Samuel Poe
(1810-1865)
Wife was Mary E.
Bryant, sister of Samuel Bryant
According
to: History of Hamilton Co., and Chattanooga,
TN, Vol. 1 by Zella Armstrong.
This book states: Major Samuel Poe, born 1810, died 1865, was the son of
Hasten and Celia Poe. He raised a regiment in Hamilton County
for service in the Mexican War and was elected major. Before the regiment could
march he was notified that the War was over. He married Mary E. Bryant, sister
of Samuel Bryant. Their children were: (1) William, who served in the
Confederate Army; (2) John H., born
1849, died Dec. 11, 1927, married Sarah Louise Bean,
daughter of Major William Bean; and (3) Sarah, who married James Putnam; (4)
Hasten Poe.
son of Hasten Poe whose
dates were
born: 2 September 1786 Prince Edward
County, Virginia
died: 10 April1878 Hamilton
County, Tennessee