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George Prentiss Carroll
b.1861-02-02; d.1924-11-06; Hartford, CT, US; Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, 1924-1925 (p.1361)
(contributed by Scott Prentice on 2013-10-14)
George Prentiss Carroll, B.A. 1883.
Born February 2, 1861, in New Haven, Conn.
Died November 6, 1924, in Hartford, Conn.
Father, the Rev. James Monroe Carroll (B.A. Wesleyan 1851); attended Union Theological Seminary; Methodist Episcopal minister in Providence, R.I., New York City, New Rochelle, N.Y., and Bridgeport, Westport, and New Haven, Conn.; son of William and Elizabeth (Niver) Carroll. Mother, Margaret Louisa (Prentiss) Carroll; daughter of George B Prentiss, of Boston.
Hopkins Grammar School. Second Berkeley Premium in Latin composition Freshman year, two third prizes in English composition Sophomore year; Townsend Premium in English composition Senior year; high oration appointments Junior and Senior years; member Delta Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa. LL.B. Boston University 1886; practiced law in Bridgeport 1886-1907 (associated with Allan W. Paige, '81 L., from 1893); judge of Bridgeport City Court 1895-1903; gave up general practice of law in 1907 and entered the field of invention and manufacturing, incidentally becoming a patent attorney; his inventions related to automatic refrigeration and electrical appliances for refrigerating apparatus, and in connection with that line of work he took graduate courses in physics and chemistry at Wesleyan in 1907-08; the designing and construction work of his business was done in New York City; lived in Bridgeport until 1914 and afterwards in Hartford; in 1910 contributed an article on "Process Patents" in Yale Law Journal; member Methodist Episcopal Church.
Unmarried.
Death due to cancer Buried in New Canaan, Conn. Survived by his stepmother.
Born February 2, 1861, in New Haven, Conn.
Died November 6, 1924, in Hartford, Conn.
Father, the Rev. James Monroe Carroll (B.A. Wesleyan 1851); attended Union Theological Seminary; Methodist Episcopal minister in Providence, R.I., New York City, New Rochelle, N.Y., and Bridgeport, Westport, and New Haven, Conn.; son of William and Elizabeth (Niver) Carroll. Mother, Margaret Louisa (Prentiss) Carroll; daughter of George B Prentiss, of Boston.
Hopkins Grammar School. Second Berkeley Premium in Latin composition Freshman year, two third prizes in English composition Sophomore year; Townsend Premium in English composition Senior year; high oration appointments Junior and Senior years; member Delta Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa. LL.B. Boston University 1886; practiced law in Bridgeport 1886-1907 (associated with Allan W. Paige, '81 L., from 1893); judge of Bridgeport City Court 1895-1903; gave up general practice of law in 1907 and entered the field of invention and manufacturing, incidentally becoming a patent attorney; his inventions related to automatic refrigeration and electrical appliances for refrigerating apparatus, and in connection with that line of work he took graduate courses in physics and chemistry at Wesleyan in 1907-08; the designing and construction work of his business was done in New York City; lived in Bridgeport until 1914 and afterwards in Hartford; in 1910 contributed an article on "Process Patents" in Yale Law Journal; member Methodist Episcopal Church.
Unmarried.
Death due to cancer Buried in New Canaan, Conn. Survived by his stepmother.
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