Marietta Randolph was born on September 2, 1844, in Illinois to John and Susan Randolph. She corresponded with Henry Vroom Hoagland throughout the Civil War, and the couple got married on February 5, 1867. They had at least four children: Casie, born around 1870; Frank, born around 1873; Albert, born around 1876; and Evelyn, born around 1878. They moved to Springfield, Illinois, in the late 1860s, and her husband earned a living as a carpenter. The family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, in the 1870s. She remained there for the rest of her life, and she died there on August 21, 1927.
Image: Marietta Randolph (The Lincoln Star, 22 August 1927)