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Andrew Bascom Poe, Jr

August 1913

(older boy) Edward F. Jenkins

John Poe and Sarah Threet > John W. Poe (1823 - 1869) and Louisa Nall (b.1828)

> James Martin Poe (1845-1908) and Sarah Jane Swafford (1847-1906)

> Andrew Bascom Poe, SR (1872 - 1951) and Lillian Watson (d.1954) > A.B. Poe, Jr. (pictured)

A. B. Poe, Sr. was a founder of Poe Shoes on Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, a company that flourished early in the 20th century.

The Image is from the collection of Sheryl Jenkins (Mrs. Don Bansfield, Jr) daughter of Edward F. Jenkins. She informs that the connection would have been through Edward Jenkins' grandfather - Peter McGeough - with whom he lived. Peter McGeough was a respected traveling shoe salesman, especially well-known throughout the South.