Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Carroll, Thomas 1814 - 
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Author: History of Grundy Co IL 1882

Thomas Carroll, farmer, P. O. Minooka. Of the representative men of this 
township who came from Erin's Isle, none are more highly esteemed or more 
deserving than Thomas Carroll. He was born August 15, 1814, in County Lovel, 
Ireland. His parents, were Thomas and Mary (Tafe) Carroll, and to them were 
born the following children: Patrick, John, James, Thomas, William, Edward, 
Maria, Alice and Bridget. None of the family came to this county save Thomas, 
who emigrated to America in June, 1837, landing in New York. When he came he 
had nothing but his hands and a willing heart, but he made good use of his 
opportunities, though few they were. He hired out to work as a teamster, and 
turned his attention to whatever employment was the most remunerative to him. 
He remained in New York four or five years, then came to this State prior to 
the building of the canal. The first work he did upon his arrival to this 
State was for Mr. Kimball, at Marseilles, where he stayed some two years or 
more. Then he worked about three years on the canal. Afterward went to Ottawa, 
where he worked on the canal, and afterward worked for William Armstrong about 
two years. Prior to 1850, he located on the land he now owns. Having 
accumulated some money, he invested first in forty acres of land, which cost 
him $7 per acre, the land being unimproved. He afterward purchased eighty 
acres in Will County, for which he paid $13 per acre, and he has now 210 
acres, all of which he has worked for and obtained by great industry. His wife 
before his marriage was Mrs. Mary Ann Freckleton, a native of County 
Tipperary, Ireland; her maiden name was Conn and her mother's maiden name was 
Ann Heakey, now eighty-eight years old, by this union, there have been born 
eight children, whose names, according to the order of births, are John, 
Thomas, Andrew, Michael, Edward, William, Maria and Mary A. Mr. Carroll is a 
Democrat and member of the Catholic Church.

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Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers, p47

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