WILLIAM C. POHL
Arizona, the Youngest State, pg 625

William C. Pohl, controlling valuable mining interests in 
the vicinity of Globe, was born in Texas in 1858 and is a 
son of Charles and Louise Pohl, natives of Germany.  Their 
marriage occurred in that country and in the late '40s they 
came to America, settling at Galveston, Texas.  The father 
followed the sea during the Civil War and shortly after the 
close of hostilities passed away, his death occurring in 
1866.  To them were born seven children, four of whom are 
still living, the subject of this review being the fourth 
in order of birth.

When he was only nine years of age he left the private 
schools of Galveston which he had attended and learned the 
butcher's trade, at which he worked in the employ of others 
until he was seventeen years of age, during that time 
contributing to the support of the family.  He then opened 
a meat market of his own, starting with a capital of thirty 
five dollars, and by reason of his energy and unremitting 
industry he made a success of that venture, building up a 
large and profitable trade.

On disposing of his market, Mr. Pohl came to Arizona in 1898 
after which he worked for two years at the butcher business 
in Globe, and at the end of that time turned his attention 
to mining.  For a short time he was in the employ of others 
but afterward began prospecting and taking up claims of his 
own, also leasing mines, which he operated successfully and 
his interests extended rapidly, a great number of claims 
proving valuable and important. He owns today the North Star 
group of silver mines in the Richmond Basin, properties which 
he is now operating and he has also an interest in the Hilltop 
group adjoining the Old Dominion Mines on the west, near Globe. 
He owns a lovely home in the city and he and his wife have a 
fine greenhouse adjoining it, confining their attention solely 
to the cultivation of flowers.

Mr. Pohl was married in 1884 to Miss Lina Mertz, who was born 
in Dewitt County, Texas. Her parents, George and Agnes Mertz, 
were natives of Germany and came to America with their 
respective parents when they were still children.  They 
were married in Dewitt County, Texas where the father worked 
as a mechanic until his death in 1876.  His wife survives him 
and still makes her home in Texas.  In their family were four 
children: Lina, now Mrs. Pohl; Joanna and Julia, deceased; 
and George, who resides in Fort Worth, Texas,.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Pohl have one daughter, Agnes L., who married Harold S. Duncan, 
a mining engineering and they have a daughter Bernice Louise.

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