The deceased was about 26 years of age, and leaves one little daughter about 8 years of age. A native Pleasants countian, he was the eldest of 14 children born to Alexander and Rhoda Allendar Carpenter and would have been 90 years old on his birthday, Dec. 3, 1970. A well-known riverman, he began his career ferrying mail between Raven Rock and Leith, Oh., when he was 13 years old. He has been successful in many enterprises including sand and gravel business, farming 13 Ohio River islands which he owned at one time, apple raising, road construction, transportation and his greatest undertaking, building the Short Route Bridge in 1928. A Charter member of the St. Marys Kiwanis Club, he has never missed a mid-week meeting since its inception in 1924.
Funeral services are incomplete.
Mr. Carroll leaves a wife and several children Mrs. Mollie Powell, Mrs. Fannie Hart, Messrs. Frank, Thomas, Herman, Eugene and Fern Carroll. Mr. Carroll died at the home of his son, Thomas Carroll, who resides at Boaz, and he will be taken to St. Marys, where he has several sisters living, and the funeral will take place from there tomorrow. T. J. Carroll, of this city, is a brother of the deceased, and he will leave tomorrow for St. Marys to attend the funeral. W. C. Carroll of this city is also a brother of the deceased. C. Carroll Wm.