born about 1790 Claiborn Poe family of Jefferson Co AL
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Subject: Re: Poe, Wiley Pvt. "Soldier in the Army of the U. S. A.
Added on Date: 4/01/06
Message Number: 2838
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In the past few years I have done a tremendous amount of census examination for the Poe family. Not related to me -but they are maybe 8th cousins to my children. I traced the Poes back to Claiborn Poe who lived in AL by 1820, also 1830 and 1840 in the Cahaba Valley- near Birmingham as it is today. He fought in the War of 1812 out of Tenn. I shared a lot of information with the Poe msn (my husband erased all emails and the site location) or yahoo group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thepoes/) and other Poes in AL. Here are some of my notes. i found his brother jesse r. Randolph also fought with Wiley--- and his brother Robert, according to Michael farren of AL. Michael found his records and put them all on a site he just started- I guess he told you already-
http://1stalabamacavalryusv.com/roster/troopers.asp?trooperid=1770http://1stalabamacavalryusv.com/roster/troopers.asp?trooperid=1770
I gathered this together while looking for information on Nora Sellers husband. Nora was the daughter of William Simpson Sellers and Amanda Sims. Nora married Wylie Thornton Poe Jr. and had one child before she died in a car accident. Her husband remarried and left their child James Walter Poe with his in laws the James Thomas jefferson Sellers famiily.
1850 Cahawba Valley,Jefferson Co., AL.
Dwelling No. 2 Family No. 2
No Male Head of Household.
POE, Elizabeth age 60 born VA husband possible "Clayborn Poe" in Shelby Co AL 1820 and 1830 and Claiborne Poe on the 1840 Jefferson Co AL
Poe, Mary age 40 born TN husband ?
Poe, John age 20 born AL
Poe, Robert age 13 born AL
(Birth: 2/16/1837 wife Malissa G. Poe
Feb.16, 1837 Feb. 9, 1845
Feb. 2, 1922 June 16, 1912 children Amanda,William,Mattie,Silvester,Molly,Emma, Allien,Robert PoeJr,)
Poe, Elizabeth age 10 born AL
Poe, WILEY age 9 born AL (soldier in the Union Army 1st AL Cav. (U.S.) "Volunteered this Tenth day of March 1864 to Serve as a Soldier in the Army of the United States of America for the period of THREE YEARS" Wiley enlisted in Decatur, Alabama.)
Poe, Jesse age 6 born AL soldier in the Union Army
Poe Nancy age 3 born AL
Neighbors on each side Harris, Allen Harris and Benjamin Harris..
marriages-
William P. McDanal Ellin Poe 29 Dec 1853 Jefferson JP
Elizabeth McDaniel John Poe 14 Sep 1851 Jefferson JP
J. M. Poe Octavia Cornelius 16 Jun 1867 Jefferson MG
Wiley Poe Nancy J. Watkins 03 Oct 1871 Jefferson
Mary Jane M. McCombs Jesse R. Poe 09 Aug 1866 Jefferson JP
Thomas Douglass Malinda Poe 27 Dec 1879 Madison
Caroline Brasher Robert Poe 04 May 1861 Shelby JP
Lecense Jane Davis William H. Poe 06 Mar 1853 Shelby JP
Samuel S. S. Howard Malissa Poe 05 Sep 1865 Shelby MG
A. C. Pledger Paralee Poe 11 May 1854 Shelby
Marriage 1 Malissa Caroline BRASHER b: 2/9/1845 in GA.
Married: 5/4/1861 in Shelby Co., AL.
Children of Robert
Amanda Malissa POE b: 3/18/1863 in AL.
William M. POE b: 4/24/1868 in MS.
Mattie B. POE b: 2/29/1871 in MS.
Sylvester POE b: 2/25/1875 in AL.
Mollie C. POE b: 11/25/1876 in AL.
Emma POE b: 11/11/1879 in AL.
Allen POE b: 3/16/1884 in AL.
Robert POE b: 5/19/1888 in AL.
