Maria Poe
Deceased Person
1790 – 1871
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Who was Maria Poe?
Maria Poe Clemm was aunt to author Edgar Allan Poe, and mother to Virginia Eliza Clemm, Poe's wife, making her also Edgar's mother-in-law. She was the younger sister to Edgar's father David Poe, Jr.Called "Muddy" by Edgar, she loved him as her own son, lovingly calling him "Eddy". She served as a much-needed mother figure to him in much of his adult life, cared for the sickly Virginia, and managed a household for the couple from 1829 until the deaths of Virginia in 1847 and Edgar in 1849.She lived to the enviable age of 80.
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- Born
- Mar 17, 1790
- Also known as
- Maria Clemm
- Maria Poe Clemm
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- William Clemm, Jr.
(1817/07/13 - )
- William Clemm, Jr.
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Feb 16, 1871
- Resting place
- Westminster Hall and Burying Ground
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on July 23, 2013
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