Pool's grandfather, Daniel Lane Jr., was a justice of the peace and was known to have held court sessions in his Rockland home on Liberty Street.

Pool was known to prefer nature instead of society and was known to take long walks with her dog in the early hours of the morning.

She was an influence upon the young Canadian-American writer Mary MacLane, who became friends with Pool's "literary companion" Caroline M. Branson (March 12, 1837 – January 10, 1918).

Pool and Branson are buried alongside each other at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Rockland, Massachusetts.

[3][4] Most of her literary work, which consists of sketches (chiefly of New England life) and social novels, appeared in the periodicals, and was later issued in book form.