Wiley Thornton Poe b. Dec. 31, 1841 in Jefferson Co., AL.; married Nancy Josephine Watkins 3 Oct 1871 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL; Wiley is found living with his mother Mary in 1850 and grandmother Elizabeth. He is in the War in 1860 and living with the ACTONS in the 1870 Shelby County Census and in 1880 near John V. Acton age 46 and family, William H. Acton age 46 and family and Thomas Actons age 30 and family in 1880 Alabama > Shelby > Bold Springs > District 127 called Actons. Wiley died 10 Feb. 1882 at Brocks Gap near Shades Mountain. He was probably visiting relatives and got into a fight. Wiley Thornton Poe & Nancy Josephine Watkins POE had the following children:
1.Mary
2.Wiley Thorton Poe Jr. b. Aug. 7, 1874
3.Zilpha E. Poe b. July 11th 1877
4.Dudley Lee Poe Sr. b. Dec.20, 1880
5.unknown
Nancy Josephine must have married another Poe brother after 1882 because she says in 1900 she was married 29 years and she has a Poe son born 1891 still living with her- and that she had a total of 9 children. I have no idea who the 2nd Poe husband could be.
6.Carney/Connie Poe Dec 14, 1891, mar: Dixie Bowden, b. Nov 14, 1891 and they had a daughter who could be living.
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Nancy Josephine Watkins b. Oct 14, 1855 in Jefferson Co., AL. d.10 June 1932 . the dau. of Stephen Wharton Watkins 1832 - 1920 & Zilpha Acton (b. 1 Jan 1837 in Shelby Co.,AL died 1888-Zilpha Acton was the dau. of the Rev.William Acton b. 19 April, 1805 in Wayne Co., KY and his wife Elizabeth Lee; they were married 12 Jan 1851 in SHELBY COUNTY, AL.
Shelby Co., AL.)
1.Mary died in infancy
2.Wiley Thorton Poe jr.married (1) Nora Sellers (she died in a car accident) daughter of William Simpson Sellers and Amanda Sims and had James WALTER b. March 12, 1907 (2) Pauline Battle b. Oct 7, 1903. They had a dau. who is probably still living; the dau. married and they had children.They had children which could be living.
3.Zilpha , b. July 16, 1878, mar: (1) Victor Robyns b. May 4, 1874. It appears they had one child, Louis, b. July 4, 1904.
4.Dudley Lee Poe Sr. b. Dec 20, 1880, d. April 5, 1944, mar: Mary Augusta Baker b. Aug 16, 1884, d."9/2/74"
6. carney/Connie Poe male-no knowledge
an email from a woman who does research on the McCombs family VIRGINIA HUGHS
[email protected]
(the only email I have-but Americans change their emails address so often so I do not know if it works)
Virginia says:
Jesse R. Poe was my great grandfather. James {Jim} Poe was my grandfather on my fathers side. Lewis Sylvester Poe was my grandfather on my mothers side. I do not know any other Information on this, except that William David was not one of his children as I recall. William David was my father. He was the son of James {Jim} Poe. I do not have any dates on these. My father was born Oct. 5, 1895. Lewis S.Poe married Ruthie Elizabeth Glass had 3 children walter, Manson, and Anna maslene. divorced married McDaniel had 5 children Jack , Joe, Sadie, a girl that died at 15. can't recall the other ones name. Mary Polly Poe came to Alabama from the Carolinas with her brother. The man that was Jesse's father last name was O' Barr.
Virginia P. Hughes
Poes in Jefferson County, Alabama. I've traced my line back to a Mary Polly Poe, who had a son named Jesse Randolph Poe, around 1840. This Jesse R. Poe was apparently born out of wedlock. Jesse R. Poe married Mary Jane McCombs on 9 Aug 1866. Their children were william David, Lewis S., Mary E., James, Georgia Ann, and Nancy.
Eric E. Poe
Eric Poe, descendant of jesse Poe (mother Mary), seemed to believe he was born out of wedlock, so I suppose Wylie could have been also. The Poe name may come from their mother- either she was born a Poe or her husband was a Poe who stayed around only long enough to have the first child and not all of them. Maybe Mary was part indian and did not hold much with marriage.
also
From Virginia Hughs-
I am the great granddaughter of Jesse R. Poe. I live in Shelby Co. I was born and raised here. My parents were first cousins. James T. Poe and Lewis S. Poe are my grandfather's. Both were the sons of Jesse R. Poe. My father William David Poe,is the first born of James T. Poe. James T. Poe married Julie Glass, daughter of Andrew Jackson Glass.
