Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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Thomas Poe




Husband Thomas Poe 1

           Born: 1786 1
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           Died: 26 Jul 1814 1
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         Father: Hon. James Poe (1748-1822) 2 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Cathcart Potter (1767-1819) 2 4 5 6





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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Poe


He was graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New York, and became a civil engineer. He was deputy surveyor of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 1809-13. He enlisted in Capt. Samuel Gordon's company, March 1, 1814, and marched from Loudon to Erie, where the company was attached to the 5th regiment, Col. James Fenton. Poe was made adjutant of the regiment. He was a man born to command. It is told of him that by the mere power of his presence he quieted an outbreak in camp, and by a word forced the men to go to their quarters. He was mortally wounded at the battle of Chippewa, July 25, 1814, and died the next day.

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Sources


1 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 377.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 110.

3 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 375.

4 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 403.

5 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 314.

6 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 376.


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