1816 - 1896

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• Title	Capt.
  Birth	20 Nov 1816	New Lisbon, Columbiana, Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Apr 1896	Georgetown, Beaver, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I106472	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Thomas Washington POE, b. 8 Mar 1783, Washington Co., Pennsylvania
  Mother	Elizabeth HEPHNER, b. 8 Apr 1786, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F44775	Group Sheet
  Family	Lucy Todd SMITH, b. 25 Apr 1824, Pennsylvania, probably Meridian, Butler Twp., Butler Co., Pennsylvania
  Married	2 or 16 Feb 1843	Of Beaver Co., Pennsylvania
  Notes	1 _FA1 2 PLAC Also listed as Feb 16, 1842; 1843; 1844
  Children	1. Baby Boy POE, b. 11 Mar 1844, Of Beaver Co., Pennsylvania > 2. Sarah "Sallie" Martha POE, b. CAL 1844, Pennsylvania, probably Beaver Co., Pennsylvania   3. Thomas J. Smith POE, b. 1 Oct 1846, Pennsylvania, probably Beaver Co., Pennsylvania > 4. Adam POE, Jr, b. Abt 1847, Of Beaver Co., Pennsylvania   5. Charles Westley POE, b. 29 Nov 1848, Of Beaver Co., Pennsylvania   6. Andrew Jackson POE, b. 2 Mar 1851, Pennsylvania, probably Beaver Co., Pennsylvania > 7. Ella Catherine POE, b. 26 Mar 1853, Georgetown, Beaver, Pennsylvania   8. Anna Flora POE, b. Abt 1857, Pennsylvania, probably Beaver Co., Pennsylvania > 9. Elizabeth Alice POE, b. 8 Dec 1858, Pennsylvania, probably Beaver Co., Pennsylvania > 10. Lucy Irene POE, b. 1 Nov 1861, Georgetown, Beaver, Pennsylvania > 11. Etta Mae POE, b. 25 Dec 1865, Pennsylvania, probably Beaver Co., Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F44836	Group Sheet

• Notes

  1. Started work as poler on barges and deckhand. Adam moved to Beaver Co., PA, with his father and captained some of the riverboats. He had 11 children (but no George). Later owned a number of steamboats. Hauled cargo for military, but not in military. Mentioned brotherIsaac also in boat trade. Elsewhere mentioned that 3 brothers and he bought towboat. BET. 1861 - 1865 Riverboat pilot during Civil War. Named one boat after"the great Wyandotte chiefBigfoot". Sailed Ohio, Allegheny, Wabash, Mississippi, & Missouri.Wrote book including personal Poe family account, May 2, 1887. Resided in Georgetown, PA most of life. Was active in keelboat and steamship business. Lived to be 80 per Tom T. Jones, who mentions 4 brothers. PerTom T. Jones, married Lucy Smith; had "large family". 2. Captain Adam Poe was a farmer and a riverboat pilot. He was a Captain and an owner. Some of his boats were the Federal Arch, the America, the Big Foot, the Neptune and the America II. Buried in Georgetown, PA cemetery. Date of death also listed as 1895. Religion Methodist Episcopal. 3. Adam Poe, Sr. made a written biographical account in 1887 that appears to support accounts that his grandfather Adam, brother of Andrew, spent most of his later life near Massilon, OH. He reported being taken there by his grandfather when he was about 5 years old (Abt 1821) and that his father, Thomas, built a house there the following year. This was said to be in Wayne Co., where the town of Congress stands. Due to flu, Adam returned to New Lisbon (present Lisbon, OH) with his mother; the following winter, his father moved their family home to Georgetown, PA. Nevertheless, the older Adam and others in the family probably remained in that area (Abt 10 mi NW of Wooster and 35 mi W of Masillon). 4. 1850 census Greene Twp, Beaver, Pennsylvania p 288: Adam Poe, 33, M, Steamboat Captain, $10,000, bir-OH; Lucy, 26, F, bir-PA Sarah M., 5, F, bir-PA; Thomas S., 4, M, bir- PA; Charles W., 1, M, bir- PA; Lucy Todd, 17, F, bir- PA 5. 1880 census Greene Twp, Beaver, Pennsylvania, p 223: Adam POE Self M Male W 63 OH Farmer OH PA Lucy T. POE Wife M Female W 55 PA Keeping House VA VA Andrew J. POE Son S Male W 28 PA Farm Hand OH PA Elizabeth POE Dau S Female W 20 PA At Home OH PA Annie F. POE Dau S Female W 23 PA At Home OH PA Thomas POE Son S Male W 32 PA At Home OH PA Irene POE Dau S Female W 18 PA At Home OH PA Adam POE Son S Male W 16 PA Farm Hand OH PA Etta POE Dau S Female W 13 PA OH PA