Background
Pool, Leonidas Moore was born on December 1, 1871 in New Bern, North Carolina, United States. Son of Henry Clay and Cecelia (Moore) Pool.
Pool, Leonidas Moore was born on December 1, 1871 in New Bern, North Carolina, United States. Son of Henry Clay and Cecelia (Moore) Pool.
Educated grammar schools.
Resident of New Orleans, since 1886. Clerk with J. O. Bigelow, stocks and bonds, until 1891. With Hibernia National Bank (now Hibernia Bank & Trust Company) until 1918, advancing to vice president.
Organizer, 1918, and president Marine Bank & Trust Сompany. Vice president Union Indemnity Company, Security Sales Company of Louisiana, Great Union Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Guaranty Development Company, Union Title Guarantee Company. President New Orleans Clearing House Association V. chairman Safe River Committee of 100.
Chairman Liberty Loan campaigns, World War, 1st for Louisiana, later for Southern Louisiana. King of Mardi Gras Carnival, 1925.
Mason, Elk, Hoo Hoo.
Married Eugenie M. Guillemet, June 6, 1895.