Marie, Mike, & Others: I am studying with great interest the research of Martha Ellen POOL. She is, according to my research, the daughter of Joel POOL and Sarah Ann THOMAS. Sarah Ann THOMAS later married Matthew McCAMMON (aka McCAMERON). Additionally, John Thomas POOL, Martha's brother, married Triphene BRIMHALL. Triphene was divorced from James M McCAMMON, Matthew's son, prior to her marriage to John Thomas POOL. The McCAMMON connection doesn't end there. James Edward POOL, son of John Thomas POOL and Nancy E CARPENTER, married Susan McCAMMON, daughter of Matthew W McCAMMON and Jane LAFOON, grandaughter of James & Triphene McCAMMON. Furthermore, James Henry POOL, also the son of Joel & Sarah Ann POOL, married Lucinda BRIMHALL, sister to Triphene. Below are a couple of notes from my GEDCOM. This is a very confusing line. A pedigree chart is a must in order to keep everyone straight! My point, other than sharing research, is that I am still in search of documentation on the McCAMMON/McCAMERON/McCAMRON line. At the end of this message, I have copied my transcription to a biography on John Thomas POOL. I believe it is key to understanding the intertwined relationship of the Pool, McCammon, and Brimhall families. 1850 Oregon Co, MO Census, District 65. "1850 Oregon County, Missouri Census, District 65, 252 Pool, Henry...........26...m...farmer.......TN .......Lucinda..........23...f......................IL .......Sarah J.............3...f.....................MO .......Mary A.........3/12...f.....................MO Pool, John..............18...m...laborer......TN McCamron, Jesse...19...m...laborer......TN MARRIAGE: source: http://www.geocities.com/primarysources/marryab.html POOL, Elendar Alexander ROBERTS Ripley 4 Oct 1842 POOL, Henry Lusey BRIMHALL Oregon 23 Dec 1845 POOL, John Trythenia BRIMHALL Oregon 8 Aug 1856 POOL, Lucy Nathan COMBS Oregon 16 Aug 1861 BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN THOMAS POOL A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region, A Condensed General History, A Brief Descriptive History of Each County, and Numerous Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens of Such Counties (Chicago: Goodspeed Brothers, 1894). "James Thomas Pool. This successful farmer and stock dealer of Howell County, Mo., owes his nativity to Humphreys County, Tenn., where he first saw the light in 1833. His parents, Joel and Sarah Ann (Thomas) Pool, were worthy people, and the father died in Humphreys County, Tenn., before the subject of this sketch was born. When he was about one year old, he was brought by his mother to Howell County, Mo., after her marriage with Matthew A. McCammon, and in this section the rest of their lives were spent. They died some years after the close of the Civil War, worthy members of the Methodist Church. John Thomas Pool was the youngest of four children born to his parents: James Henry (deceased) was a farmer of Dallas County, Tex.; William died before the war in Illinois; Martha Ellen became the wife of Levi Hedges, and during the war got separated from the rest of the family and died in southeast Missouri. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, in Howell County, from his infancy, and all the schooling he ever received was one month and thirteen days, which was owing to the extreme newness of the country at the time his mother and stepfather located here, there being no schools to attend. When fifteen years old he began life for himself as a farm hand, but at the end of six months took up a claim in what is now Howell County, which he improved and cleared, and which he still owns. His sole possessions when he commenced for himself consisted of an ax and a gun, and he purchased with the money obtained for his six months' labor a plow. The game which fell under the aim of his trusty rifle he sold, and was then enabled in time to purchase a yoke of steers; he then set vigorously to work on his farm, and his efforts were slowly but surely crowned with success. He first was married in 1857 to Tryphene Brimhall, a daughter of Joseph and Rhoda Brimhall, who removed from Massachusetts to Shelby County, Ill., in an early day, where they were married,after which they came to Howell County, Mo and died in this state. Mrs. Pool was born in Illinois and died in 1873, and on August 26, 1875, Mr. Pool wedded Nancy E., daughter of Rev. Thomas