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Life
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Sister was born
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Mom had T.B.
When Edgar was younger (a child) he watched his mom died because she had T.B. -
The Family moved
the family moved to England and edgar goes to school -
moving again
the Allans move back to America -
edgars first poem
Edgar first poem at 15 years old -
Edgar went to college
he went to college in the middle of the year/ was a new college -
Gambling Problems
after becoming in dept while in college, Poe gets in an arguement with his foster father, so his foster dad doesn't give him any money to pay the money back -
Going to the army
Poe goes to the army and becomes an author/ but in the army his name is Edgar A. Perry -
Foster mother dies
Frances Allan dies of Tuberclosis -
Poe goes to Military Academy at west point
Also publishes his second book of poerty " Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems". -
Tired of School
Poe tries to kick himself out of school by not going to class and chapel, Poe is court-martialed and dismissed. Poe publishes several more anonymous short stories + another book of poems -
Death in the family
Poe's older brother Henery dies of Tuberclosis or cholera at 27 -
gets married
edgar gets married to his first cousin Virginia Clemms while she was 13yrs old -
Moving
Poe moves his new wife and mother-in-law to New York and then to Philadelphia. -
first novel
Poe's first novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, is published -
Virginia
While singing at the piano, Virginia begins to bleed from her mouth, a symptom of untreated tuberculosis. Her illness grows progressively worse. -
Wife dies
Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx. SO Poe starts drinking A LOT -
Proposes
Poe proposes to a poet named Sarah Helen Whitman, who agrees on the condition that he quit drinking.Poe can't live up to the promise -
Proposes again
Poe travels to Richmond and convinces his childhood sweetheart, Elmira Royster Shelton, to become his fiancée.
