Rockport July 5th 1871.
warm to day
From your aged grandfather (b. July 16. 1787) By the request of A.C. Pool who was with me yesterday, till 7 A.M. this morning; as he is concerned in the furniture busines in Boston No Fulton St. with mr Hill & son, and, is busy, so I write you. Alfred & wife & an adopted daut keep house in Chelsea..Jennie Pool is mr'd to Mr Minton & has gone to Louisville Kentucky, he is connected there with a Rail Road. Mrs. Florend. is living with her son Saml. in Dorchester, who has a wife & two children.
Eben Pool {her son} is in partnership with a young man in a retail grocery; retail store in Roxbury, now Boston. Lillian M. is un married & is now on a visit to Bangor. Judson..Pool's wife died a few months since {in Jany} in Chicago, having been failing in consumption (at last Jany) Some weeks after, he left there for good, for the east, he spent some time with me, & in Bangor & is now in Boston; but has not yet found a buisiness [sic] to suit him. I expect he may visit me soon. Dephina & Jason Giles her husband, occupy a house in Gloucester place boston, he is at work at finishing up sewing machiens [sic] for Grover, Baker, & co, Boston. Hettie is with them
Alfred's buisines {bids} fare to (prove) to yeild a living he has more calls for chamber setts than they can git made. Mr Otis Meriam with whom Alfred has been, his head clerk & out door man; sold out his stock &c. & will visit San francisco soon; where he & a man there keeps a furniture store. in partnership.
I now name Howard F. Pool my youngest son, a tinworker &c. etc. He & a Mr Smith of Rockport tin workers. Bo't out the stock of tin. storves, &c, of a man in Lynn for which they paid $ 18,000 eighteen hundred dollars, or more. & have thus far done well They both have been foreman in Glou. several yrs. & are extra work men, in all parts of there business; some times besides an a prentice, they hire two or more journey men. There character & work, stock & stands No1. Howard is yet unmr'd. says he can't spend time to git a wife yet. But as he did not come home to spend the 4th I mistrust that he took the time for some other purpose He is a Baptist yet & is so respected..his board is extra, with a well furnished chamber, cost $ 7. pr. week now till of late he used to board for $5- at another house
I come now to Rockport
Wm C Pool a bacheldor now over 60 yrs old. He works much of the time winter excepted, in papering rooms, laying down carpets, & varishing [sic] & whitining rooms &etc. he from April 1, 1868 took Sarah Smiths daut. now 9 years old to cloth & I have borded her Solomon Smith her father has provided for Feddy abt 7 yrs old. Sarh my youngest dtr there mother died with the drops at my house Apl 1-as above Mr Smith is yet un mrd Hervey & family live here he is a journey man painter & paperer for the Choates who cary on painting & dealing in stoves, tin ware & other things. He has 3 dau, & one son 3 yrs old Farley & wife yet live in my house. he carries on the land &c. had his oldest son die last year having had two children die before & is childless. Stephen N. Tarr {junr} & Ellen Agusta live in my house the have an adopted daut 12 yrs. old but no child Mr S N Tarr, & his brother Judson & Geo Bradley in Co. are doing a large business in my store & at Bristol Me capatil abt 25 to 30 thousand dollars in stock & in three schooners & a new steam Boat & small craft, seins &c S.N. Tarr goes to Boston generally 6 times a week= Judson his brother is cheif clerk, & of the firm, they employ many men.. Jerusha Ann, Mrs Henry Smith had there oldest son die last year; have 1 dt. & 1 son
As for myself I shall be 84 yer old if a live the 16th of this mo. I have not for months known what a day was, cleare of pain, burning humor, and debility. I go out often around near by home. & sometimes to meetings. we have a very Godly devoted young minister, & have within a few months past between 20 & 30 added to the church, young men and young women, mostly: have prayer meetings often besides the Sabbath meetings, &s.ss. when we have no minister to open week evening prayer meetings, Wm takes the charge--our pray meetings are well attended, since you was here $6 500 dollars have been laid out on the Mt house & paid for. write me--from Ebenr Pool_ [In the margin]: Laura Pool Jur. Herveys dtr has kept my house over 2 yrs--
In order of Appearance
A.C. Pool = Alfred, married, adopted daughter, Chelsea, MA
Jennie Pool, married, Mr. Minton, Louisville, KY
Mrs. Florend, son Samuel, wife, two children, Dorchester, MA
Eben Pool (Florend??), retailer/grocer, Roxbury, MA
Lillian M., unmarried, visiting Bangor
Judson Pool, widower, living in Chicago in January, 1871; wife died of consumption, traveling
Dephina, married, Jason Giles, Gloucester Place, Boston
Hettie, unmarried?, at the Giles'
Howard F. Pool, unmarried in 1871, tinworker, Rockport, youngest son of Ebenezer Pool
William C. Pool, unmarried, born before 1811; Rockport
Sarah, dec'd, married, Solomon Smith, two children: [Sadie] & Freddie; died of dropsy 1 Apr 1868
Hervey, married, 3 daughters, one son, dau=Laura Pool, Jr.
Farley, married, Rockport, at Ebenezer Pool's house, lost three children
Ellen Augusta, married, Stephen N. Tarr, Junior, at Ebenezer Pool's house, adopted daughter, b. c1859
Jerusha Ann, married, Henry Smith, one daughter and one son; lost eldest son in 1870
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