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Jul 3, 2014 · In 1816, General David Poe died and Henry, who was nine, was sent to live with his father’s friend, Henry Didier. Didier was a law student with David Poe Jr. before David took up acting ( Timoney ). According to Thomas Mabbott in Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Poems, Henry Didier was, in fact, Henry’s godfather ( 515 ).
Dec 11, 2009 · David Poe, Jr. may have died on December 11, 1811* — three days after Eliza's death — in Norfolk, Virginia — the same town where he met his wife. Poe may or may not have known the circumstances.
David Poe Jr. Actor. Father of Edgar Allan Poe, writer, poet. Son of David Poe, Sr. who was born in Ireland (1742-1817) and Elizabeth Cairnes (1756-1835). His first career study was law, but soon left against his family wishes to pursue an acting career.
David Poe, Jr., made his last known stage appearance on 18 October 1809, in New York; sometime before 26 July 1811 he left his wife and children. Elizabeth Arnold Poe died in Richmond on 8 December 1811, after a lingering illness.
Oct 4, 2017 · 1811 – Poe’s father, David Poe, Jr., abandons his family and disappears. A few months later, the Placide and Green Company, a traveling acting troupe, brings Elizabeth Poe and her...
Dec 13, 2014 · They had five children, of whom the fourth, David, was the father of the poet. The manners and customs prevailing among the better class of Southerners, at this period when David Poe, Jr., was growing into manhood, were litde calculated to foster healthful moral restraints in the younger generation.
Jan 19, 2014 · David Poe was a farmer and an oveerseer of Parish roads. It is possible that he was descended from the Dr. Leonard Poe who was the official physican for King James I and later for King Charles I. Parents: Unknown. Children: John (born: date unknown) ** Alexander (born: date unknown. May have emigrated to Pennsylvania around 1739.)
