Daniel Pool
June 6, 1824 - October 2, 1888

Harrisonville Blacksmith & Wagon Maker from 1860 - 1870's

Daniel Pool, blacksmith and wagon maker, Madison Township, was born June 6, 1824, in Porter Township, Scioto County.

He lived at home untill he reached his majority, when he served three years as and apprentice at the wagon maker's trade with his brother-in-law, Job Kittle. 

He then worked as a journeyman for a time, after which he had charge of the shops at Jackson Furnace for two years, when he purchased the business of his former employer, which he carried on until the building of the Portsmouth branch of the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad. 

He then went to Bloom Township, where he remained four years, and was engaged in the mercantile business two years, and while there served two terms as Justice of the Peace. 

In 1860 he came to Madison Township, where in connection with his other business, he had a farm of 160 acres of improved land. 

In the spring of 1861 he was appointed Assistant United States Revenue Assessor for Scioto County, and served until the office was abolished in 1870. 

In the spring of 1864, the Ohio National Home Guards, of which Mr. Pool was a member, volunteered to serve in the Civil War, as the 140th Ohio Infantry serving during the summer and fall. They were assigned to guard duty, and also participated in the Battle of Lynchburg, Va. where, on account of the bad management of General Hunter, the Union forces were defeated. 

He was married to Jane Graham, a resident of Scioto County but a native of Pennsylvania. They had had fourteen children, eight of whom were living at the time of his death. 

Mr. Pool belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church, and his wife was a member of the FreeWill Baptist church.  Andrew and Sarah (Sikes) Pool, parents of our subject, came to Scioto County about 1800, where they spent the remainder of their lives.