Aged 86 years.
Son of Wyman and Sarah Crosby Carroll.
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Lucius Carroll was born January 1815. He left home in 1830 and, following several years of hard work, joined a retail firm in 1843, dealing in mill and manufacturers' supplies, in partnership with E. P Jacobs and Loren A. Gallop. In 1876 the business was renamed L. W. Carroll & Son. The building referred to as Carroll's Block was located in Norwich at the corner of Main and Water Street, now called the Flat Iron Building.
Lucius Carroll was one of the promoters of water power in Taftville and Occum, and owned a cotton mill at Griswold. He had a large banking interest and was president of the Quinebaug Bank, which later became the First National Bank of Norwich, of which he was also president 1856 - 1866. He served a term in the Norwich Common Council. He was one of the incorporators of the Norwich Free Academy. Lucius was a member of the Central Baptist Church. In 1900 Lucius retired from the business he had founded fifty-seven years earlier and relinquished control to his son Adams P. Carroll. Although he lived to be 86, he maintained a sharp memory and was unusually active.
Lucius Carroll married in May 1843, Charlotte Lathe Pope in Middlebury, Massachusetts. They were the parents of five children: Charlotte L. Augusta, died at 16; Charles Lucius, lost at sea in 1864 at 17; Adams Pope; William Crosby, died in infancy; George Wyman born May 1859, following public education he entered the family business (L. W. Carroll & Son) were he worked for several years. In 1902 he withdrew from the business to enter the bond, stock and real estate business in Norwich. He married Emma Francis Briggs, daughter of Ira G. and Lydia (Andrews) Briggs, her father a wealthy textile manufacturer in Voluntown. They had one son, George Wyman Jr. in 1886. [bio by: Dave]
Son of Wyman and Sarah Crosby Carroll.
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Lucius Carroll was born January 1815. He left home in 1830 and, following several years of hard work, joined a retail firm in 1843, dealing in mill and manufacturers' supplies, in partnership with E. P Jacobs and Loren A. Gallop. In 1876 the business was renamed L. W. Carroll & Son. The building referred to as Carroll's Block was located in Norwich at the corner of Main and Water Street, now called the Flat Iron Building.
Lucius Carroll was one of the promoters of water power in Taftville and Occum, and owned a cotton mill at Griswold. He had a large banking interest and was president of the Quinebaug Bank, which later became the First National Bank of Norwich, of which he was also president 1856 - 1866. He served a term in the Norwich Common Council. He was one of the incorporators of the Norwich Free Academy. Lucius was a member of the Central Baptist Church. In 1900 Lucius retired from the business he had founded fifty-seven years earlier and relinquished control to his son Adams P. Carroll. Although he lived to be 86, he maintained a sharp memory and was unusually active.
Lucius Carroll married in May 1843, Charlotte Lathe Pope in Middlebury, Massachusetts. They were the parents of five children: Charlotte L. Augusta, died at 16; Charles Lucius, lost at sea in 1864 at 17; Adams Pope; William Crosby, died in infancy; George Wyman born May 1859, following public education he entered the family business (L. W. Carroll & Son) were he worked for several years. In 1902 he withdrew from the business to enter the bond, stock and real estate business in Norwich. He married Emma Francis Briggs, daughter of Ira G. and Lydia (Andrews) Briggs, her father a wealthy textile manufacturer in Voluntown. They had one son, George Wyman Jr. in 1886. [bio by: Dave]
Aged 86 years.
Son of Wyman and Sarah Crosby Carroll.
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Lucius Carroll was born January 1815. He left home in 1830 and, following several years of hard work, joined a retail firm in 1843, dealing in mill and manufacturers' supplies, in partnership with E. P Jacobs and Loren A. Gallop. In 1876 the business was renamed L. W. Carroll & Son. The building referred to as Carroll's Block was located in Norwich at the corner of Main and Water Street, now called the Flat Iron Building.
Lucius Carroll was one of the promoters of water power in Taftville and Occum, and owned a cotton mill at Griswold. He had a large banking interest and was president of the Quinebaug Bank, which later became the First National Bank of Norwich, of which he was also president 1856 - 1866. He served a term in the Norwich Common Council. He was one of the incorporators of the Norwich Free Academy. Lucius was a member of the Central Baptist Church. In 1900 Lucius retired from the business he had founded fifty-seven years earlier and relinquished control to his son Adams P. Carroll. Although he lived to be 86, he maintained a sharp memory and was unusually active.
Lucius Carroll married in May 1843, Charlotte Lathe Pope in Middlebury, Massachusetts. They were the parents of five children: Charlotte L. Augusta, died at 16; Charles Lucius, lost at sea in 1864 at 17; Adams Pope; William Crosby, died in infancy; George Wyman born May 1859, following public education he entered the family business (L. W. Carroll & Son) were he worked for several years. In 1902 he withdrew from the business to enter the bond, stock and real estate business in Norwich. He married Emma Francis Briggs, daughter of Ira G. and Lydia (Andrews) Briggs, her father a wealthy textile manufacturer in Voluntown. They had one son, George Wyman Jr. in 1886. [bio by: Dave]
Son of Wyman and Sarah Crosby Carroll.
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Lucius Carroll was born January 1815. He left home in 1830 and, following several years of hard work, joined a retail firm in 1843, dealing in mill and manufacturers' supplies, in partnership with E. P Jacobs and Loren A. Gallop. In 1876 the business was renamed L. W. Carroll & Son. The building referred to as Carroll's Block was located in Norwich at the corner of Main and Water Street, now called the Flat Iron Building.
Lucius Carroll was one of the promoters of water power in Taftville and Occum, and owned a cotton mill at Griswold. He had a large banking interest and was president of the Quinebaug Bank, which later became the First National Bank of Norwich, of which he was also president 1856 - 1866. He served a term in the Norwich Common Council. He was one of the incorporators of the Norwich Free Academy. Lucius was a member of the Central Baptist Church. In 1900 Lucius retired from the business he had founded fifty-seven years earlier and relinquished control to his son Adams P. Carroll. Although he lived to be 86, he maintained a sharp memory and was unusually active.
Lucius Carroll married in May 1843, Charlotte Lathe Pope in Middlebury, Massachusetts. They were the parents of five children: Charlotte L. Augusta, died at 16; Charles Lucius, lost at sea in 1864 at 17; Adams Pope; William Crosby, died in infancy; George Wyman born May 1859, following public education he entered the family business (L. W. Carroll & Son) were he worked for several years. In 1902 he withdrew from the business to enter the bond, stock and real estate business in Norwich. He married Emma Francis Briggs, daughter of Ira G. and Lydia (Andrews) Briggs, her father a wealthy textile manufacturer in Voluntown. They had one son, George Wyman Jr. in 1886. [bio by: Dave]
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