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Born 1847, Harrison county
From History of Wapello County, Iowa (1914)
JAMES E. McCARROLL.
James E. McCarroU 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 above 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.
As printed in History of Wapello County, Iowa (1914). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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