When Thomas Franklin Carroll was born on 27 September 1895, in Alabama, United States, his father, Benjamin Franklin Carroll, was 36 and his mother, Susan Elizabeth Blankenship, was 36. He married Caroline Margaret Sims on 12 June 1923, in McCalla, Jefferson, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Election Precinct 3, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 2, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 11 February 1936, in Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Arnolds Chapel United Methodist Cemetery, Bessemer, Jefferson, Alabama, United States.