Family Group Sheet
NameSimpkins Wilson Poole
Birth18 Jul 1875, Boone Co., West Virginia
Death2 Feb 1950, Portland, Jay Co., Indiana
Marriage5 Apr 1903, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseCynthia Rachel Hamilton, 3C3R
Birth31 Jan 1884, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death29 Mar 1929, Dunkirk, Jay Co., Indiana
FatherElliott Sherman Hamilton (1854-1911)
MotherBerthena Ramey (1863-1934)
Children
1 MCharles Edwin Poole, 4C2R
Birth3 Sep 1904, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death18 Dec 1978, Lake Co., California
2 MAllen Wiley Poole, 4C2R
Birth27 Oct 1905, Farmers, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death20 Aug 1980, Winchester, Randolph Co., Indiana
5 MJessie Roland Poole, 4C2R
Birth21 Mar 1911, Farmers, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death3 May 1981, Blue Lake, Lake Co., California
6 MWilliam Homer Poole, 4C2R
Birth24 Oct 1913, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death22 Jan 1984, Jay Co., Indiana
7 FMattie Olive Poole, 4C2R
Birth3 Oct 1916, Winchester, Clark Co., Kentucky
Death29 May 2003, San Ramon, Contra Costa Co., California
8 MOrville Ray Poole, 4C2R
Birth2 Mar 1919, Paris, Bourbon Co., Kentucky
Death4 May 1976, Daleville, Delaware Co., Indiana
9 FBertha Lucille Poole, 4C2R
Birth16 Jul 1921, Paris, Bourbon Co., Kentucky
Death3 Apr 2005, Franklin Co., Ohio
10 FHazel Poole (Stillborn), 4C2R
Birth12 Jan 1924, Scott Co., Kentucky
Death12 Jan 1924, Scott Co., Kentucky
11 MClay Heath Poole, 4C2R
Birth11 Feb 1925, Scott Co., Kentucky
Death23 Jan 1998, Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana
Notes for Simpkins Wilson Poole
His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records Simpkins Wilson Pool, age 43, residence R.R. 4, Winchester, Clark Co., Ky, born 18 July 1875, occupation farm hand, nearest relative Cyntha Rachel Pool, same address. His name in the signature is spelled Simpkins Willeson Poole. (The cards are filled out by a clerk, not by the registrant.)
Notes for Simpkins Wilson & Cynthia Rachel (Family)
Rowan Co., Ky marriage book 4, p. 443, records the marriage on 5 Apr 1903 of S. W. Pool, age 30, occupation tracking R.R., residence Farmers, born in and both parents born in Boone Co., W. Va., and Syntha R. Hamilton, age 19, residence Farmers, born in Rowan Co., at Ellis Hamilton’s by J. I. Wells, witnesses H. C. Jones and Albert Pool.
Census
1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Farmers precinct, enumerated 21 April, lists on p. 7B as family #134/140:
Poole, Simpson, 35, laborer at odd jobs, b. WVa WVa WVa; Cynthia, wife, 26, b. Ky Ky Ky, first marriage for both, married 7 years, mother of 4 children, 3 living; Charles, son, 5; Wiley, son, 4; Elliott W., son, 1 2/12. All children born Ky WVa Ky.
Cynthia’s parents are three households above, and in between them are her two sisters Tilla and Ollie with their Thompson husbands.
1920 census of Bourbon Co., Ky, North Middletown precinct, enumerated 17 Jan, lists on p. 11B as family #151, on Thatcher Rd:
Pool, S. W., 44, laborer on general farm, b. Va Va Va; Synthia R., wife, 31, b. Ky Ky Ky; Charles E., son, 15; Elliot W., son, 10; Jessee R., son, 8; William H., son, 5; Orval R., son, 10/12; Mattie, dau, 3. All children born Ky Va Ky.
1930 census of Jay Co., Indiana, Dunkirk ward 3, enumerated 14 April, lists on p. 20B as family #546/582, at 420 Auburn:
Poole, Simpson W., 59, widowed, b. Virginia U.S. U.S., laborer at glass factory; Charlie E., son, 25, laborer at glass factory; Wilson, son, 21, laborer at glass factory; Mattie, dau, 13; Homer, son, 16; Ray, son, 10; Lucille, dau, 8; Jessie, son, 19, laborer at glass factory; Clay, son, 5. All children born Ky Va Ky.
Poole, Simpson, 35, laborer at odd jobs, b. WVa WVa WVa; Cynthia, wife, 26, b. Ky Ky Ky, first marriage for both, married 7 years, mother of 4 children, 3 living; Charles, son, 5; Wiley, son, 4; Elliott W., son, 1 2/12. All children born Ky WVa Ky.
Cynthia’s parents are three households above, and in between them are her two sisters Tilla and Ollie with their Thompson husbands.
1920 census of Bourbon Co., Ky, North Middletown precinct, enumerated 17 Jan, lists on p. 11B as family #151, on Thatcher Rd:
Pool, S. W., 44, laborer on general farm, b. Va Va Va; Synthia R., wife, 31, b. Ky Ky Ky; Charles E., son, 15; Elliot W., son, 10; Jessee R., son, 8; William H., son, 5; Orval R., son, 10/12; Mattie, dau, 3. All children born Ky Va Ky.
1930 census of Jay Co., Indiana, Dunkirk ward 3, enumerated 14 April, lists on p. 20B as family #546/582, at 420 Auburn:
Poole, Simpson W., 59, widowed, b. Virginia U.S. U.S., laborer at glass factory; Charlie E., son, 25, laborer at glass factory; Wilson, son, 21, laborer at glass factory; Mattie, dau, 13; Homer, son, 16; Ray, son, 10; Lucille, dau, 8; Jessie, son, 19, laborer at glass factory; Clay, son, 5. All children born Ky Va Ky.
