This is not my family. Hopefully, he belongs to someone out there. A nice
biography!
Kathy Lund
[from the History of Dodge County, 1880] [that's Wisconsin]
Michael Carroll, farmer, Secs. 6, 5 and 7; P. O. Richwood; born in
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1835; attended school in his native city; came to
Emmet in 1845 with his father, Michael Carroll, who bought Government
land on Sec. 7; their cabin was farther west than any in Emmet at that
time, as father and son spent much time hunting in the woods, and found
no settlers west of them; fearing the Indians, Mr. Carroll hauled
two-inch oak plank from Watertown, with which he inclosed his frame
house; this is thought to be the first frame house in the township, and
stands stanch and firm at this writing; a molder by trade, Mr. C. was a
very green backwoodsman, not knowing how to fell a tree properly; a
native of Ireland, he came to American when 18; spent two years in New
York City, then located in Albany, where he learned his trade, and married
Miss Alice Fox, the mother of his only son; she dying in 1836, he
married, in 1843, Miss Bridget Gill; he died Jan. 17, 1879. Michael
Carroll, Jr., married Miss Mary Burke in 1855; she died Aug. 9, 1875,
leaving three children--Alice, Michael and John. Mr. C. is a Democrat
and a Roman Catholic, as was his father. He owns 480 acres, and a house
and lot in Richwood; has a large flock of Cotswold, Southdown, Leicester
and Merino sheep, beside Cloud horses, etc.