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Note: Buried in Fenderson family plot in Farmington Riverside Cemetery. Graduated Bowdoin College and Boston University Law School. Practiced law in Farmington, ME. Became Judge of Municipal Court and then County Attorney for Franklin County. Contracted rheumatic fever while in basic training at Fort Devens, MA, WWI, which weakened his heart and led to his untimely death at age 33. In his short life time he lived to the fullest, being very active professionally and socially. He belonged to the Eastern Star, Masons, American Legion, Shriners, and the Congregational Church. He played the trombone in the Shriners' Kora Temple Band. Was an ardent hunter and fisherman.
His father-in-law, William "Will" Record was also Deputy County Sheriff under Sheriff Wilis Knight. Carll, Will, Sheriff Knight, and several local game wardens were actively involved in confiscation of liquor during the years of prohibition, including the raiding of home-made stills in the surrounding country side. Apparently, not all the confiscated goods were destroyed but kept as "evidence" behind steel doors in the basement of the Court House in Farmington. It was suspected but not proven that some of the goods was consumed or sold by the establishment. Carll's sons, Albion and Carll, Jr., who used to play in the basement of the courthouse, witnessed some of the comings and goings, and always wondered what was behind the steel doors. Some years later, young Albion wrote an essay submitted to a journalism contest at the University of Maine which told about these doings in the basement of the Franklin County Courthouse during prohibition. It was published in the school journal and eventually found its way into the Franklin Journal where it could be read by the citizens of Farmington. The names of characters in the article were fictionalized but not to the extent that the actual people could not be recognized. Some were prominent citizens and businessmen still alive and active in community affairs. The article created quite a scandal and caused some heads to roll.
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