“Poe’s body was actually moved twice in 1875, which sparked the rumor about the wrong body being moved. Poe is now located under the Poe Monument just inside the cemetery gates.

“He was moved in April of 1875 to the location that is now marked as the ‘original burial site’ and again in November of 1875 to his current location, just inside the cemetery gates. His original headstone was destroyed in an accident immediately after his death and was never replaced, so he was in an unmarked grave from October 1849 until April of 1875. As people came to pay their respects, perhaps pray for his poor, unfortunate soul (rumors about his alcoholism, etc. started immediately after his death) they were unable to find his exact gravesite. Local school children went into the neighborhoods in 1875 to raise money for a suitable monument. Unfortunately, the monument would not fit on his original gravesite (between his grandfather David Poe and the monument marking the second burial place), so he was moved to an unused portion of the Poe Grave (where the ‘original monument’ is now located). When he was moved in November of 1875, no stone was placed to mark the original grave. In the 1930′s they decided to mark the ‘original’ burial place and basically didn’t go far enough into the Church’s records, thereby marking the second burial site as the first.”

This was an excellent article by the way. I appreciate the fact that Bruce has been very respectful of the tribute.