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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

JOHN C. CARROLL.
     In El Dorado and throughout Union county, John C. Carroll, now deceased,
was widely and favorably known, having long been closely associated with
agricultural interests in that section. He was born in Union county, about ten
miles west of El Dorado, on the 29th of August, 1839, and spent the period of
his boyhood and youth in this locality. He was a young man of about twenty-two
years when the Civil war broke out, and true to his loved southland, he joined
the army and served for four years with the Confederate forces. He was injured
in the exploding of a mine during the siege of Vicksburg, but recovered and
remained at the front until the close of hostilities.

    When the war was over Mr. Carroll returned to the old home farm and took up
the active work of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. Year after year he
carefully cultivated his fields and his labors brought substantial results, so
that in the course of time he became the possessor of a very comfortable
competence.

    Mr. Carroll was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie Tatum, a daughter of
Edmund Tatum, who came to this state from Alabama and cast in his lot with the
pioneer settlers of Union county. To Mr. and Mrs. Carroll were born ten
children, seven sons and three daughters.

    The family circle was broken by the hand of death when on the 23d of
September, 1912, Mr. Carroll was called to his final rest, being then
seventy-three years of age. He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian
church, active and prominent in its work, and his entire life was guided hy his
religious faith. Mrs. Carroll is a member of the Methodist church and is equally
loyal to its teachings. She continued upon the home farm until 1918, when she
removed to El Dorado, where she now resides. She is still the owner of the farm
property, however, which embraces three hundred and fifty acres of rich and
productive land and annually returns to her a gratifying income. Mrs. Carroll
had three sons and a grandson who were in the World war. The family has long
been prominently known in Union county, its members enjoying the high regard of
those with whom they have been associated.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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