The following biography is from Bettie F. Pool's book "Literature in the Albemarle" (1915) available now online in its entirety at:
http://www.lib.ecu.edu/ncc/historyfiction/document/pol/entire.html#108
"Charles Carroll Pool, eldest son of George D. and Elizabeth (Fletcher) Pool, was born at the old Pool homestead in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, March 30, 1840. He showed marked ability at a very early age. At sixteen he entered the State University, and four years later, in 1860, he was graduated with highest honors from that institution. His younger brother, George D. Pool, Jr., left college in 1861, before graduating, to join the Confederate army under Col. Shaw at Roanoke Island.
Immediately after his graduation, Charles C. Pool took up the study of law under his uncle, the Hon. John Pool. He soon distinguished himself in his profession, and in 1867 was appointed Register of Bankruptcy by Chief Justice Chase. In 1868 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention which met at Raleigh in January of that year. The following August he was elected Judge of the First Judicial District of North Carolina. Judge Pool, after serving two terms, resigned his judgeship, and entered the field of politics. Colonel R. B. Creecy says of him: “From earliest manhood Judge Pool has been a conspicuous citizen of this community. He had just stepped upon the threshold of manhood when he was appointed to the Circuit Superior Court of this District, and is believed to have been the youngest man who ever wore the judicial robes of its higher courts in North Carolina. Young as he was, he administered justice with an impartial hand, and won the commendation of the bar and of the people.”
Judge Pool was married in 1869 to Elizabeth Constance Green, a very intellectual and cultured woman. Of this marriage there were two children, Charles Woodbury and Carroll Green Pool.
Judge Pool was for many years one of the leaders of the Republican party in North Carolina. He was nominated for Congress in 1883 to fill the unexpired term of his brother, Walter F. Pool, but was defeated by Hon. T. G. Skinner. He was later sent to South America with Col. Oliver H. Dockery as assistant United States Consul to Brazil. His health beginning to fail, he resigned his position and returned home. He died in August, 1897, and was buried in the Pool cemetery near the old homestead where he was born.
Says Dr. P. John: “Judge Pool was the soul of honor, and in disposition one of the most genial of men. Bright and clear in intellect, cool and calm in judgment, possessing a legal mind of a high order, and always posted in the trend of public affairs, in which he took a deep interest, he was a safe adviser and wise counsellor. His opinions were often sought, and they rarely proved at fault. Though a Republican, prominent in the State, and one of the leaders of the party in his District, the Democratic press pays high tribute to his ability, his personal worth and his character. His last public position was that of Mayor of Elizabeth City, which office he filled until his death with entire satisfaction to all. He was still quick and clear in apprehension, even and cool in temper, impartial and merciful in judgment. He was in his office, patient, considerate and thoughtful of others, when Death was at his side, deriding his efforts. He died in harness, in the discharge of acceptable public duty.”
Unlike his brother, Walter F. Pool, Judge Pool was not an orator in the popular sense, nor did he possess the extemporaneous power, the personal magnetism or the fine physique of his gifted brother. His supremacy was purely intellectual. He was a fluent, eloquent and impressive speaker, and never addressed the public without having his subject well in hand and thoroughly mastered. He was a great student and a profound thinker, with an intensely logical mind. He was brilliant, keen and well balanced, and possessed great acumen and diplomatic ability. He had a great deal of dry humor, and was noted for his caustic, pithy and witty sayings.
His unfailing courtesy, quiet dignity and gentle manners, his helpful, unselfish, kind and affectionate disposition, made him universally popular."
Bettie F. Pool says he was buried in this cemetery, but there appears to be no marker stone for him. If there is one, it may have fallen over and now may be hidden by underbrush, a fallen tree, etc., or, there was no marker for him to begin with.
For more info. on the Pool family of Pasquotank Co., NC, see Mark D. Pool's web page at:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/o/o/Mark-D-Pool/
http://www.lib.ecu.edu/ncc/historyfiction/document/pol/entire.html#108
"Charles Carroll Pool, eldest son of George D. and Elizabeth (Fletcher) Pool, was born at the old Pool homestead in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, March 30, 1840. He showed marked ability at a very early age. At sixteen he entered the State University, and four years later, in 1860, he was graduated with highest honors from that institution. His younger brother, George D. Pool, Jr., left college in 1861, before graduating, to join the Confederate army under Col. Shaw at Roanoke Island.
Immediately after his graduation, Charles C. Pool took up the study of law under his uncle, the Hon. John Pool. He soon distinguished himself in his profession, and in 1867 was appointed Register of Bankruptcy by Chief Justice Chase. In 1868 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention which met at Raleigh in January of that year. The following August he was elected Judge of the First Judicial District of North Carolina. Judge Pool, after serving two terms, resigned his judgeship, and entered the field of politics. Colonel R. B. Creecy says of him: “From earliest manhood Judge Pool has been a conspicuous citizen of this community. He had just stepped upon the threshold of manhood when he was appointed to the Circuit Superior Court of this District, and is believed to have been the youngest man who ever wore the judicial robes of its higher courts in North Carolina. Young as he was, he administered justice with an impartial hand, and won the commendation of the bar and of the people.”
