Daniel Pool (1811 - 1881)

Born Apr 1811 in Montgomery, Orange County, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Brewer) Pool — married about 1832 (to 1843) in New York State

Husband of Marinda (Manning) Pool — married about 1843 (to 1870) in New York State

Husband of Fanny M. (Galpin) Griffin — married after Jul 1870 (to 1881) in Tioga County, New York

Descendants

Died 21 May 1881 at age 70 in Halsey Valley, Town of Barton, Tioga County, New York

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Biography

Daniel Pool was born in April 1811 in Montgomery, Orange County, New York. He was the son of Daniel and Hannah (Hatheway) Pool. About 1821, his father relocated the family to Tompkins County, New York. ^[1]

Daniel became a blacksmith and farmer. He was at Mottville (now Caroline) for 4 or 5 years, was in Factoryville (now Waverly), and then settled in Halsey Valley in Tioga County where he appeared on tax assessment rolls in 1849. ^[2]

He first married Mary Brewer of Owego, whose linage is unknown. Family sources say they had three children: Edward, Frank, and Jane. However, another family record indicated they had two more children: Laura and an unnamed son who went west, The son has since been positively identified as William Henry Pool Johnson (1836-1902). ^{[3] [4]}

Mary died sometime before 1843. Daniel married Marinda Manning of Danby, New York, and they had three children: Mary, George and Laura. ^[5] By 1850, they were in the Town of Barton in Tioga County, New York, where they were living in a log home. ^{[6] [7]}

By 1860, the family was in Caroline Center, in Tompkins County, where Daniel continued the blacksmith trade for many years. ^{[8] [9]}

In July 1870, Daniel was farming with his son George in Halsey Valley (Town of Barton). Marinda had died in March of consumption [tuberculosis] and, in April, Daniel had sold his 25 acres of land on lot 22 in Caroline to John K. Miller for $1600. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

On their farm in Barton, the Pool family had 2 horses, 3 milk cows, 5 sheep and 2 swine. They produced 200 bushel of Indian corn, 100 bushel of oats, 50 bushels of buckwheat, 10 bushels of potatoes, 100 pounds butter, and 4 tons of hay. ^[13]

Sometime after 1870, Daniel married a much younger woman, Fanny M. (Galpin) Stevens. She was the widow of Amos Stevens, a Blacksmith in Candor NY. She ended up in Halsey Valley working as a servant in a home near the Pool family. ^{[14] [15]}

Daniel died in Halsey Valley on May 21, 1881. His burial location is unknown. ^[16]

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Sources

1. ↑ Family history files of Dee Poole; citing: POOLE file at DeWitt Historical Society of Ithaca, New York (now the History Center); 1880 interview with Poole family, Halsey Valley, New York; interview with Arthur Poole, Brooktondale, New York, September 1, 1922.
2. ↑ The History of Waverly, New York, Chapter XXXIV, An Early Assessment Roll, Town of Barton, Tioga County, NY, page 156.
3. ↑ From family history files, referenced above.
4. ↑ The connection to William came from researcher Deborah L. Barrett, a descendant through William’s son Franklin.
5. ↑ Marinda reported she was the parent of four children on the 1865 Census, referenced below, but she may have included Jane, who she raised.
6. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1850, Barton, Tioga County, New York.
7. ↑ New York State Census: 1855, E. D. 2-3, Barton, Tioga County, New York.
8. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1860, (Aug 30, 1860) Caroline Center, Tompkins County, New York.
9. ↑ New York State Census: 1865, Caroline, Tompkins County, New York.
10. ↑ U. S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885; March 1870, Marinda Poole, Tioga County, New York.
11. ↑ Land Transfer: The Ithaca Journal, April 12, 1870, Page 1.
12. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1870 (July 8, 1870, P. O. Waverly, NY), District 3, Barton, Tioga County, New York; “Daniel Poole”.
13. ↑ U. S. Census Non-Population Schedule, 1850-1880; 1870 Agriculture; Barton (P.O. Waverly), Tioga County, New York.
14. ↑ New York State Census: 1875, E. D. 03, Barton, Tioga County, New York.
15. ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1880, 203, Barton, Tioga County, New York; Daniel, Fanny (48) and Wilbur Stevens (22).
16. ↑ New York Probate Records, 1629-1971; images, FamilySearch (28 May 2014), Tioga > Wills 1880-1904 vol J3, 17-18 > image 131 of 612; county courthouses, New York.