James H. Pool and Ellen Rainer

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Husband James H. Pool ^{1 2}

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           Born: 26 Nov 1854 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Samuel Pool (1811-1890) 3
         Mother: Sophia Fredericka Bierer (      -1887) 3

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       Marriage: 24 Sep 1885 4

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Wife Ellen Rainer ^{4 5}

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         Father: A. L. Rainer (      -      ) 5
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Children

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1 F Edna B. Pool ^{4 5}

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2 F Gertrude R. Pool ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - James H. Pool

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He was reared on his father’s farm, and his boyhood was spent in attending school in the winter and assisting with the varied duties of the farm during the remainder of the year. When seventeen years of age he left his home and went to Greensburg in order to learn the trade of carpenter, and for five years thereafter worked at the same, having located at Manor station some eight miles from the county seat. In the fall of 1879 he took up his residence in Scottdale and formed a partnership with Samuel J. Zearley, the firm name being Zearley & Pool. They engaged in the planing mill business, and in their extensive mill and factory, which were brick buildings, equipped with the finest and most improved modern machinery, and operated by a large force of skilled mechanics, they manufactured doors, sash, blinds, frames, floors, siding, etc. In 1894 Mr. Pool purchased the interest of his partner and operated the plant alone for two years, at the expiration of which time he disposed of the business to Corral Brothers. In 1897 he accepted the office of general manager of the Broadway Planing Mill Company. He was a member and trustee of the Presbyterian church of Scottdale, and held membership in the Royal Arcanum and the Protected Home Circle.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 265.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 172.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 32.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 173.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 266.