H. R. Poindexter [SEP] occupation
H. R. Poindexter
H. R. Poindexter is a theatre lighting designer and set designer. He has designed many Broadway productions and received a Tony Award for Best Lighting Design for his work on "Paul Sill's Story Theatre". He is the father of Larry Poindexter.
He married again in 1857 to Martha K. "Mattie" Hayes (b. about 1840). The 1860 census lists him as a prosperous merchant in Scott County, Kentucky. 
Descendants.
Following the war, his sons Thomas A. Poindexter (1867–1936) and Smith A. Poindexter (1868–1953) were born. Following his death on 14 April 1869, his daughter Mary E. Poindexter married on 12 September 1869 to Andrew J. Hayes (Sep 1846 - 22 Sep 1931), son of Samuel A. Hayes and Jane W. Cloyd.