My mothers father was Lewis S. Poe. He married Ruthie Elizabeth Glass, daughter of Manson Glass. I don't know if we are related to the Aaron Poe in the Shelby Co. Census or not. The only Polly Poe I found was in the household of some Howard. The census said she was from TN and so was Aaron Poe. I do remember my mother telling me that Polly Poe came down in here with her brother. I don't recall his name.
If you find out any thing about her please let me know. I have wondered if she ever married after Jesse Poe was born.
Jesse R. Poe was my great grandfather. James {Jim} Poe was my grandfather on my fathers side. Lewis Sylvester Poe was my grandfather on my mothers side. I do not know any other Information on this, except that William David was not one of his children as I recall. William David was my father. He was the son of James {Jim} Poe. I do not have any dates on these. My father was born Oct. 5, 1895. Lewis S.Poe married Ruthie Elizabeth Glass had 3 children walter, Manson, and Anna maslene. divorced married McDaniel had 5 children Jack , Joe, Sadie, a girl that died at 15. can't recall the other ones name. Mary Polly Poe came to Alabama from the Carolinas with her brother. The man that was Jesse's father last name was O' Barr.
Dear Kate,
My wife's family has an O'Barr connection from Jefferson County, Ala. Her great grandmother was Mary Angemima b. circa 1840 in Alabama, m. to Willaim Clayton Poe. William was in the 20th Ala. Confederate infantry during the Late Unpleasantness. Mary Angemima's parents were John. B. (Butch) O'Barr and Elizabeth Skelton O'Barr. Butch is listed in the 1840 census as being from South Carolina.The O'barr family is still functioning and well thought of in the Leeds area. There is what the locals call O'Barr bridge at Lake Purdy south of Leeds on highway 119 (Lake Purdy is where Birmingham gets it's drinking water). Evidently some O'Barrs lived near there at one time. They are scattered into Shelby and St. Clair counties also. I wasn't born until 1943 so did not know your father's immediate family.
Dear Paul,
I am still searching for my family of Poe's. The one that's the brother of Mary {Polly} Poe. I think Polly was a nickname. I read your message about the O'Barr Bible being in possesion of a Mr. Jim Poe. My great-grandfather was {Jim} real name James Poe. I would like to know how this Jim Poe was related to the O'Barr's. Any thing that you can tell me about this relation of Poe's and O'Barr's would be of help to me. Thanks for the information you have already given me.
McCombs- Jesse Randolph Poe tree from Virginia Hughs
1. William "Billy" McCombs,[1] b. c. 1823 in SC,[2],[3] (son of David McCombs and Sarah Charlotte Sims) occupation farmer.[4] He married (1) Mary Jane "Polly" McDaniel,[5],[6] married Sept 20 1838 in Jefferson Co AL,[7],[8] b. c. 1819 in South Carolina,[9] d. bf. 1880 in Alabama.[10] He married (2) Sarah D Baker,[11],[12] b. 1842,[13] d. in Jefferson Co AL.[14] William died 1896 in Jefferson Co AL,[15] buried: in McCombs Cem. Irondale AL.[16] * Following notes received from Melba Clark Jan 2004 ([email protected])
*Census: 1830 AL Jefferson Co pg 171; William would be one of the 2 males
5/10 listed with David McCombs.
*William married Mary Jane "Polly" McDaniel 20 Sep 1838, Jefferson Co., AL
[BK2 pg71]
*Census: 1840 AL Jefferson Co pg 183 line 13; William McCombs; 1 male 15/20;
1 female 20/30
*Census: 1850 AL Jefferson Co pg 187B; LINE 9; H3/F3; McCombs, William 37 b
SC; Polly 31 b SC; Mary 8, David 6, Melisa 5, William 4, Julia 3, John 1.
[Note: Same page with his brothers, Thomas and John.]
