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Bettie Freshwater Pool
Bettie Freshwater Pool ( – ) was an American writer, poet, songwriter, and schoolteacher who spent her life in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Life Bettie Freshwater Pool was born on at the Pool family plantation near Elizabeth City, North Carolina. She was one of nine children of George Decatur Pool, brother of US Senator John Pool and Solomon Pool, and Elizabeth Fletcher Pool. Her brother was US Congressman Walter Freshwater Pool. While still an infant, she was dropped by a nurse and sustained a spinal injury from which prevented her from attending school outside her home. Known as a storyteller from her youth within her family, Pool went on to publish four books. The first was a collection of prose and poetry called ''The Eyrie and Other Southern Stories'' (1905). It included an account of how her uncle, Dr. William Gaskins Pool, discovered a portrait in 1869 in Nags Head, North Carolina. The " Nag's Head Portrait" is purported to be a portrait of Theodosia B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
Pasquotank County , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the . Retrieved 2012-09-18. is a located in the of . As of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |