Nathaniel Lewis

Nathaniel married Mary Ann Cadman in 1673 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of William Cadman and Elizabeth Cornell) was born in 1658 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island; died on 5 Mar 1681 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Cole, Jr.. John (son of John Cole and Elizabeth Rider) was born on 21 Nov 1672 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Feb 1740 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts; was buried in Kickemuit Cemetery, Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mercy Perry on 25 Oct 1722 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Mercy (daughter of Thomas Perry and Ruth Ripley) was born on 3 Dec 1701 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 29 Sep 1745 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Brown on 22 Feb 1746 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born in 1716; died in 1794. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Timothy married Hannah Finch on 16 Dec 1742 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Hannah was born on 16 Jun 1725 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Nov 1807 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Patience married Jonathan Wheeler on 8 Jan 1753 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Jonathan (son of Colonel Philip Wheeler and Martha Salisbury) was born on 8 Aug 1735 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Jul 1815 in Lanesbourgh, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Patience married Sylvester Pierce on 20 Sep 1770 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Sylvester was born in 1749 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Nov 1829 in Durham, Greene County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Molly married Isaac Burr on 1 Feb 1776 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Isaac was born on 21 Apr 1756 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 30 Jul 1827 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; was buried in Village Cemetery, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Caleb Pierce. Caleb was born on 6 Jan 1758 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died in 1836 in Hamburg, Erie County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50877925/hannah-reed

Hannah married Simeon Reed, Jr. on 01 Nov 1783 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Simeon (son of Deacon Simeon Reed and Deborah Codding) was born on 28 Jul 1763 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Jun 1827 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Codding Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married Nathaniel Bunn on 2 Jan 1785 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel was born on 8 Oct 1765 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died in Sep 1802. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Made an affidavit for her step mother regarding her father service in the Revolutionary War. Names step mother Elizabeth Piatt. Hannah Jameson, of Gates, Monroe Co.,NY 1855. 1850 census living with the Bushnell family, also daughter Almeda(b.1817), in Gates,NY.

Family/Spouse: William Jameson. William was born on 15 Mar 1781; died on 16 Jan 1836 in Gates, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Gates Presbyterian Cemetery, Gates, Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59945158/deborah-pool

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53657344/deborah-pool

Deborah married Benjamin Daggett Wheeler about 1808 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Benjamin (son of Sergeant Benjamin Wheeler and Celia Buffington) was born on 10 Apr 1789 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 30 Sep 1818 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah married John Pool on 15 Mar 1819 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. John (son of Isaac Pool, Jr. and Amea Shaw) was born on 2 Aug 1790 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Apr 1878 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rufus J. Bushnell. Rufus was born in ca 1807 in Vermont; died in 1895; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Consider Warner. Consider was born on 14 Feb 1791 in Massachusetts; died on 18 Dec 1870 in LeRoy, Genesee County, New York; was buried in Machpelah Cemetery, LeRoy, Genesee County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ira Buzell. Ira was born on 9 Jun 1820 in Genesee County, New York; died on 17 Oct 1862 in LeRoy, Genesee County, New York; was buried in Machpelah Cemetery, LeRoy, Genesee County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Richmond Simmons, Jr. in 1828. Richmond (son of Richmond Simmons and Eleanor Sears) was born on 11 Jun 1806 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 11 Feb 1862 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Calvin Wheeler on 10 Oct 1877 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Calvin was born in 1806 in New York; died on 23 Mar 1882 in Michigan; was buried in Salem-Walker Cemetery, Salem Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah married Frederick L. Converse about 1832. Frederick was born on 17 Jun 1806 in Connecticut; died on 25 Oct 1889 in Massachusetts; was buried in West Stockbridge Cemetery, West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Celia married Benjamin Simmons about 1835. Benjamin died on 18 Mar 1868 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45333594/benjamin_t-wheeler

Benjamin married Miranda Ham about 1835. Miranda (daughter of Robert Hamm and Eunice Gyle) was born in ca 1818 in Ontario County, New York; died after 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Reared by his uncle Major Seth Lee. Simeon held many offices in the county and town. He was a Republican in politics and Protestant in religious faith, with liberal and enlarged views. "A true representative of an American gentleman." He lived on the old homestead until his death in 1898.

