Joseph C. Carroll Biographical Sketch from Beers History of Warren County, Ohio
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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 2 November 2005

Sources:
The History of Warren County Ohio
Part V. Biographical Sketches
Massie Township
(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)

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JOSEPH C. CARROLL, farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; born in (Columbiana Co., Ohio, May 1, 1833, is a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Ellis) Carroll, he native of Antrim Co., Ireland. The grandparents, Edward and Mary Carroll, emigrated to America with their family in 1799, and located in Columbiana Co., Ohio, where they resided till their death. They had five sons and five daughters, all now deceased. Thorn-

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as Carroll, the seventh child of their family, died in Cincinnati about 1871. He was a practicing physician in that city for many years, and was one of the most noted of his profession; was a Professor in the college for a long time and author of a large and popular treatise on the practice of medicine. His son, Robert R. Carroll, is now one of the leading publishers of the subscription book business of Cincinnati. Joseph Carroll, the father of our subject, was the oldest child of a family of ten children; was about 18 years of age when he came with his parents to Ohio. He obtained his naturalization papers in October, 1816. He became a nail manufacturer, making them by hand, which business he followed for some time; then he entered upon the milling business, which he followed most of his life. In 1836, he moved into Belmont Co., and about 1840, to Highland Co., where he died in February, 1843, aged 62 years. In fall of 1843, Mrs. Carroll and family moved to Indiana. They had ten children, six now survive—John ; Eliza Ann, now Mrs. Ireland, residing at Ithaca, N. Y. ; Rebecca, now Mrs. Murry, living in Indiana; Joseph; Sarah, now Mrs. Housefelt, and Solon. In 1845, Mrs. Carroll married for her second husband William Birdsal, and, in March of the same year, moved to Clinton Co., Ohio, where she died in August, 1869, aged 73 years. Our subject was in his 10th year, when his father died, but was raised to 16 years of age by his mother and stepfather. At 17 years, he learned the carpenter trade, which business he followed thirteen years; then entered upon farming which he has since followed. He bought, and located upon, the place where he now lives, in spring of 1866. Mr. Carroll was united in marriage Oct. 4, 1860, with Mary, daughter of George and Lydia Bailey, natives of Clinton Co., Ohio. George was a son of Daniel Bailey, native of Virginia; Lydia was a daughter of William Shields, native of Tennessee, the ancestors being from Ireland; the Bailey ancestors were from Wales. George and Lydia Bailey had seven children, three now survive—Mary, Josiah and Enos P. Mary was born, in Clinton Co., Nov. 22, 1839. Mr. Carroll arid wife have five children—Anna B., born July 27, 1861; Rose E., born May 16, 1863 ; George E., born March 9, 1865; John Q., born Jan. 3, 1861, and Carrie E., born Sept. 23, 1872.

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