The Poe family, brothers and sisters, shared the profits and risks of the river transportation business.  Not only did they share ownership, they worked with and for each other.  In the news column for boats departing the Port of Pittsburgh on 18 May 1874, the tug AJ Baker owned by Thomas Poe left for St Louis carrying 100 tons of goods manufactured in Pittsburgh.  More significantly, the pilots were Thomas Poe’s brother Jacob Poe and Jacob’s son, George WE Poe.

Tug AJ Baker (The Pittsburgh Daily Commercial dated 18 May 1874, p3.