John J. Carroll
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John J. Carroll was a Newark, Ohio businessman who founded the John J. Carroll Department Store. [1]
John J. Carroll was born in Chillicothe, Ohio in 1860. [2] He moved to Newark, Ohio in 1886 and established Carroll and Company along with T.B. Carroll, W.M. Cooney, and J.M. Caren. [3]
Carroll married his first wife Susan Cooney when he was 25 on June 1, 1887 [4]. She died in 1897 at the age of 36. Carroll remarried, marrying Grace Frances Fleek. The two had a daughter, Jean Josephine Carroll, born July 19, 1920.
He died January 31, 1931 at the age of 69. [5]
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References
- ↑ “F.W. Uhlman Purchases John J. Carroll Dept. Store.” The Licking Countian, February 18, 1982.
- ↑ “Department Store in City Rumored to Be Sold Soon.” The Advocate, February 16, 1982.
- ↑ “Department Store in City Rumored to Be Sold Soon.”
- ↑ “John Joseph Carroll.” Ancestry. Accessed June 13, 2016 http://person.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/63347224/person/38103744993/story.
- ↑ “John Joseph Carroll.” Ancestry.
