Circus Timeline
Birth of William Barney Carroll
1816 03 13 Birth of William Barnett Carroll in Knoxville, Tennessee. Parents unknown.
Barney Carroll in Yeaman Circus
1831 Barney Carroll joins Yeaman Circus
(Circus History publication Bandwagon page 38)
Birth of Benjamin Rush Maginley
Born in Pennsylvania. Parents unknown but allegedly “well to do”. Obituary in an Alta, CA paper states he was born in Marysville, PA. Other citations reference Philadelphia. Birth certificate has not been located.
Birth of Mary Carroll (Marie Elise Maginley)
CARROLL, MARIE “MARIE ELISE.” (November 12, 1844-August 18, 1874) Equestrienne. Adopted daughter of W. B. and Mary Ann Carroll. (CircusHistory.Com)
“Willie” Carroll
CARROLL, WILLIAM “WILLIE.” Rider and leaper. Adopted son of W. B. Carroll and Mary Ann Sprague.
William Carroll, Willie O’Dell, Master Willie
Birth of Annie Carroll (approx)
CARROLL, ANNIE. Equestrienne. Bound servant of W. B. and Mary Ann Carroll and mother of Edna Snow.
Marriage of Marie Carroll (20 years old) to Benjamin Rush Maginley (31 years old)
Birth of Mary Josephine Maginley, daughter of Benjamin & Marie Maginley
1864 11 05 With wife Marie Carroll, birth of only known surviving daughter, named Mary Josephine Maginley, in Memphis Tennessee.
Annie Carroll photographed by Albert Naegeli
1865 Photograph taken of little Annie Carroll, a young ballerina who became a bareback rider in the late 1870s. She poses in a tutu at the Aegeli studio in New York.
Albert Naegeli photographer (1844-1901)
NAEGELI, ALBERT
Naegeli, Albert, photographer, 46 E 14th & 1434 3rd Ave., New York, NY (1902; Albert Naegeli, photographer, 402 Columbus Ave., New York, NY (1906) City Directories
Death of Mary Carroll Maginley
1874 08 18 Wife of Benjamin Maginley died of consumption at her residence in Westchester, New York, age 29, five months after giving birth to a daughter (who also died in infancy). Buried in family plot at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at Westchester Square in what is now The Bronx, New York City.
Marriage of Annie Carroll to Edward Snow
Marriage 1883 to Circus Gymnast Eddie Snow
Marriage of Mary Josephine Maginley to Francis Buckel
Marriage of Mary Josephine Maginley, daughter of Benjamin Rush Maginley and the late Mary Carroll Maginley, to Francis “Frank” John Buckel, in New York, New York.
Birth of Edna Snow, daughter of Annie Carroll and gymnast Eddie Snow
1886 c. Birth of Edna Snow, who became a well-known soubrette
Death of Benjamin Rush Maginley
Dies of heart trouble Westchester, New York, at home of his granddaughter and her husband, Frank and Josephine (Maginley) Buckel. Buried in family plot at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Westchester Square, Bronx, New York. 1888 06 03 Ben Maginley NY Times obituary
Death of William Barney Carroll
Death July 14, 1889 in Van Ness, Westchester (Bronx) New York
Burial Carroll Family Plot, Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx) New York
Annie Carroll and Eddie Snow divorce
Annie Carroll and Edward “Eddie” Snow were divorced in April 1892 after 9 years of marriage. She was 26 years old.
Annie Carroll has ruined her health
1918 10 05 “Annie Carroll has ruined her health” “Olympians of the Sawdust Circle”
Annie Carroll destitute
1920 02 29 Annie Carroll Destitute Variety
Death of Mary Josephine Maginley Buckel
Death of Mary Josephine Maginley Buckel on April 18, 1939 at 6:20 am, in The Country Hospital, Shanghai, China, while visiting daughter Frances Adams. She was the only surviving daughter of Benjamin Rush Maginley and Mary Carroll.