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Walter Edgar Poe, SR

Born: 20 March 1885 Belfast, Grant County, Arkansas

Died: 25 May 1944 Roanoke City, Roanoke County, Virginia

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1910 Census, living with Parents, aged 25

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First wife: Francis Willard (1893-1925)

              Daughter: Francis Poe (raised in Tulsa by Allie Ruth Poe and husband Ty Cobb)

                             Married: George Washington

By 1930, Walter Edgar Poe, SR was living in Seal Beach, California with second wife

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Mildred Elizabeth Allen

California, Death Index, 1940-1997 Mildred Elizabeth Fisher  [Mildred Elizabeth Allen]

Social Security #: 572193563

Birth Date: 9 Sep 1909

Birth Place: Arkansas

Death Date: 24 Oct 1991

Death Place: Los Angeles

Mother's Maiden Name: Gavis

Father's Surname: Allen

 

Son: Walter Edgar Poe, Jr born 22 June 1927

28 September 1934.  Walter Edgar Poe SR wrote a letter to his sister Alma Poe Walton, mentioning a letter by his son (to Alma, that mentions Omar “Sonny” Poe – Walter Sr’s brother, and “Susie” who I am not sure about).

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In 1940, Walter Edgar Poe SR lived in Roanoke City, VA with third wife, Catherine B Hudson and step-son of 19, Howard R. Hudson.

By the 1940 Census, Walter Edgar Poe SR was living in Roanoke

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Died: 25 May 1944

Self-owned “The Raven”

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More on the Hudson family:

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Catherine B “Kate” Hudson was wife of Fred C. Hudson