Carrington, Henry Beebe – Carrow, Howard
Carrington, Henry Beebe
general, author, was born March 2, 1824, in Wallingford, Conn. He is a general in the United States army living in Boston.
His principal writings include Crisis Thoughts; Battles of the American Revolution; Apsaraka, or Indian Operations on the Plains; Hints to Soldiers Taking the Field; and The Washington Obelisk and its Voices.
Carrington, Paul
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1764. He became a lawyer, and served in both houses of the legislature and afterward on the bench of the superior court. He died Jan. 8, 1816.
Carrol, John
bishop, author, was born in 1735 in Maryland. He was the first Roman catholic archbishop of Baltimore. His writings are mainly of a controversial cast. He is the author of Concise View of the Principal Points of Controversy between the Protestant and Catholic Churches; and Discourse on General Washington. He died in 1817 in Georgetown, D. C.
Carroll, Alfred L
physician, author, was born Aug. 4, 1833, in New York city. He has been for many years prominently identified with the state health organization. He organized the first state board of health in the state at Staten Island in 1872, and at New Brighton in 1880. He is the author of Relation of Hygiene to Therapeutics and Question of Quarantine.
Carroll, Anna Ella
military genius, author, was born Aug. 29, 1815, in Somerset county, Md. She was sent by President Lincoln to St. Louis to endeavor to form an opinion of the probable success or failure of a most important expedition preparing to descend the Mississippi by means of gunboats. She reported the Mississippi as frowning with fortifications and tides as unfavorable. She recommended the use of the Tennessee river as the true strategic line.
In furtherance of this secret plan the western armies, to the amazement of the confederacy, were suddenly transferred from the Mississippi up to the Tennessee river. The most brilliant result followed.
Fort Henry fell, Fort Donaldson was taken, the confederacy was divided, and the rebel armies cut off from their source of supplies. She was the author of The Great American Battle, or The Contest between Christianity and Political Romanism; The Star of the West, or National Men and. National Measures; The Union of the States; The War Powers of the General Government; and The Relation of the National Government to the Revolted Citizens Defined. She died in 1894.
Carroll, Charles
of Carrollton, signer of the declaration of independence, was born Sept. 20, 1737, in Annapolis, Md.
He became known as an advocate for liberty, and was one of the ablest political writers of Maryland; and in 1776 was elected a delegate to the old congress, and subscribed his name to the declaration of independence. At the time of his death he was the last surviving signer of that document. In 1778 he left congress and devoted himself to the councils of his native state. In 1789 he was elected a senator to the new congress. He died Feb. 14, 1832, in Baltimore, Md.
Carroll, Charles H
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1794 in Maryland.
He was a member of the assembly of the state in 1836; a state senator in 1837; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1843 to 1847. He died in 1865 in Groveland, N. Y.
Carroll, Daniel
congressman, was born in Maryland. He was a delegate from Maryland to the continental congress from 1780 to 1784; signed the articles of confederation and also the constitution, and was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1789 to 1791. He died in 1829.
Carroll, David L
clergyman, college president, author, was born May 10, 1787, in Fayette county, Pa. In 1829 he was installed pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Brooklyn, L. I.; and in 1835 he was elected the ninth president of Hampden Sidney college. He is the author of The Ministerial Officer, and other works. He died Nov. 23, 1851.
Carroll, David Williamson
lawyer, jurist, was born March 11, 1816, in Baltimore, Md. In 1850 he was elected to the Arkansas legislature; in 1860 was elected prosecuting attorney; in 1861- 62 he served in the civil war, and attained the rank of colonel. In 1864 he was elected to the lower house of the confederate congress; in 1866 was elected judge of Jefferson county; and in 1878 was elected chancellor of Pulaski chancery court at Little Rock, Ark.
Carroll, Henry King
clergyman, author, was born in 1847 in New Jersey.
He is a methodist clergyman and religious statistician; and the author of The World of Missions; The Catholic Dogma of Church Authority; and The Religious Forces of the United States.