Wright Carpenter. She was born in Scott County, and has borne her husband the following children: John Thomas (deceased), William H. (deceased), James Edward, Nora May, Nellie E, Norvin C. (deceased), Bertha O. and Bertie O., were twins (the last mentioned is dead), Mary E., Lola E., and Bennie Pearl. Since his marriage Mr. Pool has made a home in Howell County, and is one of its most progressive and successful farmers. He has resided on his present farm of 357 acres, located two miles east of West Plains, which is one of the most fertile and well improved farms of the county, and in addition to this he has sufficient land to amount to 1,140 acres in all; all of which has been acquired through his own efforts. He is very extensively engaged in feeding and shipping live stock, and has found this to be a profitable employment. He is perhaps the oldest settler of the county, and during these many years he has seen the country grow from a wild and almost totally uninhabited region to a thickly peopled district, with thriving towns, villages and farms, and has done his share in bringing about this transformation. He is a member of Mt. Zion Lodge No. 327 of the A.F. & A.M of West Plains, in which order he is an influential member and an active worker. He has been very successful in his business operations, notwithstanding the disadvantages of a meager education, has grasped at every opportunity that has presented itself for bettering his financial condition, and during the early years of his live labored early and late to accumulate a competency. During the hunting season he would frequently make $16 a day with his gun and $300 during the season, and hunted rather for the profit than for the sport. When he was married he could neither read nor write, but his wife was a woman of considerable education and intelligence and by her instructions he became a fair scholar." Apologies for the length of this message. Looking forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Mickey Roux ___________________________________________ There came forth in return only a jingling of the bells. - Edgar Allan Poe

Hi Micky, I enjoyed the info you posted on the Pool and Brimhall families. I don't have much in my files about the Brimhall family. You probably have the following, but I'll pass along my file notes in case there is anything that would be of interest to you: 1) Kizey Brimhall married Josiah Chapin in Oregon County on Feb 17, 1853. Josiah and Kiza Chapin (age 24, born MO) and children were in Howell County in 1860 census. 2) Marah Brimhall married John W. Dunking in Oregon County on Feb 8, 1852. 3) Lusey (Lucy) Brimhall married Henry Pool in Howell Township of Oregon County on Dec 23, 1845. Henry (age 26) and Lucinda (age 23) Pool and family were listed in Oregon County in 1850. A Lucy Pool, apparently a widow, age 32, born in Illinois, appears "next door" in 1860 to John and Trythenia Pool. 4) Trythenia Brimhall married John Pool in Oregon County on Aug 8, 1856. A John Pool, age 26, born Illinois, and Trythenia Pool, age 34, born Illiinois, appear in the 1860 census of Cane Hill Township of Washington County, AR. 5) Joseph Brimhall married Carline Butcher in Oregon County on Oct 18, 1853. Caroline received payment as indigent wife/widow in Texas during Civil War. Ancestry.com indicates that she remarried to a Daniel Cannon in Parker County, Texas, in 1874. 6) William H. Brimhall married Matilda G. Butcher in Oregon County on Oct 18, 1853. They appear in Oak Grove Township in 1860. Micky, I've long wondered about the Rody E. Brimhall who married Thomas Hall in Oregon County on August 15, 1856. Based solely on the 1860 census, Rody was reportedly born in Missouri about 1835. I note in the 1850 census that the Joseph and Mary Brimhall family included a daughter who was 14 years old, but her name appears to be Risia Brimhall (not sure of the spelling). Do you know whether the Rody E. Brimhall who married Thomas Hall was a sister to Lucinda Brimhall and Tryphene Brimhall? Thomas and Rody/Rhoda Hall appear in the 1860 Oregon County census, but seem to disappear after that. Do you have any idea what happened to them? I don't have anything on the McCammon family, except for the family of Benjamin McCammon (1838-1890). If he is part of your line, and you want more information about him, please let me know. Thanks, Mike Landwehr