of Des Moines County, Iowa · documented from the public record
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Robert Poole 1817 – 1894
Robert Poole⚭ Lydia Saddler
childrenNancy Poole · Thomas S. Poole · Lydia Poole · Eliza Josephine Poole
Their story
What the record says
History of Des Moines County, Iowa, vol 2.
Born August 3, 1817.
His parents were natives of Virginia.
Married Lydia Saddler in 1839.
Settled in Iowa territory 1841, farming 400 acres.
Retired 1881 to Mediapolis.
Died September 6, 1894, buried Kossuth cemetery.
Methodist church steward over four decades.
Had six children, two died in infancy.
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