Maria "Muddy" Poe Clemm was daughter of Elizabeth Cairnes and David Poe Jr. On July 17,1817 at age 27 she became the second wife of William Clemm Jr.,a Baltimore hardware merchant, and step-mother to his five children. William and Maria had three children of their own ; their youngest Virgina most known for marrying writer Edgar Allan Poe. This union made Maria , who biologically was his aunt, his mother-in-law. Maria survived all three of her children and her son-in-law.
Maria "Muddy" Poe Clemm was daughter of Elizabeth Cairnes and David Poe Jr. On July 17,1817 at age 27 she became the second wife of William Clemm Jr.,a Baltimore hardware merchant, and step-mother to his five children. William and Maria had three children of their own ; their youngest Virgina most known for marrying writer Edgar Allan Poe. This union made Maria , who biologically was his aunt, his mother-in-law. Maria survived all three of her children and her son-in-law.
