Well, hopefully, I whetted your appetite for more. Sadly to say, I don't know if "our" Edgar Allen Poe was kin to THE Edgar Allen Poe. In doing searches, it appears that any family with the last name of Poe named a son Edgar Allen. I believe the American author Poe spelled his name Alan - from the back of my mind someplace. Anyway, this Edgar was married to Nellie Leona Gorin. In looking at Leona's (she went by this name) parentage it goes thusly: Nellie Leona was born July 1876 in Missouri City, Clay, MO; died after 1930, likely in MO. She and Edgar were married Missouri City - I have not found the license yet. She was the daughter of Dr. William Henry Gorin and Eliza J (Sarah) Chancellor. Dr. William Henry was the son of Henry Gorin and Maria Lucretia Whitaker - this is not the Henry who married Sarah Pell. Henry was the son of John Gorin Sr who married Elizabeth Franklin - we're on a different branch of the family today. Dr William Henry had been born in Logan Co Ky in 1829 but married in Clay Co MO in 1859. I have full data on him. Leona was the last known child of Dr William Henry - she had older siblings of Henry Irving, John W, Florida Pope, and James F. Now on Edgar's side, I'm still working. He was the son of William J Poe and Sarah Mitchell. The following is all I have found on the family thus far. Edgar Allen Poe was born 18 Nov 1875 in Rolla, Phelps, MO; died 22 Nov 1954. He and Leona are found on the following censuses. 1880 Ripley Co MO Wm J Poe (his father), 32, farmer, he born VA, parents born VA Sarah E, 20, rest unreadable Ida I, age 6 EDGAR A, age 5. 1890 census is missing US wide. 1900 - not read yet 1910: Jackson, Kansas, MO. House 334-241-217 Poe, Edgar A., head, white, male, 32, married, wagon driver Poe, Leona N, wife, female, white, 32, married 1 year, one child Poe, William R, son, male, white, 4, single Gorin, Sarah N, mother-in-law, female, white, 73, widow Gorin, John W, brother-in-law, male, white, 42, single 1920: Jackson Co MO, Karo Township, Kansas City. 334-22-236 Poe, Edgar Allen, head, male, white, 48, married, MO, KY, KY, machine operator at locking tower Poe, Nellie L., female, white, 43, married, MO KY MO Poe, WIlliam A[sic], son, male, white, 14, single, MO MO MO Gorin, Sarah H, mother-in-law, female, white, 82, widowed MO KY KY (it appears that John W no longer resided in the household) 1930 Gallatin Township, Winwood village (unincorporated), Clay Co MO, house 518-531. Poe, Edgar A., head,value $6500, rents home, male, white, 53, MO KY MO, railway merchant Poe, Leona, 53, MO KY MO Poe, WIlliam R, son, 24, married at age 21, MO, MO, MO Poe, Frances A, daughter-in-law, 23, married at age 19, IL MO MO Tomorrow - the Anthony family as it connected to our Gorin line. If you have comments, information, corrections, anything, please make a post to the list about it. This might help a lot of other people down the line! Sandi