Poole, Fitch
journalist, librarian, state legislator, author, poet, was born June 13, 1803, in Danvers, Mass. He edited the Danvers Wizard from its establishment in 1859 till 1868. He was the founder of the Mechanics' Institute library, which afterward became the Peabody institute, and he was its librarian from 1856 till his death. He was in the legislature in 1841-42, and held several local offices. He was the author of numerous satirical ballads that attained popularity, the best known of which was Giles Corey's Dream. He died Aug. 19, 1873, in Peabody, Mass.
POOLE, MRS. HESTER MARTHA [HUNT], author, was born in 1843 in Vermont. She is a writer living at Metutchen, N. J., who has written much for periodicals on social and domestic topics; and the author of Fruits and How to Use Them.