Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....McCarroll, J. B. 1859 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

J. B. McCARROLL.

J. B. McCarroll is sole owner of a hardware, stove, tinware and sporting goods
business, conducted under the name of McCarroll Brothers, and Ottumwa classes
him with her representative merchants. He early recognized the eternal principle
that industry wins, and industry became the beacon light of his life, guiding
him to the present goal of successful endeavor.

He was born at Leesville, Ohio, October 29, 1859, a son of W. F. and Mary M.
(Millisack) McCarroll, who were also natives of the Buckeye State. About 1865 
they removed westward, settling at Kirkville, Iowa, where they resided until
1871, when they came to Ottumwa, where the death of the father occurred twenty
years later, on the 24th of December, 1891, when he was sixty-eight years of
age. His widow survived for about eight years and passed away in 1899 also at
the age of sixty-eight. In early life the father followed farming, continuing in
that occupation until he came to Ottumwa, when he entered the stove business
under the firm style of W. F. McCarroll & Son, the junior partner being his son,
C. T. McCarroll. He remained actively in the business until his death and from a
comparatively small beginning developed it into an extensive wholesale and
jobbing business. He also conducted a retail department, and his patronage was a
liberal one, for his business methods and his enterprise commended him to the
confidence and support of the public. At one time he was alderman of Ottumwa
from the fourth ward, being elected to the office as the candidate of the
republican party, of which he was a stalwart advocate. He made for himself a
prominent place in public regard not only by reason of his success in business
but also owing to his devotion to the general welfare and his co-operation in
many movements looking to the public good. To him and his wife were born five
children: Phoebe, the wife of P. C. Bidderson of Ottumwa; J. B.; Laura, the wife
of E. L. Kilby of Ottumwa; W. F., deceased; and C. T.

J. B. McCarroll, whose name introduces this review, pursued a public-school
education in Ohio and Iowa and on the 20th of June, 1876, when a young man of
about seventeen years, began learning the tinner's trade. He was associated with
his father in the management of the business until after the father's death,
when J. B. McCarroll and his brother, C. T., succeeded to the business and
conducted it until 1898. They then sold out to the firm of Harper & McIntire. J.
B. McCarroll then spent a year in settling up the accounts of the old firm. At
that time his brother-in-law, P. C. Bidderson, was conducting the hardware
business now owned by our subject, and when the accounts of the old firm had
been settled up Mr. McCarroll took the management of the business, and his
brother, W. F. McCarroll, became his partner. This relation was maintained until
1909, when, following the death of his brother, J. B. McCarroll purchased the
widow's interest and has since conducted the business alone, although retaining
the old firm name of McCarroll Brothers. He has been continuously connected with
the hardware trade in Ottumwa for thirty-eight years and is today one of the
leading merchants of the city. He carries a large and well selected line of
hardware, stoves, tinware and sporting goods, and his patronage is extensive. He
always endeavors to please his customers, and his promptness and reliability are
features in his growing success.

In 1899 Mr. McCarroll was united in marriage to Miss Ida B. Amos, of Lima, Ohio,
and to them were born three children, Ida Blanche and two who died in infancy.
Mr. McCarroll is an active member of the Masonic fraternity and is now a past
master of Ottumwa Lodge, No. 16, A. F. & A. M.; and a past commander of Malta
Commandery, No. 31, K. T. He is likewise a charter member of the Elks lodge of
his city, and he belongs to the Wapello and the Country Clubs. His religious
faith is that of the spiritualist sect, with which his parents and grandparents
were also connected. In politics he is a republican and the family were strong
abolitionists in ante bellum days. Thus it was that the son was given the name
of John Brown McCarroll. For forty-three years a resident of Wapello county, he
is widely known and the many sterling traits of his character have gained him
the favorable regard of all with whom he has been brought in contact through
business or social relations.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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