Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Carolus, Jeremiah K 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Jeremiah K. Carolus, member of the firm ot Greenawalt & Carolus, dealers in 
grain, coal and lumber, at Galt and Round Grove, was born in Franklin Co., 
Pa., July 23, 1844, and he is the son of George and Elizabeth (Kuhn) Carolus. 
His father was born in Pennsylvania and died there July 15, 1856. In 1860 the 
mother came to Whiteside County and has since resided at Sterling. Their ten 
children were born in the order in which their names are given, as follows: 
John F., Isaac, Joanna, Margaret, Elizabeth, William, Josiah, Melinda, 
Jeremiah K. and Emanuel. In 1860 Mr. Carolus came to Whiteside County, where 
he arrived in April. He engaged as a farm laborer at various points and spent 
three years working by the month, after which he operated as a carpenter at 
Sterling about the same length of time. He then came to Empire in Hopkins 
Township, and in December, 1866, entered into a business association with 
Samuel H. Greenawalt, his brother-in-law, for the purpose of prosecuting 
mercantile transactions. They maintained their establishment at Empire until 
the spring of 1885, when they sold their stock. In 1881 they began their 
operations in coal, grain and lumber at Galt, under the firm name of 
Greenawalt & Carolus, and in the spring of 1885 they started a branch 
establishment at Round Grove. They are managing their business relations with 
profit to themselves and satisfaction to the public generally. Mr. Carolus is 
a Republican in political connection, has been actively interested in school 
matters in his locality, and was elected Town Clerk in the spring of 1885. His 
marriage to Mary A., daughter of Joseph and and Louisa Lytle, occurred Nov. 
28, 1872, in Hopkins Township. Her parents were born in Pennsylvania and 
settled about 1857 in Whiteside County. Her father died in 1884. Mrs. Carolus 
is one of six children, who were born as follows: Joseph, Lucy, Mary A., 
Harry, Maggie and Lizzie. She was born Sept. 23, 1844, in Lancaster Co., Pa., 
and she is the mother of four children—George L., Bertie, Herbert J. and Edith 
M. Mr. and Mrs. Carolus are members of the English Lutheran Church, and he is 
a member of the I. O. O. F.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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