The life of Edgar Allan Poe .. . •^^^^i VtK yrir. f -V-. / X mmi, \ Poes Cottage at Fordham. with Vignettes suggested by his Works. THE I. I r E OF EDGAR ALLAN POE. CHAPTER I. ANCESTRY. The Origin of the Family Name, Italian — Founding of theRace in Ireland —Family Feud with the Desmonds—Dis-persion of the Families by Cromwell — Heroic Defence ofDon Isle —The Powers and Lady Blessington —GeneralDavid Poe —The Poet Counsellor —The Ballad of Gra-machree —David Poe, Jr., and his Runaway Match —Poes Actress Mother —Convivial Southern Customs andtheir Consequences — Place of Poes Birth —Death o
The life of Edgar Allan Poe .. . •^^^^i VtK yrir. f -V-. / X mmi, \ Poes Cottage at Fordham. with Vignettes suggested by his Works. THE I. I r E OF EDGAR ALLAN POE. CHAPTER I. ANCESTRY. The Origin of the Family Name, Italian — Founding of theRace in Ireland —Family Feud with the Desmonds—Dis-persion of the Families by Cromwell — Heroic Defence ofDon Isle —The Powers and Lady Blessington —GeneralDavid Poe —The Poet Counsellor —The Ballad of Gra-machree —David Poe, Jr., and his Runaway Match —Poes Actress Mother —Convivial Southern Customs andtheir Consequences — Place of Poes Birth —Death of PoesParents. ^. HE name Poe is an old Italian name,and the minutest genealogical researchfinds it antedating the river Po, which,it is presumed, followed the original spelling ofthe princely family from which it was family, like that of the Geraldines, and otherAnglo-Norman settlers in Ireland, passed fromItaly into the north of France, and from France,through England and Wales, into Irela
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