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POOLE, Horace
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POOLE, Horace. (Danvers, MA-- ). Firm of POOLE, GILLIAM, AND COMPANY, jobbers and wholesale dealers in fancy groceries, teas, syrups, canned goods, fruits, tobaccos and cigars at 272 Main Street. Poole came to Iowa in 1859 and settled in Dubuque.
He enlisted and fought in the CIVIL WAR and then returned to Dubuque. In 1870, the firm of Poole, Gilliam & Co., was organized.