The following information is from the Illinois trails history site http://www.iltrails.org/kane/stmary's.html This shows Michael died in Elgin Kane county IL after having served as pastor in Alton in 1841 FATHER MICHAEL CARROLL, THE SIXTH PASTOR. Father Michael Carroll was the next to succeed in charge of the parish of Elgin. He said his first mass here on June 27, 1858. During Father Carroll's pastorate, the property on which, St. Mary's Church now stands was secured and the building that stood on it served as a parochial residence for many years. Father Carroll did not live long to enjoy his new parish. He died on December 29, 1860. His remains, like those of his predecessor, were interred beneath the church. The Rev. Michael Carroll was born in Effin, County Limerick, Ireland. No record of his early career has been obtained. He was a pastor in Illinois before the diocese of Chicago was erected, having succeeded the Rev. George A. Hamilton, first pastor of the parish of Alton, in 1841. While pastor of that parish the following missions depended on his visitations: Brussels and Michael, Calhoun county; Carroll Settlement, or Ridgeley, near Bunker Hill, Macoupin county; Monks Mound and Edwardsville, Jersey county, and Liberty, Adams county. Though mass was said in a temporary structure when Father Carroll went to Alton, the first real church in that parish, St. Mathew's, was built by him in I845. There, in the following year, a successful mission was given by the Rev. F. X. Wenninger, S. I. On November 10, 1847, a Theological Conference of the southern part of the diocese of Chicago was held at Alton, and was presided over by Father Carroll. In February, 1849, the Rt. Rev. J. 0. Van de Velde, the newly consecrated bishop of Chicago, began the first visitation of his diocese by administering confirmation in this parish. St. Mathews Church was destroyed by fire 1851. Father Carroll and some prominent members of his parish then proposed a change of site; in this they were supported by their bishop, who authorized the erection of a new church, the present Cathedral Divine service was first held in the new church in 1846, Father Carroll officiating, though but the exterior of the edifice was completed. In 1857, when the rt. Rev. Henry Damian Juncker, D.D., the first bishop of Alton, left Dayton, Ohio, for his new field, Father Carroll resigned and returned to his bishop in Chicago; afterwards he made a visit to Ireland and the continent, and on his return to Chicago he was appointed to the pastorate of Elgin.

Thank you so much for this information! Darla Wilson ----- Original Message ----- From: <PALMEEM@aol.com> To: <ILMADISO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [ILMADISO-L] Carroll > The following information is from the Illinois trails history site > http://www.iltrails.org/kane/stmary's.html > > This shows Michael died in Elgin Kane county IL after having served as pastor > in Alton in 1841 > > FATHER MICHAEL CARROLL, THE SIXTH PASTOR. > > > Father Michael Carroll was the next to succeed in charge of the parish of > Elgin. He said his first mass here on June 27, 1858. During Father Carroll's > pastorate, the property on which, St. Mary's Church now stands was secured and the > building that stood on it served as a parochial residence for many years. > Father Carroll did not live long to enjoy his new parish. He died on December 29, > 1860. His remains, like those of his predecessor, were interred beneath the > church. > > The Rev. Michael Carroll was born in Effin, County Limerick, Ireland. No > record of his early career has been obtained. He was a pastor in Illinois before > the diocese of Chicago was erected, having > succeeded the Rev. George A. Hamilton, first pastor of the parish of Alton, > in 1841. While pastor of that parish the following missions depended on his > visitations: Brussels and Michael, Calhoun county; Carroll Settlement, or > Ridgeley, near Bunker Hill, Macoupin county; Monks Mound and Edwardsville, Jersey > county, and Liberty, Adams county. Though mass was said in a temporary structure > when Father Carroll went to Alton, the first real church in that parish, St. > Mathew's, was built by him in I845. There, in the following year, a successful > mission was given by the Rev. F. X. Wenninger, S. I. On November 10, 1847, a > Theological Conference of the southern part of the diocese of Chicago was held > at Alton, and was presided over by Father Carroll. > > In February, 1849, the Rt. Rev. J. 0. Van de Velde, the newly consecrated > bishop of Chicago, began the first visitation of his diocese by administering > confirmation in this parish. St. Mathews Church was destroyed by fire 1851. > Father Carroll and some prominent members of his parish then proposed a change of > site; in this they were supported by their bishop, who authorized the erection > of a new church, the present Cathedral Divine service was first held in the > new church in 1846, Father Carroll officiating, though but the exterior of the > edifice was completed. In 1857, when the rt. Rev. Henry Damian Juncker, D.D., > the first bishop of Alton, left Dayton, Ohio, for his new field, Father Carroll > resigned and returned to his bishop in Chicago; afterwards he made a visit to > Ireland and the continent, and on his return to Chicago he was appointed to > the pastorate of Elgin. > > > > > ==== ILMADISO Mailing List ==== > Difference between ILMADISO-L and ILMADISO-D: > ILMADISO-L mailing list allows you to receive every posting made to ILMADISO as a separate email. > ILMADISO-D mailing list allows you to receive several postings as a single large message. > >