LEVI MORSE POOR

1844 - 1917  (72 years)

• Name	LEVI MORSE POOR  [1, 2]
  Born	4 Nov 1844	Belmont, Me., Waldo County   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1870	Searsmont   [4]
  Intentions(Marriage)	22 Feb 1874	Belmont, Me., Waldo County   [5]
  Residence	1894	Augusta   [6]
  Died	1917  [7, 8]
  Buried	1917	Oak Grove Cemetary, Searsmont, Waldo County, Me.   [9]
  Person ID	I197	Welcomer and Poor Relatives
  Last Modified	2 May 2013

  
  

  Father	BENJAMIN JOY POOR,   b. 23 Sep 1811, Maine ,   d. 15 Jul 1868, Searsmont, Me., Waldo County  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	ALZINA WALCOTT HEMENWAY,   b. Abt 15 Oct 1815, Belmont, Me., Waldo County ,   d. 1 Mar 1901, Belfast, Me., Waldo County  (Age ~ 85 years)
  Married	18 Feb 1837	Searsmont, Waldo County, Me.   [10]
  Family ID	F101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Abbie G. Wagner,   b. 30 Aug 1845,   d. 26 Aug 1872, Searsmont, Me., Waldo County  (Age 26 years)
  Married	22 Nov 1866	Belmont, Me. (Waldo County)   [11]
  Children	1. Cora Vesta Poor,   b. 31 Aug 1868, Searsmont, Me. ,   d. 26 Nov 1894, Belfast, Me., Waldo County  (Age 26 years)
  Photos		Levi Abbie Hattie grave
  Family ID	F100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	HATTIE LEE FOGG,   b. 26 May 1852, Appleton, Me., Knox county ,   d. 18 Aug 1934, Augusta, Me.  (Age 82 years)
  Married	4 Jul 1874	Searsmont, Me., Waldo County   [10]
  Notes	in the presence of Charles H. Fogg and Margaret A. Fogg - signed OliverStoddard also listed somewhere else as married in Waldo, Me
  Children	1. CHARLES WALTER POOR,   b. 9 Sep 1877, Searsmont, Me., Waldo County ,   d. 4 Aug 1956, Augusta, Me.  (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F96	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Levi Poor, Gen
  		LeviPoor1.16.1912
  		LeviPoor10.25.1906
  		LeviPoor5.17.1903
  		LeviPoor6.15.1907
  		LeviPoor6.17.1908
  		LeviPoor8.26.1903
  		Poor,Levi,obit1
  		Poor,Levi,obit2

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstones of Levi Poor and both his wives! Hattie Fogg and Abbie G. Wagner

  
  

• Notes

  friends of L.M. Poor sent roses to Cora Vesta Stephenson's funeral(office of W.H. Gannett, Augusta) [obit of C V Stephenson] FROM ANDERSONVILLE POW DATABASE @ ANCESTRY.COM Surname Given Name Rank Company Regiment State Arm of Service Death DateCause of Death Remarks Reference Location of Capture Date of Capture PageNotes More Information Code Grave POOR LEVI M. CORPORAL D 19 ME INFANTRY - - - p 212, 215 [107] JERUSALEMPLANK, VA 18640622 0 - - - - NO 48813 0 POOR LEVI M SGT D 19 ME EXCHANGED APRIL 1, 1865 48813 0 580510 D Company, 19th Maine Infantry is how I read it-P ----------------------------------- On page 451 of Marriage Records of Waldo County Prior to 1892 is this entry (quoted verbatim): "July 4, 1874 Also-- Levi M. POOR to Hattie L. FOGG of Searsmont." Reading up the page, I must assume the marriage was performed by OliverStodard. I assume this because it is after his first entry that the term"also" occurs repeatedly. --------------------------- 7/25/1862 mustered in at Belfast, Me. Comp. D 19th Maine regiment volunteers 6/22/1864 prisoner at Petersburg, Va. Belle Isle, Danville, then Andersonville 4/21/1865 parolled at end of the war hon discharge 6/12/1865 Engagements • Fredericksburg, VA - December 13, 1862 • Chancellorsville, VA - May 1 - 4, 1863 • Gettysburg, PA - July 1 - 3, 1863 (Gettysburg Campaign) • Bristoe Station, VA - October 14, 1863 • Mine Run, VA - November 26 - December 1, 1863 • Wilderness, VA - May 5 - 7, 1864 • Spotsylvania, VA - May 7 - 20, 1864 • Po River, VA - May 9 - 12, 1864 (Spotsylvania Campaign) • North Anna, VA - May 23 - 27, 1864 • Totopotomy, VA - May 26, - 30, 1864 • Cold Harbor, VA - May 31 - June 12, 1864 • Petersburg, VA Seige - June 1864 CAPTURED • Deep Bottom, VA - August 14, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign) • Reams Station, VA - August 25, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign) • Boydton Road, VA - October 23, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign) • Hatchers Run, VA - December 8 - 9, 1864 (Petersburg Campaign) • High Bridge, VA - April 6, 1865 (Appomattox Campaign) • Farmville, VA - April 7, 1865 (Appomattox Campaign) • Appomattox, VA - April 9, 1865 PAROLLED ---------------------------------- Chris has a book on the Andersonville prison - afterwards in Maine Levi and another man were instrumental in getting a statue raised honoring the captured --------------------------------------- > > As far as directions are concerned, here is what I have come up with onOak > Grove Cemetery in Searsmont. "Oak Grove Cemetery is in SearsmontVillage > on the New England Rd., heading north, on the right, beyond the 'PondRd', > between the property of Dodge and Norman Roberts." This cemetery was > catalogued by Isabel Morse Maresh and Annie Cilley (her sister). Ihave a > copy of the cemetery records if there is a particular person you areseeking. >

  
  

• Sources

  [S179] Poor family history, typed. [S448] Andersonville Monument Book. [S152] Obituary - Levi Morse Poor, General, gives date and place. [S209] Census - Maine - Searsmont. [S460] Belmont, Maine records. [S130] Obituary - Cora Vesta Stephenson. [S132] Obituary - Elzina Poor - BELFAST, Me. Paper, gives me after 1901. [S211] Searsmont, Maine, cemetary records, gives me 1917. [S125] Oak Grove Cemetery pictures. [S224] Marriage records - Waldo County, Maine - vols. 1-3, 1802-1887. [S460] Belmont, Maine records, show date as Nov. 22, 1866.