Biography of Richard E Carroll, St Francis County, AR *********************************************************** Submitted by: Paul V Isbell Date: 19 Nov 2008 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Two men stand out in the successful firm of Growers Equip. Co., and they are R. E. (Dick) Carroll, and E. H. (Bertie) Simmons. Mr. Carroll was born in Reedsburg, Wisc. on June 17, 1910. After graduation from Evanston (Illinois) High School, he studied at the Univ. of Missouri. On Sep. 2, 1933, he married Miss Alta Dee Belshe of Wilmette, Illinois. To this union have been born two children, a daughter and son. Mr. Carroll is a descendant of Charles Carroll, one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Carroll joined the firm in 1940 to become a partner from Wilmette, Illinois. SOURCE: HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher -Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas