Biographical Sketches

GUSTAVUS ELGIN POOL

GUSTAVUS ELGIN POOL, of Radersburg, Jefferson County, was born in Adrian County, Mo., May 19, 1858, of American parents; at the age of sixteen graduated from the Missouri State Normal School, when he commenced teaching school; was Superintendent of the Adrian County Schools, and a member of the Missouri State School Book Commission during his residence in his native State; eleven years ago he came to Montana, where he taught school in Meagher and Jefferson Counties; in 1887 he purchased a drug store in Radersburg, which he is now conducting.  Mr. Pool is a married man; was elected on the Democratic ticket to a seat in the House of Representatives at the first State election; is an absolute free trade man and liberal in his political views. 

Source: Transcription from the book, The Montana Blue Book, compiled by Jno. W. Pace and H. J. Mock, published in 1891; located on the website, Hathitrust Digital Library (http://www.hathitrust.org), accessed 31 August 2022.

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