Thomas POE, Jr: Brooklyn Centre Change Log

1819 - 1881

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Suffix Jr

Birth 1819 Of Georgetown, Beaver, Pennsylvnia

Gender Male

Died 30 Dec 1881 Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri

DEAT 31 Dec 1881 Saint Louis, Missouri

Buried 1882 Local Cem., Georgetown, Beaver, Pennsylvania

Person ID I106474 Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish

Last Modified 28 Apr 2005 00:00:00

Father Thomas Washington POE, b. 8 Mar 1783, Washington Co., Pennsylvania

Mother Elizabeth HEPHNER, b. 8 Apr 1786, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania

Family ID F44775 Group Sheet

Family 1 Phebe, b. 17 Oct 1817

Married EST 1844

Children

Family ID F45100 Group Sheet

Family 2 Mary Jane, b. 11 Apr 1833

Married Aft 1855

Family ID F45101 Group Sheet

Notes	1 _FA1 2 PLAC Steamboat Capt. 2 SOUR S01691 4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 10, 1998 2 SOUR S02021 4 TEXT Date of Import: Feb 13, 2000 Sources: CE(POE45),POE1-2,,42-4,97 CE 1850 23 Sep PA (Beaver) Greene T., P286 #282 Thomas Poe, Jr. 28M Steamboat Pilot $4,400 PA Phebe 29F PA Clarissa J. 05F PA John W. 01M PA 97 1852 Thomas Poe commanded the sternwheeler moountain boat, the Georgetown. Various trips were made to the upper Missouri River. The boat stabbed a snag - fatally - up there in 1855. 1881 30 Dec Captain Thomas Poe was living with his daughter, Mrs. Clara Poe Blythe, in St. Louis, MO, when he died. His body was returned to Georgetown for burial. 42-4 Thomas Poe was Captain and part owner of the riverboat, the Nick Wall, which ran into a river bank near Napoleon, Arkansas. Martha was killed when her rescue was attempted. She was hit on the head by an axe. Thomas Poe also owned shares in the boats, the Amelia Poe, the Clara Poe, the Clifton, the Fearless and the Mary E. Poe. Captain Thomas Poe and both of his wives are buried in the Georgetown Cemetery. Thomas died 30 Dec 1881 in his 62nd year. Phebe died 28 jun 1855, age 37-8-11. Mary Jane died 22 Dec 1870, age 37-8-11. (These dates should be rechecked.)