Page 574 History of Spartanburg County
COLONEL FLAVIUS JEFFERSON POOLE
was born in Lexington county, S. C, October 19th,
1834. His grandfather, William Poole, was born in
Westmoreland county, Va., and in early manhood moved
to Lexington county, where he reared a family of two
boys and three girls. The eldest of the sons was Aaron
Poole, the father of the subject of this sketch, who married a daughter of George Crim of Lexington county.
Of the five children that resulted from this marriage
only Colonel Poole and one sister (Mrs. Carrie Jackson
of Spartanburg) survive.
Both the grandparents of Colonel Poole were Revolutionary soldiers. When he was a lad his father died,
but his mother married again and removed to Spartanburg county, where he was reared, living on a farm
near Reidville and receiving a limited education at the
Reidville High School, which he attended for three sessions, paying his tuition and board out of the limited
funds which he had accumulated before entering.
Professor Davis, who was then his instructor, was very
anxious that he should continue at school, and learning that he was not in a position financially to pay board
and tuition, proposed to instruct him free of tuition as long as he could continue in school. For this token of
kindness and interest taken in him he has always had a loving remembrance of Professor Davis.
One day while realizing the awkwardness of his position—being without a job and without means with which
to create one—he received a message from a kind friend
asking him to call at his home, that he would like to see him, with which request he complied at once. This kind
friend was none other than Colonel B. T. Brockman,
who was then merchandizing about two
miles from Reidville.
A short time after
this he learned that
he had been recommended to Colonel
Brockman by his good
friend Wm. W. Calvert, with whom he
had boarded while at school, and also with
whom he had lived
before. To this day
Mr. and Mrs. Calvert
-are as dear to him as father and mother.
Colonel Brockman offered him a position in his store,
which he accepted and went to work at once. This was
in the year 1858.
Here he remained until the breaking out of the war
between the States, when a company was raised in that
community for the Confederate service. This was called
the " Brockman Guards " and became subsequently Co.
B, 13th Regiment, S. C. V., of which F. J. Poole be- came second sergeant, and which was organized near
Reidville, S. C, being composed of the very best material in that community
COLONEL FLAVIUS JEFFERSON POOLE
was born in Lexington county, S. C, October 19th,
1834. His grandfather, William Poole, was born in
Westmoreland county, Va., and in early manhood moved
to Lexington county, where he reared a family of two
boys and three girls. The eldest of the sons was Aaron
Poole, the father of the subject of this sketch, who married a daughter of George Crim of Lexington county.
Of the five children that resulted from this marriage
only Colonel Poole and one sister (Mrs. Carrie Jackson
of Spartanburg) survive.
Both the grandparents of Colonel Poole were Revolutionary soldiers. When he was a lad his father died,
but his mother married again and removed to Spartanburg county, where he was reared, living on a farm
near Reidville and receiving a limited education at the
Reidville High School, which he attended for three sessions, paying his tuition and board out of the limited
funds which he had accumulated before entering.
Professor Davis, who was then his instructor, was very
anxious that he should continue at school, and learning that he was not in a position financially to pay board
and tuition, proposed to instruct him free of tuition as long as he could continue in school. For this token of
kindness and interest taken in him he has always had a loving remembrance of Professor Davis.
One day while realizing the awkwardness of his position—being without a job and without means with which
to create one—he received a message from a kind friend
asking him to call at his home, that he would like to see him, with which request he complied at once. This kind
friend was none other than Colonel B. T. Brockman,
who was then merchandizing about two
miles from Reidville.
A short time after
this he learned that
he had been recommended to Colonel
Brockman by his good
friend Wm. W. Calvert, with whom he
had boarded while at school, and also with
whom he had lived
before. To this day
Mr. and Mrs. Calvert
-are as dear to him as father and mother.
Colonel Brockman offered him a position in his store,
which he accepted and went to work at once. This was
in the year 1858.
Here he remained until the breaking out of the war
between the States, when a company was raised in that
community for the Confederate service. This was called
the " Brockman Guards " and became subsequently Co.
