Paschal Pool was born 1847 in St. Mary's (Auburn), Wake County, NC, the only known surviving child of farmer Calvin Pool and his (1st) wife, Sally Mariah Smith.

He was about 4 years old when his mother died, and within a year his father married (2nd) to Cathrine Green, who became his stepmother. She died when he was about 14 years old, and his father married two years later to his (3rd) wife, Elizabeth Margaret "Bettie" Jones, who became his second stepmother.

Paschal was 14 when Civil War broke out, and too young to enlist in the regular army, but by July 1864 (when he was 17 years old) he was conscripted into the NC Junior Reserves, as part of the NC 1st Regiment, Co. D, where he remained until NC surrendered in April, 1865.

During the last days of the Civil War, when the surviving Confederate troops were dwindling, the only resource available was to extend the age of the military conscription, which already embraced all able-bodied men between the ages of 18 to 45, except those exempt as State officers, physicians, and ministers of the gospel, and perhaps others. On Feb. 17, 1864, the Confederate Congress passed a law placing in the "Reserves" those between the ages of 17 and 18 and between 45 and 50. It was added that they were not to serve outside of their respective States, but this was soon disregarded out of necessity. Those between 17 and 18 years of age were embodied in April and May, 1864. Those between 45 and 50 were, for the most part, left at home till August and September to make and harvest the crops. Upon reaching the age of 18, many members of the Junior Reserves were sent to other regiments.

At war's end, he returned to his parents farm in St. Mary's, and then in 1870 or 1871 he married Henrietta Penny of Johnston County. He was about 23 at the nuptials, and she about age 20.

The couple moved to Clayton where they farmed and became parents of 5 known children, with only one child surviving into adulthood: William R. (1871-1882), Sally M. (1874-1882), Della (1876-1967), Eulalia (1880-1896), and Ava Michael (1886-1974).

Paschal was widowed in 1921 when his wife of 50 years passed at age 70. Four years later, the 78-year old widow married 65-year old Mary Watkins of Fuquay Varina. The marriage was short lived as Paschal passed 4 years later in 1929 at age 82.

Only two of his daughters survived into adulthood, and both married and had children. Daughter, Della Poole (1876-1967), married Rev. William Bennie Daughtry of Virginia, and was widowed early on, and she taught school. She died in Fugquay-Varnina and was burined in Virginia with her husband. Daughter, Ava Michael Poole married John Santford Martin, editor of Winston-Salem Journal and died in Forsyth Co, NC.