Background
Poole, Chalmer Melanchton Van was born on September 2, 1854 in Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. Son of Otho and Lucretia Katherine (Lentz) van Poole.
Poole, Chalmer Melanchton Van was born on September 2, 1854 in Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. Son of Otho and Lucretia Katherine (Lentz) van Poole.
Master of Arts, North Carolina College, 1878. Doctor of Medicine College Physicians and Surgical, Baltimore, 1880. Post-graduate work, New York University, 1909-1911.
Practiced, Salisbury, since 1880. Captain, Medical Reserve Corps, 1917. President Rowan Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
Director Vance Cotton Mills, China Grove Cotton Mills, Incorporated., Rowan Cotton Mills, Incorporated.
Trustee North Carolina College, Mont Amoena Female Seminary.
Member North Carolina Medical Society (treasurer 1888-1893, president 1910-1911), Rowan Company Medical Society (twice president), North Carolina Anti-Tuberculosis Society.
Married Mary Eliza Linn, October 22, 1885.