Horace Ceaser Poole
November 11th 1895 - December 27th 1988
Into the Life
Horace Ceaser Poole was born on November 11th, 1895 to David Zebedee "Zeb" Poole and Charlotte Ann Parsons in Candor, North Carolina. He grew up in Cheek Creek Township in Montgomery County, North Carolina with his 3 siblings. His mother, Charlotte, died when Horace was 17 years old due to unknown cause (Death Certificates weren't required in NC until a few months after Charlotte passed). Horace worked at the Russell and King saw mill as a young adult in Candor, NC.
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In 1918, Horace Poole and his cousin, Fannie Mae Livingston, had a child named Annie Rachel Livingston. It is unknown if Horace and Fannie were in a relationship. Horace's grandmother, Flora Livingston, was Fannie's aunt.
Horace did not meet his daughter, Annie, until 1984, after Fannie had passed away. Shorty after Annie's birth, Horace was inducted into the military on August 25th, 1918. He served at Fort Jackson in South Carolina, which was a training center and demobilization camp during World War I.
Father: David Zebedee Poole
Mother: Charlotte Ann Parsons
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Child with Fannie Mae Livingston: Annie Rachel Livingston
1st Wife: Minnie Ella Harris
Children: Verta Mae Poole, Ethel Elenor Poole, Roy Kenneth Poole, Alma Elizabeth Poole
2nd Wife: Dorothy Everheart
WW1 Service Card
Horace (middle) and his sisters, Annie Belle Poole (left), Johnsie Pool (right)
Horace (left) and his brother-in-law, Oliver Pressley Harris (right)
Horace's WW1 Registration Card
Horace's Birth Certificate
Minnie Ella Harris
Montgomery Herald: February 9th, 1922 - Page 1
Horace Poole's 91st birthday with his wife, Dorothy Everheart
Annie and father Horace Poole
WW1 Passanger List
First Wife
On January 17th 1922, Horace Poole married Minnie Ella Harris in Troy, North Carolina. They had four children together: Verta Mae Poole (born 1924), Ethel Elenor Poole (born 1926), Roy Kenneth Poole (born 1928), and Alma Elizabeth Poole (born 1931). Minnie passed away in 1957 from uremia due to pyonephritis.
Second Wife
Horace Poole second marriage was to Dorothy Everheart, whose previous husband was Minnie's brother, Bethel Letlow Harris. Horace stayed married to Dorothy until his passing in 1988.
Meeting daugter Annie
Out of respect for her mother, Fannie Mae, Annie never met her father, Horace Poole, while her mother was alive. However, in 1984, after Fannie’s passing, Annie’s granddaughter, Shelia, set out to find him. When they finally met, the reunion was cordial, and Annie was able to meet her half-sisters as well. Though she had spent most of her life without knowing him, this meeting brought her a sense of closure and connection to a family she had never known.
Annie and father Horace Poole
