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Thirza Ellen <I>Fulk</I> Poe

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Thirza Ellen Fulk Poe

Birth
Scotland County, Missouri, USA
Death
21 May 1939 (aged 90)
Scotland County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Hitt, Scotland County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Married Isaac Taylor Poe March 19, 1868 at Richland Baptist Church, Scotland County, Missouri.

Children: Jesse, Urban, Effie, Otis, Orville Glen, Ernest, Sylvia. Baby Poe born about 1883.

Photo: about age 60.

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Obituary Memphis Reveille, May 1939:
Mrs. Thirza E. Poe is Dead--Was Born Near Memphis Ninety Years Ago Last December.

Mrs. Thirza Ellen Poe, one of the oldest native-born citizens of the county, died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs. R. A. Leach near Hitt, Sunday evening, May 21, at 5:30 o'clock. She had made her home for the past few years with Mr. and Mrs. Leach.

Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Richland church, conducted by Rev. Dan Newland, and interment was in the Richland cemetery. The pall bearers were Forest Poe, Eugene Poe, Verne Leach, Ernest Israel, Will McWilliam and Leland Jackson. A quartette composed of Mrs. Dan Newland, Mrs. W. E. Rullman, Ross Tucker and Clyde Tippet, accompanied by Mrs. Ross Tucker, sang.

Mrs. Poe, whose maiden name was Thirza Ellen Fulk, was the daughter of Daniel and Lillis Fulk. She was one of ten children, six of whom preceded her in death. She was born in Scotland County, Missouri, on December 22, 1848. She was married to Isaac T. Poe at the home of her parents in this county, March 18, 1868. Mr. Poe and three children preceded her in death. She is survived by the following children: Otis E. Poe, Downing, Mo.; Glen Poe, Fort Morgan, Colo; Ernest Poe, Weldon, Colo; Mrs. Sylvia Israel and Mrs. Effie Leach both of near Memphis. She leaves two brothers and one sister: Orvia Fulk, Portland, Oregon, C. N. Fulk, Berkeley, Calif., and Mrs. Myra Baughman, Long Beach, Calif.

Mrs. Poe lived in this county virtually all her life. For many years she has been a member of the Richland Baptist church near Hitt. She suffered a stroke of paralysis, which coupled with the infirmities of old age, caused her death.

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Namesake of her aunt, Thirza Mitchell Webber, wife of Calvin S Webber.

Married Isaac Taylor Poe March 19, 1868 at Richland Baptist Church, Scotland County, Missouri.

Children: Jesse, Urban, Effie, Otis, Orville Glen, Ernest, Sylvia. Baby Poe born about 1883.

Photo: about age 60.

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Obituary Memphis Reveille, May 1939:
Mrs. Thirza E. Poe is Dead--Was Born Near Memphis Ninety Years Ago Last December.

Mrs. Thirza Ellen Poe, one of the oldest native-born citizens of the county, died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs. R. A. Leach near Hitt, Sunday evening, May 21, at 5:30 o'clock. She had made her home for the past few years with Mr. and Mrs. Leach.

Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Richland church, conducted by Rev. Dan Newland, and interment was in the Richland cemetery. The pall bearers were Forest Poe, Eugene Poe, Verne Leach, Ernest Israel, Will McWilliam and Leland Jackson. A quartette composed of Mrs. Dan Newland, Mrs. W. E. Rullman, Ross Tucker and Clyde Tippet, accompanied by Mrs. Ross Tucker, sang.

Mrs. Poe, whose maiden name was Thirza Ellen Fulk, was the daughter of Daniel and Lillis Fulk. She was one of ten children, six of whom preceded her in death. She was born in Scotland County, Missouri, on December 22, 1848. She was married to Isaac T. Poe at the home of her parents in this county, March 18, 1868. Mr. Poe and three children preceded her in death. She is survived by the following children: Otis E. Poe, Downing, Mo.; Glen Poe, Fort Morgan, Colo; Ernest Poe, Weldon, Colo; Mrs. Sylvia Israel and Mrs. Effie Leach both of near Memphis. She leaves two brothers and one sister: Orvia Fulk, Portland, Oregon, C. N. Fulk, Berkeley, Calif., and Mrs. Myra Baughman, Long Beach, Calif.

Mrs. Poe lived in this county virtually all her life. For many years she has been a member of the Richland Baptist church near Hitt. She suffered a stroke of paralysis, which coupled with the infirmities of old age, caused her death.

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Namesake of her aunt, Thirza Mitchell Webber, wife of Calvin S Webber.



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