Johnson-Atchison County KS Archives Biographies.....Carroll, E. G. 1879 - 
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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  E. G. Carroll, sheriff of Johnson county, is perhaps the youngest man holding
a similar position in the State. Sheriff Carroll is a native of the Sunflower
State, born at Atchison, August 11, 1879, and is a son of George and Nellie
(Cline) Carroll, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of Iowa. The
parents were married in Iowa and shortly afterwards came to Kansas, locating in
Atchison, where they remained about a year and a half, when they removed to
Olathe. This was about 1880. George and Nellie (Cline) Carroll are the parents
of five children, as follows: Gardner, married Nellie Gilbert and resides in Des
Moines, Iowa; Bert, married Ella Crowder and resides at Boulder, Colo.; Charles,
lives in Des Moines, Iowa; Catherine, resides with her parents in Des Moines,
Iowa, and E. G., the subject of this sketch. E. G. Carroll was reared in Olathe
and received his education in the public schools of that place. When fifteen
years of age he began work at the painter's trade with Henry Mitchell and later
worked with his father, who was engaged in contracting, and while associated
with his father as a contractor Sheriff Carroll worked in Chicago, Omaha, Des
Moines, Kansas City, Mo., and various other places. In 1908 he entered the
employ of the Strang Line and for two and a half years was in the service of
that company. He then was appointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff Lon Cave, in
January, 1910. After serving four years in that capacity, he received the
Democratic nomination for sheriff and at the following election carried every
precinct in the county, except Merriam, and was elected by a very satisfactory
majority. There were two other candidates in the field and Mr. Carroll received
more votes than both the other candidates combined. He bears the distinction of
being the first deputy sheriff in Johnson county elected to the office of
sheriff while serving in that capacity. Mr. Carroll was married in 1908 at
Earlham, Iowa, to Miss Margaret Fritsen. Mr. Carroll is one of the popular and
efficient public officers of Johnson county.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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