Recent research on my great uncle Walter Edgar Poe

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Walter Edgar Poe, SR

Born: 20 March 1885 Belfast, Grant County, Arkansas

Died: 25 May 1944 Roanoke City, Roanoke County, Virginia

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1910 Census, living with Parents, aged 25

http://poegen.net/AR/Census/ARpulaskiCo1910wmElkiinPoe.jpg

http://poegen.net/AR/Images/WalterEdgarPoeWorldWarIDraftRegistrationCards19171918_256005055.jpg

First wife: Francis Willard (1893-1925)

Daughter: Francis Poe (raised in Tulsa by Allie Ruth Poe and husband Ty Cobb)

Married: George Washington

By 1930, Walter Edgar Poe, SR was living in Seal Beach, California with second wife

http://poegen.net/AR/Census/CAsealBeachCity1930WalterEpoeMildred.jpg

Mildred Elizabeth Allen (1904-?)

Son: Walter Edgar Poe, Jr born 22 June 1927

28 September 1934. Walter Edgar Poe SR wrote a letter to his sister Alma Poe Walton, mentioning a letter by his son (to Alma, that mentions Omar “Sonny” Poe – Walter Sr’s brother, and “Susie” who I am not sure about).

http://poegen.net/AR/WalterPoeSRLTR_1.htm

http://poegen.net/AR/WalterPoeJrLTR.htm

In 1940, Walter Edgar Poe SR lived in Roanoke City, VA with third wife, Catherine B Hudson and step-son of 19, Howard R. Hudson.

By the 1940 Census, Walter Edgar Poe SR was living in Roanoke

http://poegen.net/AR/Census/VAroanokeCo1940WalterEdgarPoe.jpg

Died: 25 May 1944

Self-owned “The Raven”

http://poegen.net/AR/Images/WalterEdgarPoeWorldWarIIDraftRegistrationCards1942_8729646.jpg

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More on the Hudson family:

http://poegen.net/AR/Census/VAroanoke1920_HowardRHudson.jpg

Catherine B “Kate” Hudson was wife of Fred C. Hudson

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