Mary Tarver Carroll
Mary Tarver Carroll, from a 1916 newspaper
Born	February 16, 1885 Bullock County, Alabama, U.S.
Died	January 12, 1955 (age 69) Ozark, Alabama, U.S.
Occupations	Writer, poet, clubwoman

Mary Tarver Carroll (February 16, 1885 – January 12, 1955) was an American writer and clubwoman based inOzark, Alabama. She wrote novels and biographies for young readers, poetry, essays, and several ghost stories.

Mary Tarver was born inBullock County, Alabama, the daughter of Milton Wesley Tarver and Sarah Bass Tarver.^[1] Tarver married Major Oscar Carroll in 1902. Her husband died in 1936, and she died in 1955, at the age of 69.^[2] There is a small collection of her papers at the University of Alabama.^[3]

Carroll was a charter member of the PEN Women of Alabama,^[4] and vice president of theAlabama Federation of Women's Clubs (AFWC).^[5] She was also statewide chair of the AFWC's writing department, organizing writing contests for members.^[6] She was a founding member of the Ozark Study Club (OSC). She was poet laureate of the Alabama Methodist Women's Conference. She read her poems and shared her stories at AFWC and OSC events.^[7][8]

Carroll's poems, articles, and stories appeared in anthologies,^[9][10][11] and in national periodicals includingChristian Advocate,^[12]The Editor,^[13]The Writer,^[14]Ghost Stories,^[15]Story Parade, andLove Story Magazine.^[16]

• The Renewal (1905, novel based on the life ofJames Edward Oglethorpe)^[17]
• "Extension is the Keyword for 1916 for the State Federation" (1916, article)^[5]
• "More Tender" and "A Glowing Cross of Red" (1917, poems)^[12][18]
• "Violets" (1921, poem)^[9]
• "Chaperoned by Molly" (1921, story)^[16]
• "Thad Turns the Tables" (1922, story)^[19]
• "The Curse on the House of de Jarnie" (1923, reprinted 1929, story)^[20]
• "On Trudging On" (1923, short essay)^[13]
• "How Do You Feel?" (1926, essay)^[14]
• "Wanderlure" and "Green" (1928, poems)^[10]
• "The Tree with a Human Shadow" (1929, story)^[15]
• "The Mystery of the Jealous Queen" (1930, story)^[20]
• "Florida Adventure" (1941, story)^[21]
• The Man Who Would Not Wait (1941, children's biography ofAaron Burr)^[22]
• The Man Who Dared to Care (1942, children's biography of James Edward Oglethorpe, illustrated byFay Turpin)^[23]
• Keep My Flag Flying: Daniel Webster (1945, children's biography ofDaniel Webster)^[24][25][26]

• 1885 births
• 1955 deaths
• American women biographers
• Clubwomen
• People from Ozark, Alabama
• 20th-century American women writers

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