A. By accounts of brother, Jacob was also in riverboat business.
Residence: Wellsville Echoes, Wellsville, OH,
See account by Adam Poe, Sr.

B. Hoffman - Jacob Poe was a riverboat pilot, sometimes Captain, and a riverboat owner. He had interests in 40 boats.

C. 1850 23 Sep PA (Beaver) Green T., p287
#297 Jacob Poe 37M Steamboat Captain $8100 OH
Mary A. 29F PA
George W. 06M PA
Elizabeth Crop 12F PA
Mary Wilkenson 20F PA

D. 1880 US census Georgetown, Beaver, Pennsylvania, p 183:

Jacob POE Self M Male W 67 OH Steam Boat Pilot PA PA
Mary Ann POE Wife M Female W 50 PA Keeping House MD MD
George POE Son S Male W 36 PA Steamboat Pilot OH PA
Charles E. POE Son S Male W 26 PA Farmer OH PA
Theodore C. POE Son S Male W 19 PA At Home OH PA
Parthenia CALHOUN Niece S Female W 25 PA Keeping House PA PA

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Source Information:
Census Place Georgetown, Beaver, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255097
NA Film Number T9-1097
Page Number 183B

E. 1856 28 May A Jacob Poe died. (Which Jacob Poe was this?) This Jacob's son, Theodore, was born about 1861.

1. 2. Carson POE   b. EST 1840, Of Beaver Co., Pennsylvania; d. 4 Sep 1914.
2. 3. Adam H. POE   b. 13 Sep 1842, Of Beaver Co., Pennsylvania; d. 3 May 1843, Of Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.
3. 4. George Washington Ebert POE   b. 12 May 1844; d. 16 Feb 1943.
4. 5. Albert G. POE   b. 30 Jan 1849, Of Beaver Co., Pennsylvania; d. 26 Jan 1850, Of Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.
5. 6. Charles Edgar POE   b. 28 May 1854, Pennsylvania, probably Beaver Co., Pennsylvania; d. 19 Mar 1939.
6. 7. Theodore Cochran POE   b. 5 Dec 1861, Of Beaver Co., Pennsylvania; d. 11 Jul 1950, Northside Pitt, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

1 NAME George W. /Poe/
2 SOUR S01764

4 TEXT Date of Import: Mar 8, 2000
1 NAME George W. E. /Poe/
2 SOUR S01691

4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 10, 1998
2 SOUR S02021

4 TEXT Date of Import: Feb 13, 2000
1 _FA1
2 PLAC Riverboat pilot
2 SOUR S01691

4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 10, 1998
2 SOUR S02021

4 TEXT Date of Import: Feb 13, 2000





Soources: POE1-2,18-4,42-4
18-4 1868 George obtained his first license. 1868+ He shipped on the Argosy, the Abner O'Neil(1877), the C. W. Bachelor, the J.. M. McCulloch, and the Express.
1940 George had a niece, Lillian Poe Wagner, who kept his house but died years before 197_.
42-4 George W. Poe was a pilot on many boats: Among them were the H. K. Bedford, Messenger, Scotia, Mollie Ebert, and the C. W. Bachelor.

Hoffmann claimed Charles E. Poe was not a riverman but can be found in CHILDREN OF OLD MAN RIVER by Bill Bryant.

1. 8. Lillian May POE   b. 6 Sep 1891, Of Beaver Co., Pennsylvania; d. 6 Jul 1971, Georgetown, Beaver, Pennsylvania; bur. Lake View Cem..
2. 9. Wagner POE   b. EST 1893, Of Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.

1 NAME Theodore G. /Poe/
2 SOUR S01691

4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 10, 1998
2 SOUR S02021

4 TEXT Date of Import: Feb 13, 2000
1 _FA1
2 PLAC In charge of wharf boat, Pittsburgh, PA
2 SOUR S01691

4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 10, 1998
2 SOUR S02021

4 TEXT Date of Import: Feb 13, 2000


Middle initial also listed as G.[George Jacob Poe.FTW]


Sources: POE12-2,14,42-4

1 NAME Lillian Mae /Poe/
2 SOUR S01691

4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 10, 1998
2 SOUR S02021

4 TEXT Date of Import: Feb 13, 2000
2 SOUR S02209

4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 30, 2000
2 SOUR S02273

4 TEXT Date of Import: Feb 27, 2000
1 _FA1
2 PLAC Georgetown, PA resident in later years.
2 SOUR S01691

4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 10, 1998
2 SOUR S02021

4 TEXT Date of Import: Feb 13, 2000
1 _FA2
2 PLAC Piano teacher
2 SOUR S01691

4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 10, 1998
2 SOUR S02021

4 TEXT Date of Import: Feb 13, 2000


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