographical data on B. H. Randall and the Randall family, 1854-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122509075