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 de... more

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  • Mar 17, 1790

Date of death:

  • Feb 16, 1871 (age 80 years)

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  • Maria Clemm,
  • Maria Poe Clemm

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  • Jul 13, 1817
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