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JAMES L. CARROLL
Four years ago James L. Carroll came
to Lodi from Stockton, purchased the veterinary hospital and stable on the
corner of Cherokee and Lockeford roads, and constructed stockyards, known as Carroll’s
Livestock Yards, where he has developed a livestock business that covers the
central part of California. A native
son, he was born in Oakland on August 22, 1883, a son of James Henry and
Johanna (Connell) Carroll, natives of New York and County Cork, Ireland,
respectively. James Henry Carroll came
to California in an early day and successfully engaged in the theatrical and
advertising business.
James L. Carroll received his
education at the McNally School in Oakland, and at the age of fourteen started
to fight his own battles with the work-a-day world. He learned the tent and awning maker’s trade
under Ames & Harris of San Francisco, and worked for them many years, until
he established his own business in Stockton, where he maintained two places of
business, one on Main Street and the other on Market Street. He continued in this line of work until 1918,
when he sold his business, removed to Lodi, and began dealing in livestock,
which is proving a profitable venture.
He deals in horses, mules and cattle, which he also ships. He also has a number of work horses and mules
which he rents to farmers for the grape industry. The community sales are held at his barns,
where stock, implements, etc., are sold at auction. He has the largest barns for livestock in the
county.
The marriage of Mr. Carroll occurred
in Modesto on December 14, 1920, and united him with Miss Grace Ross, a native
of Toledo, Oregon, and a daughter of J. H. Ross, who was sheriff of Lincoln
County, Oregon, for many years. Her father
is deceased but her mother still lives in Oregon. Fraternally Mr. Carroll is a charter member
of Stockton Lodge, L. O. O. M., and is also a life member of the Stockton
Aerie, No. 8, Eagles. While in Stockton
he was deputy coroner under Frank Warren for one term.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1111. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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