JAMES M. POOL was born in Christian County, Ky., June 10, 1825, and is the second of a family of ten children born to Dr. T. B. and Mary L. (Brown) Pool, both natives of Rowan County, N. C. Mr. Pool's ancestors were of German descent and among the early pioneers of Christian County, his grandfather, Henry Pool, having settled there about the year 1804 or 1805. His grandfather on the mother's side, Timothy A. Brown, was a native of England, and when a small boy came to America and settled in North Carolina. He came to Kentucky in company with a colony of families, the Pools among the number, and settled in Christian County, about fourteen miles from Hopkinsville. Subject's father was born in North Carolina in 1801, and was but four years old when the family sought a home in Kentucky. He lived in Christian County until 1853, at which time he moved to Princeton where he died in 1883. Mrs. Pool died in December, 1862, at the age of fifty-nine years. James M. remained with his parents until after his marriage, and commenced life as a farmer in Christian County, where he lived until 1853, at which time he moved to Caldwell County and purchased a farm two and a half miles east of Princeton, on which he resided until 1877. His first marriage took place December 12, 1844, to Eliza Jane Nix, daughter of Lebanon Nix, by whom he had six children, viz.: William T., Mary Frances (wife of M. Clark), Sarah Jane (wife of L. B. Allison), T. B., James T. and Caldora (deceased). Mrs. Pool was born in 1827 and died October 19, 1855. July 1, 1858, Mr. Pool married Mary F. Stephens, of Caldwell County. Eight children have been born to this marriage: Mildred A., wife of William Allison; Monroe, deceased; Jonathan S.; infant, deceased; Louella; Reuben M. and an infant deceased. In 1877 Mr. Pool was elected jailer, which position he still retains, having been twice re-elected. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to the Universalist Church.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 712.