In the late 1920's a man by the name of Earl Clyde Carroll showed up to work in the coal mines of Bedford Co., PA. He boarded with John Showalter, this was a way to help out with the Showalter income. Soon he wanted to marry Johns daughter Mabel. Against her families wishes they were married. Everyone just thought there was a dark side to this man. He was a stranger and was very private about his past. He did say he was born in Memphis, Tn but was not raised there. He said both parents were dead. On Oct 16, 1931 he and Mabel married and on his marriage licenses he put he was born in Memphis on Jan 21, 1908. He listed his parents as Daniel Anderson Carroll and Gretta May Ellsworth. He said he had once lived with a lawyer, named William Marsh, in Dubois, Pa. Also he took Mabel to Long Island, NY and they worked/stayed with a Sawyer family. Mable was a maid and she is not sure what he did. They then moved to Totz, Harlan Co, Ky and lived above a store and they had! a baby at the age of 3 months die there on July 24, 1934. His name was Ralph Gerald Carroll. When they left Totz a lady by the name of Fanny Durham said she would care for the babys grave. They also stayed with a Ross and Deloris Hickey. They also had a son born in Pa named Earl William Carroll on April 21, 1933. Earl Clyde Carroll was on the run from the law. He was a bootlegger and made runs to Florida and to the south. He was a mean man and Mabel knew not to ask questions. They called him the big Indian. Although I don't think there was any Indian lineage in his blood. He had a ruddy complextion, dark hair and eyes, and big ears. He died in Huntingdon Co., PA on April 25, 1908 of Blood Poisoning. Mabel said he was suppose to have cousins in the south central part of Tn. I think he was involved in a Big Gang, like the Birger gang. I actually read a book on the Birger gang and the only picture we have of Earl Clyde Carroll looked like one of the members of th! e gang. I contacted the author of the book with my story and a copy of the picture I had and he agreed the pictures looked alike but that he knew who the man in his book was and it was not Earl Clyde Carroll. I know Mabel was not withholding information because even on his death certificate she had his fathers name wrong and his mothers name listed as unknown. I have tracked every little lead we have on him and nothing has shown up. Someone said circa 1950-1970's in a coal mining newsletter there was an ad of someone looking for him, probably family. Mabel never answered the ad. Some even suggested he changed his name. Any Suggestions of where I could search for him???