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THOMAS CARROLL
Originally published in 1900 |
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THOMAS CARROLL, Clerk of the Township of Weehawken since April,
1891, was born in Hoboken, N. J., May 1, 1867. His parents, Patrick Carroll
and Johanna Sullivan, and his grandparents, Philip and Mary Carroll,
were natives of Ireland, his father being born in Tipperary and his mother
in Cork. Philip Carroll came to America with his family soon after 1850
and settled in Princeton, N. J., where he operated a large stone quarry, and
where he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. Patrick Carroll
learned the carpenter's trade in New Brunswick, and about 1862 removed
to Hoboken, where he had charge of the Hoboken Land Improvement Company's
saw-mill for about twenty-eight years. Afterward he moved to
Weehawken and died there in April, 1890, being survived by his wife and
several children, of whom Thomas is the eldest living son. He was a Commissioner
of Appeals for three terms, a member of the Hoboken Ferrymen's
Association, and a prominent, active, and influential citizen. Thomas Carroll was educated at St. Mary's parochial school and the Christian Brothers' school in his native city, and at the age of fifteen entered the employ of the Standard Oil Company, with which he remained about three years. Subsequently he learned the plumbing trade with J. H. Kniffin, of Hoboken, and for more than six years he followed that business with marked success, having an establishment of hi- own during a part of that period. In the meantime Mr. Carroll became an acknowledged leader of the Republican forces in Weehawken, taking an active part in local politics and being honored by his party with several positions of trust. Under the old law he was Police Clerk of Weehawken for six years, and in April, 1891, he was elected Township Clerk. The duties of this position, which he has discharged with ability and satisfaction, led him to relinquish temporarily the business of plumber and gas fitter, in order to devote to it his attention and energies. Mr. Carroll was one of the organizers in 1890 of the old Weehawken Athletic Club, of which he was Secretary. He is an exempt member of Baldwin Hose Company No. 1, of Weehawken, which he served as Secretary for six years. He was a member and Secretary of the old West Side Social Club, and is a member of Glendlaugh Council, No. 214, C. B. L. He is a public spirited, progressive citizen and active in promoting the best interests of his town and county. He is unmarried, and resides with his mother in the family homestead at 14 West Nineteenth Street, Weehawken.
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