. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ells Island, where he lived for aperiod of fiftv years. His son David, the father of William M. Randell, was alawyer by profession and a veteran of the war of 1812. In 1836 and is:57 hewas an alderman of the city, at a time when such city officials possessed judi-cial powers and were associate judges in trials for criminal offenses. Severalyears after he was appointed by Governor William H. Seward a judge of theMarine Court. Judges in those days were appointed, not elected. The
. Our firemen. A history of the New York fire departments, volunteer and paid ... 650 engravings; 350 biographies. . ells Island, where he lived for aperiod of fiftv years. His son David, the father of William M. Randell, was alawyer by profession and a veteran of the war of 1812. In 1836 and is:57 hewas an alderman of the city, at a time when such city officials possessed judi-cial powers and were associate judges in trials for criminal offenses. Severalyears after he was appointed by Governor William H. Seward a judge of theMarine Court. Judges in those days were appointed, not elected. The Randell family have been more or less identified with fire history formany years. An uncle, three cousins and two brothers served their time asmembers of the Volunteer Fire Department. William M. Randell joined theDepartment in 184? : he was then under age. The formula of swearing to theapplication for appointment was not then required. His first company. Hose10, was located on Dover near Pearl Street, and performed duty in the lowerportion of the city, in what was then known as the seventh and eighth fire dis-. r. hknshaw. 978 OUR F T R E M E N.
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