Carroll, Howard
journalist, author, was born in 1854 in Albany, N. Y. He was a subordinate reporter on the New York Times, but rapidly developed so marked a talent for journalism that he was promoted to the position of traveling correspondent of that journal. He is the author of A Mississippi Incident and Twelve Americans.
Carroll, James
congressman, was born in Maryland. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1839 to 1841.
Carroll, James
lawyer, was born Feb. 26, 1856, in Washington county, Pa.
In 1880 he graduated from Penn college of Oskaloosa, Iowa, and three years later was admitted to the bar. He has attained success in the profession of law at Oskaloosa, Iowa; was elected county attorney in 1892 for two years; and received the re-election to the same office in 1897.
Carroll, John Joseph
clergyman, scholar, was born June 24, 1856, in Ireland. He was made an assistant at the Cathedral of the Holy Name, and by his zeal and proficiency was soon made pastor of St. Thomas parish, which has grown to be one of the most wealthy and populous of Chicago. He is one of the most renowned Gaelic scholars in the world.
Carroll, John Lee
state senator, governor, was born in 1830 in Baltimore, Md. He was elected to the state senate in 1867, and again in 1871. In 1875 he was elected governor of Maryland; the year that he entered upon his duties as such was the one hundredth after the date that his grandfather signed the declaration of independence.
Carroll, John M
lawyer, congressman, was born April 27, 1825, in Springfield, N. Y. He received an academic education; graduated at Union college, Schenectady, in 1846; studied law, and came to the bar in 1848. He was elected district attorney of Fulton county in 1859, and held that office three years; and was elected to the forty-second congress as a democrat.
He has also attained prominence as one of the foremost lawyers in the state of New York at Johnstown.
Carroll, Samuel Sprigg
soldier, was born Sept. 21, 1832, in Washington, D. C. In the Pennsylvania campaign he was present at the battle of Gettysburg, where he earned the brevet of lieutenantcolonel. In the battle of the Wilderness he won the brevet of colonel, and in the engagements near Spottsylvania was twice wounded and disabled for service in the field during the rest of the war. He was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers in 1864, and in 1865 received the brevet of brigadier-general, United States army, for gallantry at Spottsylvania, and that of major-general for services during the rebellion. In 1867 he became a lieutenant-colonel in the regular army. 1868 he was acting inspector-general of the division of the Atlantic, and in 1869 retired as major-general for disability from wounds received in battle. He died Jan. 29, 1893, in Washington, D. C.
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Carroll, T. K
statesman. He was elected governor of Maryland in 1830 and 1831.
Carroll, U. S. G
clergyman, author, was born May 1, 1864, in Waterloo, Ohio.
He received a thorough education; was for a time engaged in the mercantile business; and is now the pastor of a methodist episcopal church in Hundred, W. Va. He is the author of The Christian Responsibility of Parents to Their Children, and contributes extensively to religious literature.
Carroll, William
soldier, governor, was born in 1788 in Pittsburg, Pa. His fitness for military service attracted the attention of Gen. Jackson, and he made him captain and brigadier-inspector in his division of the army in 1813; and was colonel and inspector-general from 1813 to 1814. He was governor of Tennessee from 1821 to 1827, and from 1829 to 1835. He died March 22, 1844, in Nashville, Tenn.
Carroll, William A
state legislator, was born Jan. 1, 1836, in Albany, N. Y. He has held various positions of honor in his state, and has served with distinction as a member of the New York legislature.
Carroll, William H
soldier, was born about 1820. He commanded a brigade in Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston's confederate army. The Unionists rose in scattered bands, but dispersed at the approach of the southern troops. On Nov. 14, 1862, Gen. Carroll, commanding at Knoxville, proclaimed martial law, but on the twenty-fourth rescinded the order.
Carrow, Howard
lawyer, jurist, was born May 30, 1861, in Camden, Del.
He was appointed judge of the district court of Camden in 1891 for a term of five years. He is president of the West Jersey democrat league, and solicitor for the board of trade of Camden.