Virginia Maria Clemm

E203692

19th-century American woman human

Virginia Maria Clemm was the mother of Edgar Allan Poe’s wife, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, and a member of the extended Poe-Clemm family circle in early 19th-century America.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Virginia Clemm	10
Eliza Poe	1
Virginia Maria Clemm canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1770647 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Virginia Maria Clemm
Context triple: [Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, stepSibling, Virginia Maria Clemm]

A. Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe was the young wife and first cousin of American writer Edgar Allan Poe, whose early death from tuberculosis deeply influenced his life and work.
B. Elizabeth Hunter Seward
Elizabeth Hunter Seward was the mother of English Romantic poet Anna Seward and a member of the 18th-century English literary and clerical milieu.
C. Lucy Waller
Lucy Waller is an alternate name for Lucy Parsons, a prominent American labor organizer, radical socialist, and anarchist active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
D. Mary Corinna Putnam
Mary Corinna Putnam was a pioneering American physician and medical researcher, recognized as one of the first women to earn a medical degree in the United States and a leading advocate for women in medicine.
E. Madeline Usher
Madeline Usher is a mysterious and ethereal figure in Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic tale, symbolizing the physical and psychological decay haunting the Usher family.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Virginia Maria Clemm
Target entity description: Virginia Maria Clemm was the mother of Edgar Allan Poe’s wife, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, and a member of the extended Poe-Clemm family circle in early 19th-century America.

A. Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe was the young wife and first cousin of American writer Edgar Allan Poe, whose early death from tuberculosis deeply influenced his life and work.
B. Elizabeth Hunter Seward
Elizabeth Hunter Seward was the mother of English Romantic poet Anna Seward and a member of the 18th-century English literary and clerical milieu.
C. Lucy Waller
Lucy Waller is an alternate name for Lucy Parsons, a prominent American labor organizer, radical socialist, and anarchist active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
D. Mary Corinna Putnam
Mary Corinna Putnam was a pioneering American physician and medical researcher, recognized as one of the first women to earn a medical degree in the United States and a leading advocate for women in medicine.
E. Madeline Usher
Madeline Usher is a mysterious and ethereal figure in Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic tale, symbolizing the physical and psychological decay haunting the Usher family.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (13)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century American woman ⓘ human ⓘ
activeInPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
affiliation	extended Poe-Clemm family circle ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
familyName	Clemm ⓘ
givenName	Virginia ⓘ
memberOf	Poe-Clemm family ⓘ linked to: Poe family
motherOf	Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe ⓘ
placeOfResidence	United States of America ⓘ
relative	Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ

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