Walter F. Pool

Walter Freshwater Pool (nephew of John Pool) was a United States Representative from North Carolina. Born at Elm Grove, near Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, N.C., October 10, 1850, he attended the public school conducted by his family and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1870 he moved with his parents to Elizabeth City, N.C. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Elizabeth City.

Pool was elected as a Republican to the 48th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1883, until his death on August 25, 1883, in Elizabeth City, before the assembling of Congress. He was interred in the Pool Cemetery, near Elizabeth City.

References

Biography from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

Walter F. Pool at Find a Grave

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Name	Pool, Walter F.
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Date of birth	1850
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Date of death	1883
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