Sutter-Yuba County Biographies

FRANK W. POOLE

Transcribed by: Kathy Sedler

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            Frank W. Poole, the jeweler at 210 D Street, Marysville, was born at 
San Diego, on August 22, 1887, when he entered the family of William C. and 
Sarah Annie (Green) Poole, of good old pioneer stock.  Grandfather Francis Poole 
was among the settlers of 1852 who helped to found Smartsville; he went into the 
mines, and later engaged in ranching, and closed his useful life at the ripe old 
age of ninety-two, passing away in July, 1922.  Grandmother Poole is still 
living, at the age of eighty-six. She came over the mountains in the early days, 
and was married here.  William C. Poole was born and reared at Smartsville.  For 
some time he was a blacksmith, but he is now ranching in Yuba County.
            Frank Poole profited by the excellent schools of San Diego County 
until he came to Marysville, at the age of eleven, after which he went to school 
here. Commencing to work, he was employed for a while at the bottle works, and 
later entered the service of the Marysville Steam Laundry, after which, for 
several years, he was in the Marysville Cannery.  He then went to Hanford as 
bookkeeper for the same company, and continued with them for about seven years.  
After that, he became associated with the Placer County Bank at Auburn, for the 
Rideout banking interests.  Returning to Marysville, he went into the livery 
business with his father.  A year later he took up the study of law, continuing 
his studies for a year and a half, but discontinuing them to take up canning 
with the Central California Canneries at Yuba City.  In January, 1911, he 
engaged in the jewelry business, opening his store in a modest way; and he now 
has one of the most modern and well-stocked jewelry stores in Northern 
California, and is furnishing to the town and the county a service highly 
appreciated.  In addition to his business, he owns a peach orchard and some 
other good properties.  He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary 
Club.
            At Yuba City, in 1911, Mr. Poole was married to Miss Gladys Starr, a 
native daughter of Sutter County, and now one of the locally popular ladies 
interested in civic progress.  Mr. and Mrs. Poole have two children, Franklin 
Starr and Betty Jane.  Mr. Poole is a Past Master in Corinthian Lodge No. 9, 
F.&A.M., Marysville, and belongs to Washington Chapter No. 13, R.A.M., and 
Marysville Commandery No. 7, K.T.  He is a thirty-second-degree Scottish-Rite 
Mason, belonging to Sacramento Consistory; is a member of the Sciots and the 
Eastern Star, as well as of Ben Ali Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, in 
Sacramento; and is also a member of Marysville Lodge No. 783, B.P.O.E.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p. 1260-1261