James Milton Carroll
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James Milton Carroll (January 8, 1852 – January 11, 1931) was a Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author. James Milton was one of twelve children born to Benajah and Mary Eliza (Mallard) Carroll. His father was a Baptist minister. He was born near Monticello, Arkansas and moved with his parents to Burleson County, Texas in 1858.
J. M. Carroll married Sudie Eliza Wamble on December 22, 1870.
Carroll was a denominational leader both in the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the Southern Baptist Convention. His works include Texas Baptist Statistics, A History of Texas Baptists, and B. H. Carroll, the Colossus of Baptist History, a biography of his brother Benajah Harvey. Active as an educator, he led in founding and was the first president of San Marcos Baptist Academy. He later served as president of Oklahoma Baptist University and Howard Payne College. He was an amateur ornithologist and owned a large collection of bird eggs. His lasting legacy among Baptists, for which he is both honored and vilified, is his little booklet on Baptist history entitled The Trail of Blood, published in 1931. This booklet promotes the landmark view of Baptist origins.
James Milton Carroll died in Fort Worth, Texas.
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- Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists, Vol. 1, Broadman Press, 1958
