Jeremiah Carrol, farmer and stock-breeder, Pleasant Valley, Jo Daviess County, was born in Canada West, May 10, 1839, the son of John and Johanna (Buckley) Carroll, natives of County Cork, Ireland. The father and mother lived for a time in Canada West, and then removed to Chicago, where they re-sided two years before locating in Pleasant Valley Township, Jo Daviess County, where the father secured government land in 1848, On which he passed the remainder of his life. Jeremiah Carroll was married in June. 1869, to Mary Ann Sweeney, who was born in Cork, Ireland, and became by her marriage with Mr. Carroll the mother of nine children, two of whom-John and Mary-are deceased. Those living are: William, Patrick, Edward, Jeremiah R., Thomas J., Elizabeth G. and Mary Ellen. The parents of Mrs. Carroll, Patrick and Ellen (Callahan) Sweeney, were both born in Ireland, and in 1860 came to the United States, where the father was employed in the construction of the Illinois Central Railroad. Jeremiah Carroll now owns a farm of 220 acre, in Section 23, Pleasant Valley Township, and he, with his family, belong to the Catholic Church.

History of Jo Daviess 1904 - Contributed by Dori Leekley