Submitter: Sheila Pool     
 

Husband: James Nelson Pool, II 
Born: Mar 7, 1852            
Location: Cleveland Co, NC 
Married: Mar 3, 1885        
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Died: Jan 4, 1941           
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Cemetery: Enon Cemetery     
Location: Upshur Co., Tx
Father: James Nelson Pool, I
Mother: Mary Roxana Huffstetler
Other Spouses: 

Wife: Margaret Sidney Johnston Ross
Born: Oct 11, 1865           
Location: Ky
Died: Dec 23, 1952           
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Cemetery: Enon Cemetery      
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Father: Hugh "Huey" Menenol Ross, Jr
Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy/Bits" Grider
Other Spouses: 

Children

Name: Otis Valentine Pool
Born: Feb 23, 1885           
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Died: June 13, 1954          
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Cemetery: Enon Cemetery      
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Spouse 1: Ruby Ann Davis
Married: Sep 16, 1906       
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Spouse 2: 
Married:                    
Location: 

Name: Robert Benjamin Pool
Born: Mar 2, 1887            
Location: Rosewood, Upshur Co, Tx
Died: Feb 2, 1938            
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Cemetery: Rosewood Cemetery  
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Spouse 1: Julia Mae Ramsey
Married: Jun 18, 1910        
Location: 
Spouse 2: 
Married:                     
Location: 

Name: Mary Roxana Pool
Born: Dec 22, 1889           
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Died: Sep 25, 1950           
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Cemetery: Enon Cemetery     
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Spouse 1: Stillar Williams
Married: 1904                
Location: 
Spouse 2: 
Married:                     
Location: 

Name: George Clifton Pool 
Born: Mar 14, 1891           
Location: Rosewood, Upshur Co, Tx 
Died: Nov 30, 1968           
Location: Shreveport, La 
Cemetery: Enon Cemetery     
Location:Upshur Co, Tx 
Spouse 1: Cecilia "Cicely" Beatrice Bivins 
Married: Nov 10, 1926        
Location: Mt Gilead Community, Upshur Co, Tx
Spouse 2: 
Married:                    
Location:

Name: Minnie Pool 
Born: Jan 4, 1894            
Location: Rosewood, Upshur Co, Tx 
Died: Jan 4, 1978            
Location: Gilmer, Upshur Co, Tx 
Cemetery: City Cemetery      
Location: Gilmer, Upshur Co, Tx 
Spouse 1: George Lester Poole 
Married: Jul 27, 1912        
Location: Alexis, NC 
Spouse 2: 
Married:                     
Location:

Name: Eula Pool
Born: Ap 17, 1896            
Location: 
Died: Mar 3, 1898           
Location: Upshur Co., Texas
Cemetery:                   
Location: 
Spouse 1: 
Married:                     
Location: 
Spouse 2: 
Married:                    
Location: 

Name: James Alex Pool 
Born: Jan 24, 1899           
Location: Upshur Co, Tx 
Died: Sep 24, 1988           
Location: Gilmer, Upshur Co, Tx 
Cemetery:                    
Location: 
Spouse 1: Bessie Lavada Carroll 
Married: Apr 6, 1919         
Location: Rosewood Community, Upshur Co, Tx 
Spouse 2: 
Married:                     
Location:

Name: Roger Allen "Dock" Pool 
Born: Nov 7, 1901          
Location: Rosewood, Upshur Co, Tx 
Died: Aug 17,1997            
Location: Spring Hill, La 
Cemetery:                   
Location: 
Spouse 1: Nannie "Dink" Ruby Ails/Aills 
Married: Sep 9, 1922        
Location: Upshur Co, Tx 
Spouse 2: 
Married:                    
Location:

Name: Willie "Bill" Nelson Pool
Born: Mar 8, 1905            
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Died: Jul 15, 1964           
Location: 
Cemetery:                    
Location: 
Spouse 1: Golda Gipson
Married: Nov 24, 1928       
Location: 
Spouse 2: Virginia Eva Dee Palmer
Married: Jun 5, 1937        
Location: 

Name: Exie Pool
Born: Mar 11, 1907           
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Died: Jan 13, 1979          
Location: Upshur Co., Tx
Cemetery: Sunset Memorial Park  
Location: Gilmer, Upshur Co, Tx
Spouse 1: Ernest "Pete" Charles Steelman
Married: Aug 23, 1924        
Location: Upshur Co, Tx
Spouse 2: 
Married:                     
Location: 

Name: Lester Pool 
Born: Nov 10, 1909          
Location: Rosewood, Upshur Co, Tx 
Died: Sep 4, 1983            
Location: Gilmer, Upshur Co, Tx 
Cemetery: Rosewood Cemetery  
Location: Upshur Co., Texas 
Spouse 1: Cliffie Roberts
Married: Jul 25, 1931        
Location: 
Spouse 2: Irene Curtis "Jimmie" Davis
Married: Apr 1, 1939         
Location:

Comments: James and Margaret likely met and courted after James came to Texas in 1883, as they married in 1885 and all of their children were born in Texas. The old Pool homeplace is about 1-1/2 to 2 miles North of
the Rosewood Community and remains in the Pool family in 2002. Margaret's middle names are correct.  Prior to her birth, her father was serving in the Confederacy under the leadership of General Albert Sidney Johnston.  Hugh Ross told the General that he was going to name his unborn child for the General....and, even though it was a girl, she was still given Sidney Johnston as her middle names.

Sources: Direct from Pool descendants (being married to one of those descendants); family Bibles; birth, death and marriage certificates; cemetery records.
 

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