Prides Crossing, MA Other Information. 1  Located in ESSEX County, Massachusetts. 2  Prides Crossing, MA is also known as: 3  PRIDES XING, MA.
Poe, John. W., Items. Born in Mason County Kentucky in 1850, John William Poe moved to Texas in 1868 to hunt buffalo. In the 1870s he served as town marshal for Fort Griffin, before becoming a U. S. marshal.
In 1827, when he was just eighteen, Poe published his first book Tamerlane. In 1829 Poe and John reconciled for some time honoring his foster motherâs deathbed wish. John helped Poe to get enrolled in US Military academy at West Point.