B, 13th Regiment, S. C. V., of which F. J. Poole be- came second sergeant, and which was organized near
Reidville, S. C, being composed of the very best material in that community
Page 574 History of Spartanburg County
COLONEL FLAVIUS JEFFERSON POOLE
was born in Lexington county, S. C, October 19th,
1834. His grandfather, William Poole, was born in
Westmoreland county, Va., and in early manhood moved
to Lexington county, where he reared a family of two
boys and three girls. The eldest of the sons was Aaron
Poole, the father of the subject of this sketch, who married a daughter of George Crim of Lexington county.
Of the five children that resulted from this marriage
only Colonel Poole and one sister (Mrs. Carrie Jackson
of Spartanburg) survive.
Both the grandparents of Colonel Poole were Revolutionary soldiers. When he was a lad his father died,
but his mother married again and removed to Spartanburg county, where he was reared, living on a farm
near Reidville and receiving a limited education at the
Reidville High School, which he attended for three sessions, paying his tuition and board out of the limited
funds which he had accumulated before entering.
Professor Davis, who was then his instructor, was very
anxious that he should continue at school, and learning that he was not in a position financially to pay board
and tuition, proposed to instruct him free of tuition as long as he could continue in school. For this token of
kindness and interest taken in him he has always had a loving remembrance of Professor Davis.
One day while realizing the awkwardness of his position—being without a job and without means with which
to create one—he received a message from a kind friend
asking him to call at his home, that he would like to see him, with which request he complied at once. This kind
friend was none other than Colonel B. T. Brockman,
who was then merchandizing about two
miles from Reidville.
A short time after
this he learned that
he had been recommended to Colonel
Brockman by his good
friend Wm. W. Calvert, with whom he
had boarded while at school, and also with
whom he had lived
before. To this day
Mr. and Mrs. Calvert
-are as dear to him as father and mother.
Colonel Brockman offered him a position in his store,
which he accepted and went to work at once. This was
in the year 1858.
Here he remained until the breaking out of the war
between the States, when a company was raised in that
community for the Confederate service. This was called
the " Brockman Guards " and became subsequently Co.
B, 13th Regiment, S. C. V., of which F. J. Poole be- came second sergeant, and which was organized near
Reidville, S. C, being composed of the very best material in that community
COLONEL FLAVIUS JEFFERSON POOLE
was born in Lexington county, S. C, October 19th,
1834. His grandfather, William Poole, was born in
Westmoreland county, Va., and in early manhood moved
to Lexington county, where he reared a family of two
boys and three girls. The eldest of the sons was Aaron
Poole, the father of the subject of this sketch, who married a daughter of George Crim of Lexington county.
Of the five children that resulted from this marriage
only Colonel Poole and one sister (Mrs. Carrie Jackson
of Spartanburg) survive.
Both the grandparents of Colonel Poole were Revolutionary soldiers. When he was a lad his father died,
but his mother married again and removed to Spartanburg county, where he was reared, living on a farm
near Reidville and receiving a limited education at the
Reidville High School, which he attended for three sessions, paying his tuition and board out of the limited
funds which he had accumulated before entering.
Professor Davis, who was then his instructor, was very
anxious that he should continue at school, and learning that he was not in a position financially to pay board
and tuition, proposed to instruct him free of tuition as long as he could continue in school. For this token of
kindness and interest taken in him he has always had a loving remembrance of Professor Davis.
One day while realizing the awkwardness of his position—being without a job and without means with which
to create one—he received a message from a kind friend
asking him to call at his home, that he would like to see him, with which request he complied at once. This kind
friend was none other than Colonel B. T. Brockman,
who was then merchandizing about two
miles from Reidville.
A short time after
this he learned that
he had been recommended to Colonel
Brockman by his good
friend Wm. W. Calvert, with whom he
had boarded while at school, and also with
whom he had lived
before. To this day
Mr. and Mrs. Calvert
-are as dear to him as father and mother.
Colonel Brockman offered him a position in his store,
which he accepted and went to work at once. This was
in the year 1858.
Here he remained until the breaking out of the war
between the States, when a company was raised in that
community for the Confederate service. This was called
the " Brockman Guards " and became subsequently Co.
B, 13th Regiment, S. C. V., of which F. J. Poole be- came second sergeant, and which was organized near
Reidville, S. C, being composed of the very best material in that community
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