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Born 1823, Richland County
From The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county: its townships, towns, churches, schools, etc.; (1884), Biographical memoirs of Wyandot County, Ohio : to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography ... embellished with portraits of many national characters and well known residents (1902)
JAMES M. POOL, farmer, was born in Richland County, Ohio, January 11, 1823. His parents are William and Elizabeth (Harris) Pool, natives of Pennsylvania and New Jersey respectively, and of English parentage. They were married in Washington County, Penn., and had eleven children; the four living are Mary, Annie, James M. and William H. They removed to Knox County, Ohio, in 1809, and to Richland in 1811, where he entered 160 acres of land, on which he resided till his death, November 30, 1846. He was born October 30, 1787; his wife was born March 19, 1787 and died in Mansfield, Oliio, June 16, 1863. James M. Pool grew up in his native county and engaged in carpentering and farming, removing to this county in 1850 and settling on his present farm, paying $7.50 per acre. He now owns 140 acres, provided with excellent buildings and valued at 90 per acre. Being a member of Company A, One Hundred and Forty-fourth Ohio National Guards, his company was called into service in May, 1864; he participated in the skirmish at Berryville, Va., where he was captured, but made his escape into the Union lines on a Confederate mule; he was also in several skirmishes prior to this, and was discharged September 2, 1864. Mr. Pool was married in Richland County, Ohio, November 4, 1847, to Mary E. Hartupee, daughter of William and Rachel (Logan) Hartupee, natives of New Jersey and Pennsylvania respectively; the latter born in Washington County, Penn., April 29, 1799. She was married to William HartujDee November 11, 1819, and moved with him to Ohio in April, 1822. settling in Richland County. They had twelve children. Their son. Rev. G. H. Hartupee, D.D.. is an active and efficient member of the Northern Ohio Conference. Mrs. Hartupee died January 19, 1879. Her husband is still a resident of Richland County, in his eighty-eighth year. Mr. and Mrs. Pool have had eleven children, nine surviving: William F., born July 23, 1848; Emma E., October 7, 1850; Weller B., September 7, 1854; Albert H, November 6, 1856; Ora B., February 22, 1859; Elmer E., March 18, 1861; James C, August 6, 1863; Frank L., November 5, 1865; Havley
A., December 24, 1868, The deceased were Candace A., born March 7, 1855, died October 8, 1855, and an infant. Mrs. Pool was born in Richland County November 17, 1827.
As printed in The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county: its townships, towns, churches, schools, etc.; (1884). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
JAMES M. POOL.
James M. Pool, one of the substantial farmers and respected citizens of Wyandot county, Ohio, springs from Puritan ancestry, and was born in Richland county, near Mansfield, January 11, 1823, the son of William and Mary (Harris) Pool.
William Pool came from New Jersey to Washington county, Penn., when quite young, and there married Mary Harris, of the same county. They lived on a farm in Pennsylvania until about 1809. when they moved to Knox county. Ohio, and was there about two years, then moving to Richland county, Ohio. They were among the first settlers of that county, and at the time they settled there were but two log cabins where the city of Mansfield now stands. Mr. and Mrs. Pool fixated about five miles southwest of Mansfield. He took a claim of one hundred and sixty acres of land from the government, put up a log cabin and cleared a part of the land. In 1846 while Mr. Pend was conducting a barrel of cider down a cellar, the barrel fell upon him. which accident resulted in his death November 30. 1846. His wife died in Mansfield June 16, 1863. In politics he was first a Whig and later a Republican. He was a member of the Presbvterian church, in which denomination
- he was an elder for many years and a very active worker.
The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Pool resulted in the birth of nine children: Mary, deceased; Rhoda, deceased; Anna, living in Delaware, Ohio; Elma, deceased; John, deceased; James Madison, subject of this biographical review; William H., deceased; Ira, deceased; and Elizabeth, also deceased.
James M. Pool, the subject, spent his boyhood days upon his father's estate and during his early life while there, at intervals received the rudimental education common with many of the farmer lads of those days, attending school in a pioneer log school house and walking two miles through a forest. From his tireless energy and his limited advantages he can be readily classed as a self-educated man. At the age of sixteen he went to Mansfield, Ohio, where he learned the carpenter's trade. He followed this trade for five years, and at his father’s death he returned to his old home in Richland county. In 1847 Hr. Pool was married to Mary E. Hartupee, of Richland county, Ohio, and to this union were born ten children. The eldest son, William F., now deceased, was a popular attorney of Upper Sandusky, and married Miss Anna Eaton; Verdie, wife of Marion Welty, residing in Eden township; Wilber, who is an editor and resides at Luther, Mich.; Albert, deceased; Ora, the second daughter, is at home and keeps house for her father; Elmer is a successful gardener and lives in Mansfield, Ohio; Curtis is in the hardware and undertaking business. and lives in Eveleth, Minn.; Frank is married to Mary Hilderbrand and is living on the old homestead; Avery is a machinist and resides at Lima. Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. Pool lived on his father's old place, in Richland county, Ohio, until 1850 when they moved to Wyandot county, Ohio, and purchased an eighty-acre farm in Crane township, and later bought an additional eighty, making a farm of one hundred and sixty acres. This is one of the oldest farms in that part of the county and is admirably adapted for general farming and 1 stock raising. In politics Mr. Pool is a decided Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Pool were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, to the support of which they freely contribute. He is a liberal supporter of all movements designed for the good of the public. In the spring of 1891 Mr. Pool retired from agricultural pursuits, going to Upper Sandusky, where the death of his beloved wife; occurred March n, 1896. Mr. Pool is one of the best-known and highly esteemed citizens of Wyandot county.
As printed in Biographical memoirs of Wyandot County, Ohio : to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography ... embellished with portraits of many national characters and well known residents (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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