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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.
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.
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. Although little is known of David Poe’s life, most of what is documented concerns his acting career.
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.
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...
Eliza Poe ( née Elizabeth Arnold; formerly Hopkins; 1787 – December 8, 1811) was an English actress and the mother of the American author Edgar Allan Poe . Early life. The Poe family tree. Arnold was born to Henry and Elizabeth Arnold in London in the spring of 1787. [1] . Her mother was a stage actress in London from 1791 to 1795.
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 ).
