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.