This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pool, Russell Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5778 Message Board Post: Cameron Herald – Thur., 24 July 1902 Anniversary - Houston Post last Monday contained a very good picture of Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel Pool of near Buckholts, together with a short biographical sketch. On July 3rd, they celebrated the 68th anniversary of their wedding. Mr. Pool was born in the Edgefield District, SC on August 31, 1812 and with the family, moved to Alabama in 1817. In 1837, he married Miss Alpha Russell, a native of Perry Co., AL. In 1870, they moved to Milam county and have lived here ever since. They had six sons and six daughters, eight of whom are still living. They have 51 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild - 135 descendants in all. Mr. Pool’s father served in the revolutionary war and was at Bunker Hill.