Occupation Journalist Role Author | Name Clarence Poe | |
Died 1964, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States Parents William Baxter, Susan Dismukes Poe People also search for William Baxter, John Heydon, Robert Digges Wimberly Connor Books How Farmers Co‑opera, Cotton - Its Cultivation - Marketing, Cotton - Its Cultivation - Marketing, Poe Pourri: A North Carolina, South at War 1861‑186 | ||
Clarence Poe (1881–1964) was a Progressive Era Southern editor, author, and reformer.
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Early life
Clarence Hamilton Poe was born on January 10, 1881 near Gulf in Chatham County, North Carolina. His father, William Baxter (1839–1907), was a small cotton farmer and his mother was Susan Dismukes Poe (1846-1911). Augustine Henry Shepperd (1792–1864) was one of his maternal ancestors. He attended Rocky Branch School and only one year of high school.
Career
He served as editor of The Progressive Farmer for 65 years beginning in 1899.
He was prominent in pushing for reforms in Southern agriculture to make it more scientific and to improve rural conditions in the South. He served on the State of North Carolina Board of Agriculture, the Advisory Council of the United States Department of Agriculture, and on the National Commission on Farm Tenancy, as well as chairing the North Carolina Hospital and Medical Care Commission appointed by Governor Broughton in 1944.
He also served on the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina State College.
Death
He died on October 8, 1964.