Bailey
Dowd
Poe
Born in North Carolina, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Joseph Poe
and Susan (Johnson) Poe
Brother of
Walter Edgar Poe [half], Antoinette Sophia (Poe) Bland [half], Sarah Elizabeth (Poe) Drake [half], Murat Thaddeus Poe [half], Emma A. Poe [half], Louisa (Poe) Thomas [half], Alice K. Poe [half], Dewitt Walker Poe, Eliza Alice (Poe) Reardon, Florence Helen (Poe) Wilkie, Thomas Wayland Poe, Georgetta Poe, Charles Poe, Elias Dodson Poe and Ivey Vann Poe
Husband of
Vallie Glen Glen (Williams) Poe
— married
24 Dec 1905 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Marguerite (Poe) Elliott, Cecil Poe, Pauline (Poe) Young, Ruth (Poe) Harris, Harold Poe, Linwood Poe, Sue (Poe) Holmes and Thomas Poe
Died
at age 84
in Orange County, North Carolina, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2011
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Biography
He was a building carpenter. Although he was probably born in Chatham County,North Carolina, he spent most of his adult working life in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina.
He was well known within the extended Poe family for his inventive sense of humor.
Physical description from his draft registration from World War I: short, medium build, gray eyes, dark hair.
Sources
- 1900 U.S. Census - New Hope Twp., Chatham Co., NC - Roll# 1188; p21A; ED# 0012; FHL# 1241188 .
- Poe, Bailey Dowd. Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards; 1917-1918 - Durham Co., NC, Roll 1765639, Draft Board 0, Draft Card P.
- Poe, Cecil Benjamin - transcribed record of marriage to Annie Mae Hales, fm Virginia Selected Marriages, 1765-1940 - viewed on Ancestry.com .
- Poe, Harold Williams - record of marriage to Lillie Mildred Eubank - Henry Co., VA - 14 Aug 1937 - viewed on Ancestry.com .
- 1940 U.S. Census - Durham (Ward 1), Durham Co., NC - Roll# T627_2902; p6B; ED# 32-5 - viewed on Ancestry.com .
- Poe, Howard Williams - obit in _News & Record_ (Greensboro, NC: 07 Apr 2009).
Acknowledgments
- Poe, C.C. Information provided to George Stradtman, Jr. during interview in Chatham Co, NC, in 1969.
- Shepherd, R J - "Cecil Benjamin Poe" FindAGrave Mem.# 143002124.
- Mattocks, Thomas B. (bizzette2010@hotmail.com). E-mail to George G. Stradtman, Jr. - 31 Mar 2001, 2013h.
- Partin, Bonnie (nitrap@mindspring.com). E-mail to George G. Stradtman, Jr. Aug. 18, 2007.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bailey by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bailey:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bailey by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bailey:
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~4.69%
Margaret (Tillery) Bell
:
23andMe
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~2.34%
Jeff Poe :
23andMe, GEDmatch M672752 [compare]
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