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...
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Date of birth:
- Mar 17, 1790
Date of death:
- Feb 16, 1871 (age 80 years)
Country of nationality:
Also known as:
- Maria Clemm,
- Maria Poe Clemm