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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B.
Vol. I
Publ. by
Biographical Publishing Company.
Geo. Richmond, Prks.; C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas.
1904
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
Charles Edward Caldwell |
CHARLES EDWARD CALDWELL, M. D.
Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
Vol. II - Pt. 1 -
Publ., 1904 - Page 715
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RICHARD
CARROLL. The death of Richard Carroll,
on Sept. 28, 1900, removed from the city of Cincinnati a
most highly esteemed citizen, and from the railway service
one of its most capable officials. Mr. Carroll
was born in Ireland in 1847, and came to America in boyhood.
Our subject's parents, Patrick and Nancy (Kelly)
Carroll, came to this country in 1849 and located in
Cleveland, Ohio, where his mother died before the period of
the Civil War, and where the father passed away in 1873.
When the Civil War broke out, young Carroll
testified to his bravery by becoming a soldier, enlisting in
August, 1862, in Company D. 104th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and
serving until the close of the war. His connection
with railroad work began when he was but 18 years old, on
the Atlantic & Great Western. From there he went to
the Union Pacific, and still later to the Missouri Pacific
and by that time had secured knowledge enough to make him a
freight conductor on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Railroad. He was later promoted to be passenger
conductor. In 1874 he came to the old Louisville &
Cincinnati Short Line, now a part of the Louisville &
Nashville. With that road he remained seven years.
In 1881 he became assistant superintendent of the Northern
Division of the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific
Railway, and on July 1, 1883, was promoted from the position
of assistant superintendent to general superintendent and
finally was appointed general manager. This most
responsible position he filled with great efficiency.
In October, 1895, he retired from the road and did not
reenter the service again until February, 1897, when he was
made vice-president and general manager of the Mobile & Ohio
Railroad. A record of Mr. Carroll’s rise to
prominence is surely commentary enough on the value that
industry, honesty, perseverance and energy have in the
shaping of a young man’s career.
On February 15, 1889, Mr. Carroll was
married to MRS. HENRY RAABE, who was formerly Mary E.
Louden, of Henry County, Kentucky. Mrs.
Carroll with one daughter survives. Mr.
Carroll’s genial personality won him friends under
all circumstances, and it may be mentioned that no rise of
fortune ever made him forgetful of the friends of earlier
days. He was one who could be but sadly spared and his
memory is still tenderly cherished.
Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
Vol. II - Pt. 2 -
Publ.,
1904 - Page 565 |
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ROBERT W. CARROLL.
Robert W. Carroll, who for many years was at the head
of the great publishing house of R. W. Carroll & Company,
of Cincinnati, died at his home in Avondale, Dec. 17, 1897.
He was born July 28, 1826, in St. Clairsville, Ohio, and was
a son of Dr. Thomas and Anne Lynch (Williams) Carroll.
His father was one of the leaders in the medical profession
in Cincinnati from 1841, his date of settlement here, until
his death, Mar. 13, 1871. His mother was a native of
Lynchburg, Pennsylvania.
Robert W. Carroll, who was the second of his
parents’ sons, after completing his literary education at
Woodward College, entered the office of Judge William
Johnston for the study of the law. He made rapid
progress and was admitted to the bar in 1848 and practiced
for one year at Springfield, Ohio, removing then to
Cincinnati, where he entered into partnership with his
preceptor, Judge Johnston. He soon gained a
reputation for legal acumen second to none, and enjoyed a
lucrative practice. His ability in his profession was
marked and through his whole life, although giving his
attention to other interests for a time, he displayed those
qualities which distinguished him so long before the bar.
In 1862 a combination of circumstances induced Mr.
Carroll to embark in a mercantile business which he
continued with remarkable success for four years, during
which time he founded the publishing house of R. W.
Carroll & Company. In the disastrous fire of 1866, his
business was swept away, hut he soon resumed and continued
in the publishing line until 1880, one of the issues of the
house being the Christian Standard, of which Elder Isaac
Errett, was editor. The firm was distinguished for
perfect integrity and uprightness. In 1880, the
publishing business having been disposed of, Mr. Carroll
resumed the practice of the law and with as much success as
formerly.
In 1854 Mr. Carroll was married to Lydia B.
Conway, of Delaware, who died Jan. 19, 1857. The
death of the mother was followed by that of their only
child, little Nora, on Jan. 10, i860. On May 1, 1860,
Mr. Carroll was married to Mary Arabella
Piatt, daughter of Jacob Wycoff Piatt, the
Piatt family being one of the oldest and most
honored in the Queen City. Jacob Wycoff
Piatt was a most remarkable man and took a
conspicuous part in the early political history of Hamilton
County. He possessed great vigor and independence of
character, which were brought into public notice by his
position on the Bible, school and fire department questions.
He was a most zealous friend of fire department reform, and
the introduction of the paid fire department into our city
was due in no small degree to his championship of it in the
City Council, against violent clamor and opposition from the
members of the old volunteer department. Mrs.
Carroll and all the children, five in number,
survive. Two sons live in Cincinnati: Louis,
who is secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Sinking
Fund; and R. deV., who is a prominent member of the
bar, with offices in the Union Trust Building. The
other members of the family are Eugene, the oldest
son, who is manager of a water company in Butte, Montana;
Laura (single), who lives in New York; and Belle
(Durphy), who is also a resident of New York.
Mr. Carroll was a leader in all public
movements tending to the prosperity and advancement of
educational and reformatory enterprises. He was a man
of the most perfect integrity and, although not formally
united with any religious body, contributed to the support
of all. He was of a refined nature and possessed a
cultivated mind and was a welcome addition to social
circles. He left a large number of sincere friends who
respected him for his exemplary character and loved him for
his personal attributes. He passed away in serenity of
spirit and those about him recall his own words, uttered to
comfort those who grieved: “Death is neither to be dreaded
nor deplored.”
Source: Centennial History of Cincinnati & Representative
Citizens
by Charles Theodore Greve, A. B., LL. B. -
Vol. II - Pt. 1 -
Publ.,
1904 - Page 346 |
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