[1] As a child, Randall attended schoolrooms taught by Miss Sally Ross, Thomas Bassford and Mr. Curran.

[2]: 6 After graduation, Randall thought of teaching but his father quashed the idea, directing him instead to the legal profession.

[4] During the Civil War, Randall was firm in his opposition to secession and maintained unwavering loyalty to the Union.

He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention in Philadelphia in 1872, nominating Ulysses S. Grant as a candidate for President of the United States.

Catharine's mother, Elizabeth Washington Gamble Wirt, was living with the Randall family at the time and continued to reside with them after her daughter's death.

He was interested in farming, gardening and horticulture and planted trees around Annapolis, an action that was considered at that time to be unhealthful.

[2]: 10  His son, John Wirt Randall, continued with his father's work and was a Member of the House of Delegates from Anne Arundel County, 1884-85 which introduced and pushed through the legislature the joint resolutions that created Maryland's "Arbor Day" in 1884.