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JAMES H. CARROLL is of Irish extraction, his parents both being natives of the Emerald Isle. He is the fourth of a family of twelve children born to Richard and Mary (Clark) Carroll. His father came to America in 1854 and settled in Wisconsin, where he continued to live till 1888, coming in that year to Nebraska and locating a homestead in Prairie township. Phelps county, where he and his wife now live. He is known as a thoroughly upright man and a valuable citizen, and both he and his wife are highly esteemed for their many good traits of character. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll are the parents of twelve children, ten of whom are now living.

James H. Carroll, the subject of this brief biographical sketch, is a native of Wisconsin and was born February 12, 1860. He was reared on his father’s farm and received an ordinary common-school education, being trained to the habits of industry and usefulness common to farm life. Before he reached his majority he started out to make his way in the world, and came in 1880 to this state and settled in Harlan county, locating at Orleans. He found his first employment as a laborer and resided there five years. In 1885 he went to Holdrege, where he secured employment in the grain business, working in an elevator belonging to H. O. Barber. In 1888 he moved to Ragan in the interest of his employer and continued there in the grain business for little more than a year, when he, in connection with Frank W. Stevens, bought out the plant and franchise of his employer and embarked in business for himself. He has done a prosperous business, and his success and business methods give promise of a prosperous career. He is a hard worker, and all that he has represents the labor of his own hands. Of steady habits and strict application to his own personal affairs he has the sure foundation of a successful life. Formerly, Mr. Carroll affiliated with the democratic party, but since the rise of the liquor question he has cast his political fortunes with the prohibitionists, voting and working with them, and is zealous in his support of the men and measures of their party. He believes that in the sobriety of the people and the purity of home lies the success of all good government and the happiness of every people. A straightforward, enterprising and stirring man, Mr. Carroll is an important factor in the growth and prosperity of Ragan, and is rightly held in high esteem by his fellow-citizens.