Simeon R., son of Benjamin D. and Deborah (Reed) Wheeler, was born in East Bloomfield, Ontario county, New York, December 28, 1817, he died in April, 1898. He acquired his education in the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, and has always been one of the leading agriculturists of the town, being the possessor of two hundred and fifty-three acres of land, which is under a high state of cultivation, yielding good returns for labor expended. He was a Whig in politics until the formation of the Republican party, when he transferred his allegiance to that organization, with which he has since been connected. He served as commissioner of highways for six years, assessor seventeen years, justice of the peace three years, superintendent of county poor twenty-one years, and in 1882, when the office of postmaster at South Bloomfield, was organized, was appointed thereto and has since retained the same, his service being noted for efficiency and prompt attention to all details. He has been for sixty years an active worker in the Universalist church of Baptist Hill, and for many years served in the capacity of trustee. He is a member of the Monumental Lodge, Good Templars, of Bristol. The Simeon R. Wheeler farm is now (1910) (1911) owned by Thomas Welch, of East Bloomfield. Mr. Wheeler married (first) April 2, 1839, Betsey Bently, born in Richmond, 1819, daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Dubois) Bently, of Saratoga county, New York, the former of whom died January 10, 1863, and his wife, April 12, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler had one daughter, Gertrude, who married in 1858, Theron P. Buell, born August 10, 1834, died May 28, 1889; Mrs. Buell died May 30, 1859. Mrs. Betsey (Bently) Wheeler died May 9, 1878. Mr. Wheeler married (second) November 5, 1879. Clara (Daily) Hinman.
(Ontario County History)

Simeon married Betsey Bentley about 1840. Betsey was born in 1819; died on 8 May 1878 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in East Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John Edwin Phillips on 06 Oct 1845 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. John (son of Joshua Phillips and Olive Paull) was born on 10 May 1819; died on 24 Jun 1869 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Ontario County Journal 28 April 1893
Cheshire, N. Y. - Mrs. Stephen C. Hicks, who has been sick for several months, died in this village April 24. Mrs. Hicks was universally respected and her death, though not unexpected, has cast a gloom over the neighborhood. Her husband, who is in very poor health, and one son are left to mourn her loss and they have the sympathy of all in their bereavement. Her remains will be laid to rest in the cemetery at Baptist Hill.

Pheobe married Stephen Cornell Hicks on 1 Jan 1839 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Stephen (son of Aaron Hicks and Hannah Cornell) was born in 1815 in Ontario County, New York; died on 20 Dec 1895 in Willard, Seneca County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Honeoye, N. Y. - On Wednesday, March 17, at the home of her son, John Sleight, occurred the death of Mrs. Julia Ann Sleight, following a stroke of paralysis, preceded by an attack of pis. Julia Ann Pool was born in the town of South Bristol 85 years ago, and with the exception of eight years residence in Michigan, her life had been spent in the town in which she was born and the adjoining towns of Bristol and Richmond. She was one of a family of nine children, only one of whom survives. Sixty years ago she was married to Theodore Sleight and six children came of this union. the family circle remained unbroken until 14 years ago, when Theodore, the youngest son, died, and a year later the husband and father also died. Mrs. Sleight was a woman of strong, Christian character, for many years a member of the Universalist church at Baptist Hill, a devoted wife and mother, a staunch, kind friend and neighbor, ever ready with a kindly word or noble act, and despite her great age retained her faculties and youthful appearance to a marked degree. She is survived by an aged sister, Mrs. Eliza Phillips; two daughters, Mrs. Boylan of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Z. J. Briggs, of this village; three sons, Henry Sleight of Ann Arbor, Mich.; John of Richmond Mills, and Frank of Honeoye Falls; ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The funeral was held on Friday afternoon from the home of her son at Richmond Mills, Rev. G. C. Babbitt of the Universalist church of Bristol, officiating, with interment at Lakeview cemetery in Honeoye. The floral offerings were many and beautiful.
(Ontario County Journal, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, Friday, March 26, 1909)


Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53657038/julia_ann-sleight

Julia married Theodore Martin Sleight about 1849. Theodore (son of Andrew Hoag Sleight and Fanny Jarvis Wheeler) was born on 2 Nov 1825 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was christened on 1 Jun 1826 in St. John's Church, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; died on 1 Oct 1895 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Emily A. about 1855. Emily was born on 4 Jun 1835 in New York; died on 26 Jan 1860 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Martin about 1865. Elizabeth (daughter of Admiral Nelson Martin and Catherine Kilmer) was born on 3 Oct 1843 in Ontario County, New York; died on 7 Nov 1919 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frances married John Danes Boylan in 1869. John was born on 19 Jun 1837 in Washtenaw County, Michigan; died on 25 Apr 1917 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: James B. Bushman. James was born in 1837 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: David Freeman Crandal. David was born in 1827 in Ontario County, New York; died on 20 Jun 1873 in Howell, Livingston County, Michigan; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Howell, Livingston County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 19 Sep 1863, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; American Civil War (North) 146th NY Infantry, Co. C Gunshot wound of Left arm just above the wrist joint fracturing both bones'On what occasion wounded 'Skirmish line W.R.R. [Weldon RR]' Date 'Sept 4th 1864' Nature of missile or weapon 'Minnie ball'

Benjamin married Abigail B. Stone about 1860. Abigail was born on 23 Jul 1831 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 11 Jul 1902 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Byron married Emma Alice Gooding in 1860. Emma (daughter of Seymour Hart Gooding and Emily Stillman Phillips) was born on 16 Feb 1843 in Benton, Yates County, New York; died on 17 Feb 1910 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sabra married Harrison Banks Marble about 1865. Harrison was born on 26 Mar 1840 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 15 Sep 1917 in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living with her grandmother, Deborah Pool, in 1850, East Bloomfield,NY.

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Living as a servant with her Aunt Mary Phillips, in Bristol,NY 1855.

Family/Spouse: Asa Levin Reed. Asa was born in ca 1833 in Ontario County, New York; died on 6 Nov 1902 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota; was buried in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Owens. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Juliette married George W. Tilton about 1860. George (son of Isaac Tilton and Caroline Mentor) was born in 1829; died on 7 May 1910 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 27 Aug 1862, Rochester, Monroe County, New York; American Civil War (North) 140th NY Infantry, Co. H Discharged June 3, 1865

Notes:

Benjamin Franklin Wheeler
Death of One of Ontario County's Best Known Residents
Canandaigua, Oct. 2 - Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, one of Ontario county's most widely known residents, died at his home on the west shore of Canandaigua Lake, about seven miles south of this village, early this morning. Mr. Wheeler was born in East Bloomfield December 20, 1835, and passed his whole lifetime in the township except the three years and a half he served int he Civil War, and the past seventeen years which he spent in this town. He married September 25, 1866, to Miss Loraine Blake, of East Bloomfield, who survives. He also leaves three children, Simeon R. Wheeler, Benjamin F. Wheeler, and Idelle Wheeler Hall, and four grandchildren. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the late residence with Rev. E.P. Wood. Universalist pastor at Victor, officiating. The interment will be made in the Pine Bank cemetery at Cheshire.
(Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York, Thursday, October 3, 1912, page 13)

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96959894/benjamin_franklin-wheeler

Benjamin married Loraine Blake on 25 Sep 1866 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Loraine was born in 1843; died in 1921; was buried in Pine Bank Cemetery, Cheshire, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gertrude married Theron P. Buell about 1858. Theron was born on 10 Aug 1834 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; died on 28 May 1889 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Jane E. Donielson on 15 Jan 1870 in York Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Jane (daughter of William G. Donielson and Margaret A. Bentley) was born in 1848 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 28 Mar 1937 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Albert Jewett Gilbert in 1868. Albert was born on 8 Oct 1847 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; died on 7 Nov 1925 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gertrude married Otto Augustus Davis on 9 Aug 1882 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. Otto was born on 14 Jul 1859 in South Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 28 Dec 1915 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julia married Thomas Charles Townsend in 1862. Thomas was born on 9 Sep 1840 in Pompton Lakes, Passaic County, New Jersey; died on 11 Mar 1923 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1910 living in Ann Arbor,Michigan as a Contruction contractor

