Background
Randall, Ruth Painter was born on November 1, 1892 in Salem, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Franklin V. N. and Laura Trimble (Shickel) Painter.
Randall, Ruth Painter was born on November 1, 1892 in Salem, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Franklin V. N. and Laura Trimble (Shickel) Painter.
Bachelor of Arts, Roanoke College, 1913, Doctor of Letters, 1958. Master of Arts, Indiana University, 1914. Doctor of Letters, MacMurray College, 1954, Bradley University, 1960.
Doctor of Laws, Knox College, 1958.
. Collaborator with J. G. Randall on biographical research life of Lincoln. Author: Mary Lincoln: Biography of a Marriage, 1953. Lincoln’s Sons, 1956.
The Courtship of Mr.
Lincoln, 1957. Lincoln’s Animal Friends (juvenile book), 1958. I Mary, 1959; Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, 1960.
I Varina, 1962. I Jessie, 1963. I Elizabeth, 1966.
I Ruth: Autobiography of a Marriage, publication 1968.
Member Illinois History Society, National League American Pen Women, Society Midland. Club: University of Illinois.
Married James Garfield Randall, August 21, 1917 (deceased.