Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....McCarroll, James E. 1847 - 1909
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

JAMES E. McCARROLL.

James E. McCarroll spent many years of his life as a farmer of Wapello county,
where he owned and cultivated a good tract of land of eighty-one acres just
north of the city of Ottumwa, on the Court Street road. He was born in Harrison
county, Ohio, October 14, 1847, and his last days were spent on the old
homestead farm, where he passed away May 29, 1909, at the age of nearly
sixty-two years. His parents were Scott and Susan (English) McCarroll, natives
of Ohio. Removing westward they became early settlers of Wapello county, taking
up their abode upon a farm near Kirkville, where their remaining days were
passed. They reared a family of ten children, eight of whom are now living.

This family included James E. McCarroll, who was but a little lad of less than
three years when brought by his parents to Iowa in 1850. From that time forward
he continued a resident of the middle west, and the greater part of his life was
devoted to farming. For a considerable period in early manhood he engaged in
general agricultural pursuits in Kansas, but returned to this county and
invested in a farm of eighty-one acres, his place being situated just north of
the city on the Court Street road. It is a good property, well developed and
improved with many modern equipments and buildings.

Mr. McCarroll was married twice. He first wedded Lottie Sinnard of Kirkville. On
the 30th of December, 1886, he married Miss Ida M. Millisack, who was born in
Ashland, Wapello county, June 17, 1857, a daughter of J. W. and Catharine
(Overholt) Millisack, whose biographies appear elsewhere in this work. Unto Mr.
and Mrs. McCarroll were born three sons: Harrison, a resident of Sterling,
Illinois; and Ray and Morris, both at home. Mr. McCarroll continued to engage in
farming to the time of his death. In politics he was a republican, stanch in his
advocacy of the principles of the party. He did not seek office, however, as a
reward for party fealty, but was content to do his public duty as a private
citizen. However, he co-operated in various movements for the general good, and
his worth was widely acknowledged.


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


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