1900 living at Union Grove,WI

Henry married Ella Kate Davenport on 6 Mar 1872 in Clinton, Lenawee County, Michigan. Ella was born in ca 1851 in Macon Twp, Lenawee County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Jennie C. Smith on 29 Dec 1881 in Union Grove, Racine County, Wisconsin. Jennie (daughter of William P. Smith and Jennette Anderson) was born on 21 Jun 1862 in Somers, Racine County, Wisconsin; died on 2 Jan 1942; was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In a newspaper article recognizing Ann Eliza's 87th birthday, the following is written; "In a century-old house overflowing with antique furniture brought from England in the Sloop Nancy, owned by a sea-going ancestor, Mrs. Ann Eliza Briggs of Honeoye yesterday observed her 87th birthday.....As one of the oldest living inhabitants of that region, this octogenarian can recall as a child the flurry of excitement in that locality during the abolition period. The line of underground stations for runaway slaves extended across that stretch(Honeoye) of the country(Honeoye) and cellars of neighbors became temporary hiding places for the fugitives. The village of Honeoye was a center of activity during the Civil War period and Mrs. Briggs remembers the large contingent of soldiers that marched away to war. Born in the vicinity of Canandaigua in 1851, she was educated at a select school conducted during that period in Honeoye."

Two years later her obituary read; "Ann Eliza Briggs, 89, died in the home of her son, Harry Briggs, in Honeoye, Wednesday, after a long illness, She was born in Canandaigua and spent most of her life in this vicinity. She was on of the oldest residents of this locality. She was active in te Honeoye Congregational Church, of which she was a member, and the Ladies Aid. She leaves two sons, Harry and Irving, the latter of Rush; a sister Althea Boylan of Seattle,Wash.; a brother John B. Sleight of the town of Richmond; two grandchildren; a great-grandchild, and several nieces and nephews, Funeral will be held in the home of Harry Briggs at 2pm Sunday, with burial in Lake View Cemetery, Honeoye."

Ann married Zachary Jedediah Briggs on 25 Oct 1871 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. Zachary (son of Cyrus Briggs and Emeline A. McMichael) was born on 13 Feb 1849 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; died on 19 Dec 1924 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harriet married Benjamin Franklin Boylan on 24 Dec 1874 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York. Benjamin (son of Moses M. Boylan and Rosannah McCollum) was born on 1 Apr 1848; died on 16 Apr 1911 in Seattle, King County, Washington; was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Harriet Green about 1887. Harriet (daughter of Marcus B. Green and Helen Garfield) was born in Sep 1869 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; died on 24 Jun 1948 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

in Lima,Ny 1931

John married Margaret A. Davison on 9 Nov 1885 in Ontario County, New York. Margaret (daughter of James Davison and Jane Robinson) was born on 2 Aug 1866 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; died on 25 Nov 1960 in Batavia, Genesee County, New York; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Geneseo, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Ontario Repository-Messenger, Thursday, October 11, 1894, page 8.
Bristol, Oct 9 - Last Wednesday people were shocked to hear of the sudden death of Thodie Sleight. He had been ill but a short time and at last reports was better, but he was taken suddenly worse. The nature of the disease made it necessary that internment should take place at once. He leaves a young wife and little child. The members of the Jerome family who have been ill with the same disease are reported to be better.

The Naples Record, Wednesday, October 10, 1894
Theodore Sleight, Jr., of Bristol, died of malignant diphtheria on Tuesday, Oct 2. It was thought best to hasten the burial, which took place in Lake View some time during the night.

Theodore married Harriet Haney about 1889. Harriet (daughter of George E. Haney and Emeline French) was born on 15 Apr 1872 in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; died on 2 Jul 1943 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lena married Benton D. Cartwright about 1892. Benton (son of Truman Cartwright and Almira Hurlburt) was born on 6 Dec 1868 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 8 Feb 1947 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
In Sep 1872, funeral of ___ POOLE [POOL], son of Frank Poole, Rev.Henry Jewell officiating. [Gravestone in Evergreen Cemetery for John N., son of J. F. and E. M. Pool, 13 Sep 1872, age 5m 18d]