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William B Poe (1772 - 1846)

William B Poe
Born in Taylor, Orange, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 24 Oct 1794 in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 17 Aug 1823 in Fauquier, Virginia, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 74 in Fauquier, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 19 Apr 2014
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Biography

Married Susannah Doggett October 24, 1794 in Culpeper County, Virginia.[1] Children: Lydia, Lucinda, Susanna, Benjamin, John, Urbane, James Samuel.

Married Lettice (Letitia) Fishback Guthridge August 27, 1823 in Fauquier County, Virginia. Children: Henderson Guffrey, Phillip S, Mary Mildred, Thomas B, Julia Agnes.

William B Poe was a descendant of Alexander Poe a son of David Poe of Ireland. William's father was Samuel Poe a veteran of the French War and American Revolution. John Poe, Alexander's brother was the grandfather of Edgar Allan Poe, the poet.

The daughter of William B Poe, Lucinda and her husband Elsey Allison settled in Ralls County, Missouri about 1828, the first of this Poe family to migrate to Missouri some twenty-eight years prior to her half siblings and stepmother, Lettice, who settled in Scotland County, Missouri.

Sources

  1. "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRHJ-L6V : 29 January 2020), William Poe, 1794.
  • Note: Burial site presumed to be in Fauquier County, Virginia.




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Poe-1225 and Poe-920 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth year, death year, first wife, place of death
posted by [Living Anderson]

Rejected matches › Willem Bue (abt.1761-abt.1805)

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