Judge Pool was married in 1869 to Elizabeth Constance Green, a very intellectual and cultured woman. Of this marriage there were two children, Charles Woodbury and Carroll Green Pool.
Judge Pool was for many years one of the leaders of the Republican party in North Carolina. He was nominated for Congress in 1883 to fill the unexpired term of his brother, Walter F. Pool, but was defeated by Hon. T. G. Skinner. He was later sent to South America with Col. Oliver H. Dockery as assistant United States Consul to Brazil. His health beginning to fail, he resigned his position and returned home. He died in August, 1897, and was buried in the Pool cemetery near the old homestead where he was born.
Says Dr. P. John: “Judge Pool was the soul of honor, and in disposition one of the most genial of men. Bright and clear in intellect, cool and calm in judgment, possessing a legal mind of a high order, and always posted in the trend of public affairs, in which he took a deep interest, he was a safe adviser and wise counsellor. His opinions were often sought, and they rarely proved at fault. Though a Republican, prominent in the State, and one of the leaders of the party in his District, the Democratic press pays high tribute to his ability, his personal worth and his character. His last public position was that of Mayor of Elizabeth City, which office he filled until his death with entire satisfaction to all. He was still quick and clear in apprehension, even and cool in temper, impartial and merciful in judgment. He was in his office, patient, considerate and thoughtful of others, when Death was at his side, deriding his efforts. He died in harness, in the discharge of acceptable public duty.”
Unlike his brother, Walter F. Pool, Judge Pool was not an orator in the popular sense, nor did he possess the extemporaneous power, the personal magnetism or the fine physique of his gifted brother. His supremacy was purely intellectual. He was a fluent, eloquent and impressive speaker, and never addressed the public without having his subject well in hand and thoroughly mastered. He was a great student and a profound thinker, with an intensely logical mind. He was brilliant, keen and well balanced, and possessed great acumen and diplomatic ability. He had a great deal of dry humor, and was noted for his caustic, pithy and witty sayings.
His unfailing courtesy, quiet dignity and gentle manners, his helpful, unselfish, kind and affectionate disposition, made him universally popular."
Bettie F. Pool says he was buried in this cemetery, but there appears to be no marker stone for him. If there is one, it may have fallen over and now may be hidden by underbrush, a fallen tree, etc., or, there was no marker for him to begin with.
For more info. on the Pool family of Pasquotank Co., NC, see Mark D. Pool's web page at:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/o/o/Mark-D-Pool/
The following biography is from Bettie F. Pool's book "Literature in the Albemarle" (1915) available now online in its entirety at:
http://www.lib.ecu.edu/ncc/historyfiction/document/pol/entire.html#108
"Charles Carroll Pool, eldest son of George D. and Elizabeth (Fletcher) Pool, was born at the old Pool homestead in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, March 30, 1840. He showed marked ability at a very early age. At sixteen he entered the State University, and four years later, in 1860, he was graduated with highest honors from that institution. His younger brother, George D. Pool, Jr., left college in 1861, before graduating, to join the Confederate army under Col. Shaw at Roanoke Island.
Immediately after his graduation, Charles C. Pool took up the study of law under his uncle, the Hon. John Pool. He soon distinguished himself in his profession, and in 1867 was appointed Register of Bankruptcy by Chief Justice Chase. In 1868 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention which met at Raleigh in January of that year. The following August he was elected Judge of the First Judicial District of North Carolina. Judge Pool, after serving two terms, resigned his judgeship, and entered the field of politics. Colonel R. B. Creecy says of him: “From earliest manhood Judge Pool has been a conspicuous citizen of this community. He had just stepped upon the threshold of manhood when he was appointed to the Circuit Superior Court of this District, and is believed to have been the youngest man who ever wore the judicial robes of its higher courts in North Carolina. Young as he was, he administered justice with an impartial hand, and won the commendation of the bar and of the people.”
Judge Pool was married in 1869 to Elizabeth Constance Green, a very intellectual and cultured woman. Of this marriage there were two children, Charles Woodbury and Carroll Green Pool.
Judge Pool was for many years one of the leaders of the Republican party in North Carolina. He was nominated for Congress in 1883 to fill the unexpired term of his brother, Walter F. Pool, but was defeated by Hon. T. G. Skinner. He was later sent to South America with Col. Oliver H. Dockery as assistant United States Consul to Brazil. His health beginning to fail, he resigned his position and returned home. He died in August, 1897, and was buried in the Pool cemetery near the old homestead where he was born.
Says Dr. P. John: “Judge Pool was the soul of honor, and in disposition one of the most genial of men. Bright and clear in intellect, cool and calm in judgment, possessing a legal mind of a high order, and always posted in the trend of public affairs, in which he took a deep interest, he was a safe adviser and wise counsellor. His opinions were often sought, and they rarely proved at fault. Though a Republican, prominent in the State, and one of the leaders of the party in his District, the Democratic press pays high tribute to his ability, his personal worth and his character. His last public position was that of Mayor of Elizabeth City, which office he filled until his death with entire satisfaction to all. He was still quick and clear in apprehension, even and cool in temper, impartial and merciful in judgment. He was in his office, patient, considerate and thoughtful of others, when Death was at his side, deriding his efforts. He died in harness, in the discharge of acceptable public duty.”
