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Hasten Poe and wife

Son of Samuel Poe (1810-1865) and Mary E. Bryant, sister of Samuel Bryant

son of Hasten Poe 2 September 1786 Prince Edward County, Virginia - 10 April1878 Hamilton County, Tennessee

According to: History of Hamilton Co., and Chattanooga, TN, Vol. 1 by Zella Armstrong: 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.