*Census: 1860 AL Jefferson Co pg 801 Forks Road precinct; P.O. Elyton; 20
June; line29; F355; McCombs, William 36 farmer $400, Mary 40, Mary 19, David
17, William 15, Melissa 14, Julia A 11, John 9, George 8, Lafayette 6, James
2, John 1. [Note: There are two children named John, one 9 and the other one
1.] [Also note that William and Melissa are reversed in age order from the
1850 census, and her age is yet different on the next census, 1870.]
*Census: 1870 AL Jefferson Co pg 338B (BK PG 308); P.O. CEDAR GROVE; 18 JUN;
Wm 49, farmer; M.J. 56f keeps house; both b SC; S.M. 26f at home; L. 17m;
Jas. 12; ch all b AL.
*Census: 1880 AL Jefferson Co Vol 11 ED66 pg8 T17 R1W; McCombs, Wm 58
farmer SC/SC/SC; dau S.A.M. 37 keeping house b AL/SC/SC; dau Sarah 22 b AL.
[Note: S.A.M. is Sarah Ann Melissa, Wm's dau and the other Sarah is probably
the daughter of David Addison and Arrenna Lathem McCombs who were both
desceased.]
*William and Polly had eight children. After Polly died, William married
second, Sarah D Baker, widow of James S Latham [James was the brother of
Arrena, wife of David Addison McCombs]. William and Sarah married 8 Sep
1883, Jefferson Co., AL [Bk 10 pg 160]. They did not have any children.
*Census: 1900 William's second wife, Sarah 58 b May 1842 AL/AL/AL, is
listed as a widow with her son, Edwin L Latham and his family, Vol 29 E.D.94
SH2 line 14.
*Since his wife Sarah was listed as a widow in 1900, William must have died
between the 1880 and 1900 census. He is buried at the McCombs/Lovick
Cemetery, Jefferson Co., AL. Mary: Parent of at least 8 children Sarah: Following notes received from Melba Clark Jan 2004
*William and Polly had eight children. After Polly died, William married
second, Sarah D Baker, widow of James S Latham [James was the brother of
Arrena, wife of David Addison McCombs]. William and Sarah married 8 Sep
1883, Jefferson Co., AL [Bk 10 pg 160]. They did not have any children.
*Census: 1900 William's second wife, Sarah 58 b May 1842 AL/AL/AL, is
listed as a widow with her son, Edwin L Latham and his family, Vol 29 E.D.94
SH2 line 14.
*Since his wife Sarah was listed as a widow in 1900, William must have died
between the 1880 and 1900 census. He is buried at the McCombs/Lovick
Cemetery, Jefferson Co., AL.
Children:
i Mary Jane McCombs, b. c. 1842 in AL.[17] She married Jesse Randolf Poe,[18] married Aug 9 1866 in Jefferson Co AL,[19] b. 1842.[20] Mary died aft. 1910. Jesse: Jesse R. Poe was my great grandfather. James (Jim) Poe was my grandfather on my fathers side. Lewis Sylvester Poe was my grandfather on my mothers side. I do not know any other Information on this, except that William David was not one of his children as I recall. William David was my father. He was the son of James (Jim) Poe. I do not have any dates on these. My father was born Oct. 5, 1895. Lewis S.Poe married Ruthie Elizabeth Glass had 3 children walter, Manson, and Anna maslene. divorced married McDaniel had 5 children Jack , Joe, Sadie, a girl that died at 15. can't recall the other ones name. Mary Polly Poe came to Alabama from the Carolinas with her brother. The man that was Jesse's father last name was O' Barr.
[email protected] ( Virginia P Hughes)
ii David N. McCombs,[21] b. c. 1844.[22],[23]
iii Sarah Ann Melissa McCombs,[24],[25],[26] b. c. 1845 in Alabama.[27],[28]
iv William J McCombs,[29] b. c. 1846 in Alabama,[30] d. bf. 1865 in In Civil War??.[31]
v Julia Ella McCombs,[32] b. c. 1847.[33],[34] She married J.W. Jennings.[35]
2. vi John Thomas McCombs b. 1850.
vii Marcus LaFayette McCombs,[36],[37] b. 1854.[38] He married Rutha F "Ruth" Taylor,[39] b. 1856,[40] d. c. 1932 in Jefferson Co AL,[41] buried: in McCombs Cemetary, Lovick AL.[42] Marcus died c. 1892 in Jefferson Co AL,[43] buried: in McCombs Cemetary, Lovick AL.[44]
3. viii James Manuel McCombs b. May 20 1855.