Unlike his brother, Walter F. Pool, Judge Pool was not an orator in the popular sense, nor did he possess the extemporaneous power, the personal magnetism or the fine physique of his gifted brother. His supremacy was purely intellectual. He was a fluent, eloquent and impressive speaker, and never addressed the public without having his subject well in hand and thoroughly mastered. He was a great student and a profound thinker, with an intensely logical mind. He was brilliant, keen and well balanced, and possessed great acumen and diplomatic ability. He had a great deal of dry humor, and was noted for his caustic, pithy and witty sayings.
His unfailing courtesy, quiet dignity and gentle manners, his helpful, unselfish, kind and affectionate disposition, made him universally popular."
Bettie F. Pool says he was buried in this cemetery, but there appears to be no marker stone for him. If there is one, it may have fallen over and now may be hidden by underbrush, a fallen tree, etc., or, there was no marker for him to begin with.
For more info. on the Pool family of Pasquotank Co., NC, see Mark D. Pool's web page at:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/o/o/Mark-D-Pool/
http://www.lib.ecu.edu/ncc/historyfiction/document/pol/entire.html#108
"Charles Carroll Pool, eldest son of George D. and Elizabeth (Fletcher) Pool, was born at the old Pool homestead in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, March 30, 1840. He showed marked ability at a very early age. At sixteen he entered the State University, and four years later, in 1860, he was graduated with highest honors from that institution. His younger brother, George D. Pool, Jr., left college in 1861, before graduating, to join the Confederate army under Col. Shaw at Roanoke Island.
Immediately after his graduation, Charles C. Pool took up the study of law under his uncle, the Hon. John Pool. He soon distinguished himself in his profession, and in 1867 was appointed Register of Bankruptcy by Chief Justice Chase. In 1868 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention which met at Raleigh in January of that year. The following August he was elected Judge of the First Judicial District of North Carolina. Judge Pool, after serving two terms, resigned his judgeship, and entered the field of politics. Colonel R. B. Creecy says of him: “From earliest manhood Judge Pool has been a conspicuous citizen of this community. He had just stepped upon the threshold of manhood when he was appointed to the Circuit Superior Court of this District, and is believed to have been the youngest man who ever wore the judicial robes of its higher courts in North Carolina. Young as he was, he administered justice with an impartial hand, and won the commendation of the bar and of the people.”
Judge Pool was married in 1869 to Elizabeth Constance Green, a very intellectual and cultured woman. Of this marriage there were two children, Charles Woodbury and Carroll Green Pool.
Judge Pool was for many years one of the leaders of the Republican party in North Carolina. He was nominated for Congress in 1883 to fill the unexpired term of his brother, Walter F. Pool, but was defeated by Hon. T. G. Skinner. He was later sent to South America with Col. Oliver H. Dockery as assistant United States Consul to Brazil. His health beginning to fail, he resigned his position and returned home. He died in August, 1897, and was buried in the Pool cemetery near the old homestead where he was born.
Says Dr. P. John: “Judge Pool was the soul of honor, and in disposition one of the most genial of men. Bright and clear in intellect, cool and calm in judgment, possessing a legal mind of a high order, and always posted in the trend of public affairs, in which he took a deep interest, he was a safe adviser and wise counsellor. His opinions were often sought, and they rarely proved at fault. Though a Republican, prominent in the State, and one of the leaders of the party in his District, the Democratic press pays high tribute to his ability, his personal worth and his character. His last public position was that of Mayor of Elizabeth City, which office he filled until his death with entire satisfaction to all. He was still quick and clear in apprehension, even and cool in temper, impartial and merciful in judgment. He was in his office, patient, considerate and thoughtful of others, when Death was at his side, deriding his efforts. He died in harness, in the discharge of acceptable public duty.”
Unlike his brother, Walter F. Pool, Judge Pool was not an orator in the popular sense, nor did he possess the extemporaneous power, the personal magnetism or the fine physique of his gifted brother. His supremacy was purely intellectual. He was a fluent, eloquent and impressive speaker, and never addressed the public without having his subject well in hand and thoroughly mastered. He was a great student and a profound thinker, with an intensely logical mind. He was brilliant, keen and well balanced, and possessed great acumen and diplomatic ability. He had a great deal of dry humor, and was noted for his caustic, pithy and witty sayings.
His unfailing courtesy, quiet dignity and gentle manners, his helpful, unselfish, kind and affectionate disposition, made him universally popular."
Bettie F. Pool says he was buried in this cemetery, but there appears to be no marker stone for him. If there is one, it may have fallen over and now may be hidden by underbrush, a fallen tree, etc., or, there was no marker for him to begin with.
For more info. on the Pool family of Pasquotank Co., NC, see Mark D. Pool's web page at:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/o/o/Mark-D-Pool/
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