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  1. David Poe Jr. (July 18, 1784 – December 11, 1811 [speculative]) was an American actor and the father of Edgar Allan Poe. Biography Playbill for The Curfew, presented "For the Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Poe" on May 27, 1807. Poe was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

    • December 11, 1811 (aged 27) (disputed)
    • Actor
  2. Apr 30, 2022 · David Poe, Jr. was best known as the father of American author Edgar Allan Poe. An actor by profession, David Poe, Jr. abandoned his wife and children in 1810, when his youngest daughter, Rosalie was just an infant, and Edgar was barely one year old. David died in 1811. view all.

    • July 18, 1784
    • Actor, Lawyer/Actor
    • Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  3. June 10, 2014. One night a theater critic answered his door to find an actor so angry over a review that he threatened the critic. The actor was a twenty-three year old David Poe, Jr. (1784-?), future father of Edgar Allan Poe. That review is the Poe Museum’s Object of the Month for June.

  4. Dec 25, 2016 · David Poe Jr. Born before 18 Jul 1784 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Ancestors. Son of David Poe Sr. and Elizabeth (Carnes) Poe. Brother of John Hancock Poe, William Adam Poe, George Washington Poe, Samuel Poe and Maria (Poe) Clemm.

    • Male
    • July 18, 1784
    • Elizabeth (Arnold) Poe
    • December 11, 1811
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  6. Dec 11, 2009 · Learn about the life and disappearance of David Poe, Jr., the father of Edgar A. Poe, who was an actor, a drinker, and a gambler. Find out how he met his wife, how he met Edgar, and how he may have died in 1811.

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  7. Oct 4, 2017 · David Poe, Jr. was the father of Edgar Allan Poe, the famous American writer of horror and mystery stories. He was a soldier, an editor, and a publisher who died in 1849. Learn about his life, career, and legacy from this timeline of his son's achievements and challenges.

  8. 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 ).

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