Second Generation
2. John Thomas McCombs,[45] b. 1850.[46] He married Mary "Melvina" Cardwell,[47] married Jun 10 1869 in Jefferson Co AL,[48] b. 1857, d. c. 1899,[49] buried: in McCombs Cemetary, Lovick AL.[50] John died c. 1921 in Jefferson Co AL,[51] buried: in McCombs Cemetary, Lovick AL.[52]
Children:
i John L McCombs.[53] He married Mary C Glass,[54] married Dec 23 1891 in Jefferson Co AL.[55]
3. James Manuel McCombs,[56],[57] b. May 20 1855 in Jefferson Co AL,[58],[59],[60] occupation Woodsetter.[61] He married Alice Manilla "Mary" Green,[62],[63] b. Oct 30 1861 in Alabama,[64],[65],[66] d. Mar 1938 in Jefferson Co AL.[67],[68] James died Feb 18 1933 in Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa AL,[69] buried: in McCombs/Lovick Cemetery, Jefferson Co AL.[70]
Children:
i Sarah E McCombs,[71] b. c. 1878 in Alabama.[72]
ii Mary J McCombs,[73] b. c. Feb 1880 in Alabama.[74]
4. iii William S McCombs.
iv Josie McCombs,[75] b. c. 1881 in Alabama.[76]
5. v Minnie J McCombs b. c. 1884.
6. vi James Thomas McCombs b. Apr 1886.
vii Lula D McCombs,[77] b. c. 1888 in Alabama. She married Czerny Jerry Spidle,[78] married Dec 18 1909 in Jefferson Co AL,[79] b. c. 1887 in Alabama.[80]
viii Beulah McCombs, b. c. 1890.[81]
ix Ora/Ola McCombs,[82] b. c. 1892 in Alabama.[83] She married Curtis Robinson, married Jun 28 1913 in Jefferson Co AL.[84]
x Jesse Marion McCombs,[85] b. Sept 1896 in Alabama,[86] d. Mar 14 1917 in Lovick, Jefferson Co AL,[87] buried: in McCombs/Lovick Cemetery, Jefferson Co AL.[88]
xi Bertha McCombs.[89]
xii Gracey McCombs,[90] b. c. 1903 in Alabama.[91]
Third Generation
4. William S McCombs.[92] He married Mary Davis Franklin,[93] married Oct 5 1901 in Jefferson Co AL,[94] b. c. 1886.[95]
Children:
i Bessie McCombs,[96] b. c. 1903.[97]
ii Carell McCombs, b. c. 1905.[98]
iii ___relis McCombs,[99] b. c. 1907.[100]
iv Lena M McCombs.[101]
v Milton McCombs,[102] b. c. 1917.[103]
vi Robert L McCombs,[104] b. c. 1923.[105]
5. Minnie J McCombs,[106] b. c. 1884 in Alabama.[107] She married Charles E Thompson,[108] married Apr 29 1904 in Jefferson Co AL,[109] b. c. 1883 in Alabama.[110]
Children:
i Roy F Thompson,[111] b. c. 1907.[112]
ii Sadie L Thompson,[113] b. c. 1909.[114]
iii Willie D Thompson,[115] b. c. 1911.[116]
iv Wade D Thompson,[117] b. c. 1914.[118]
v Daisy V Thompson,[119] b. c. 1916.[120]
6. James Thomas McCombs,[121] b. Apr 1886 in Alabama.[122] He married (1) ____ _____ McCombs. He married (2) Lorene Cunningham,[123] married Jun 17 1931 in Jefferson Co AL.[124]
Children:
i Cecil McCombs,[125] b. c. 1918.[126]
ii Nelson O McCombs,[127] b. c. 1925.[128]
iii Owen Clayton McCombs,[129] b. Feb 13 1933 in Alabama.[130]
iv Doris McCombs.[131] She married ______ McKinney.[132]
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