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Birth
born in Boston -
Adoption
Elizabeth Arnold Poe dies of illness and Edgar is adopted by Jon and Ellis Allen who were tobacco merchants -
School
Edgar registers at the University of Richmond in Virginia -
War
Poe enlists in the army and attains the rank of sergeant major then with the help of his adopted father gets a discharge -
Literary Messenger
Poe begins editing the Litereay Messenger for Thomas White in Richmond Virginia -
Marriage
Poe marries his cousin Virginia Clemmens in Richmond -
Publishing
Poe's Tale of Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes in Philadelphia -
The Raven
The Raven is published securing Poe's success -
Seclusion
Poe rents a cabin in Fordham Virginia where he spends th last years of his life -
Devastation
Virginia Poe becomes ill and dies -
Death
Poe becomes ill with pneumonia and dies after being taken to Washington Memorial Hospital
