Mary Ann Sprague (Mrs. Barney Carroll)

Child Mary Josephine Maginley Mary Ann Carroll her great aunt, who raised her after MJ's mother died at age 30 watermark JPG
Photo:   Mary Ann Sprague (Mrs. Barney Carroll) & her grand daughter Mary Josephine Maginley (Rothwell Family Photo Collection)

 

Birth              1824 in Willet’s Point, Queens Co.,  NY

Parents         John Sprague and Mary Fowler

Marriage     William Barney Carroll

Children      Adopted:   Mary,  Annie &  Willie Carroll

Death            1900 05 18   in Westchester Sq, Bronx, NY

Burial            Carroll Family Plot, Woodlawn Cemetery,  Bronx, NY

Names         “La Belle Carroll” – “Madame Carroll”- “Mrs. Barney Carroll” – “M’ME Carroll”

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1867 06 22 Maginley Carroll Clip MM'E Carroll

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Biography of Mary Ann Carroll on Olympians of The Sawdust Circle

CARROLL, MARY ANN. [Mrs. W. B. Carroll, nee Mary Ann Sprague]. (d. May 18, 1900) Equestrienne. James Raymond’s, 1843-44; Dr. Gilbert R. Spalding’s, 1845; Davis & Crosby, 1859; Old Cary’s, traveling up and down the Mississippi River area by boat and railroad, 1864; Maginley, Carroll & Co., 1867. During the latter year, was thrown from her horse and injured to the extent that her career was considered finished. The accident was said to have been caused by the ringmaster lowering his whip in front of the horse too soon, allowing the animal to enter the ring unexpectedly, throwing Mrs. Carroll and stepping on her chest. Died at her home in Westchester, NY.

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Timeline and Newspaper Clippings

1824   Born in Willet’s Point,  Queens Co., New York

1843-44  Equestrienne, debut at James Raymond’s Olympic Circus William Barney Carroll Biography by Stuart Thayer

1845     Dr. Gilbert R. Spalding’s

1848                             Mary Ann Carroll in  “Equestrian and Zoological Circus and Menagerie” in the book   “Rise of the American Circus”,  Kotar Gessler

1853 06 15                  Washington Circus History of NY Stage p21  William Barney Carroll,   Mrs Carroll and Miss Carroll (now Mrs. Ben Maginley)

1859                             Davis & Crosby

1859 05 28                NY Clipper  Madame Carroll 

1864                            Old Cary’s, traveling up and down the Mississippi River area by boat and railroad

1867                            Maginley, Carroll & Co.

1867 10 18               Nashville Union & Dispatch Nashville TN Maginley Carroll Circus Advert         Madame Carroll

1872 01 28                Haight & Co’s   Columbia, S. C.   The Daily Phoenix                      “Madame Carroll, equestrienne”
1872 02 02                Haight & Co’s    Unionville, S. C.   The Daily Phoenix
1872 02 03                Haight & Co’s    Spartanburg, S. C.  The Daily Phoenix
1872 02 05                Haight & Co’s    Greenville, S. C.   The Daily Phoenix
1872 02 06                Haight & Co’s    Anderson, S. C.   The Daily Phoenix
1872 02 07                Haight & Co’s    Newberry, S. C.   The Daily Phoenix
1872 02 08                Haight & Co’s    Camden, S. C.    The Daily Phoenix
1872 02 09               Haight & Co’s    Orangeburg, S. C.  The Daily Phoenix

1874 08 18               Death of adopted daughter Mary Carroll Maginley. Grand daughter Mary Josephine Maginley raised by Mary Ann Sprague and Barney Carroll after her mother’s death.

1880                           Residence in Westchester Sq. Bronx  NY. 1880 Federal Census

1900 05 18               Mary Ann Sprague Carroll dies at the age of 76 (+/-) in Westchester Sq, Bronx, NY