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Brith
Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 9,1849 in Bosten,MA. David and Eliza Poe was his brith parents. His parents were touring actors and were very pour. -
Edgar Allan Poe mother and her tragic death
Eliza Poe was an American actress and the mother of 3. Her last performance was n October 11,1811.Eliza has been spitting blood and died of tuberculosis on a sunday morning at only 24 years old. Eliza wa buried at St. John's Episcopal Church in Richmond. -
Edgar's new parents
After his mom died in December, John and Frances Allan took him in as a son. All of David and Eliza Poe's kids got seprated. This family was very rich and lived in Richmond, Virginia. -
Edgar went to England with the Allans
Edgar's adoptitve parents went to England. Edgar strated attending schoolin London. From 1815 through 1820 he was there. -
Schooling in Richmond
Edgar began showing his love lor Latin, poetry, acting and swimming while in Richmond. -
Secrelty engaged.
Edgar had been secretly engaged to Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton. Sarah was only 15 years old when they started dating. However they ended after a agruement of her father while Edgar was at University of Virginia. -
University of Virginia
Poe was very good at knowing ancient and mordern languages. Also, he was acussed of doing gambling and had debts with it due to the fact that John Allen did not help fund Edgar. -
Military career
Edgar got into a disagreement with John Allan and decided to join the U.S. Army. He lied about his age saying he was 22 when he was really 18 and used the name Edgar A. Perry. -
Adopted mom dies.
On the 28th of February, Edgar's adoptive mother dies. After her death, John Allan tried to be nice and show sympathy towards Edgar. Also, Edgar was asked to leave to Army in March. -
Leaving the Army and moving to Balltimore
Edgar was asked to leave by getting court-martial. After that he moved to Baltimore with his aunt and cousin whom he'll will married. In August his brother died due from alcoholism. -
Relationship with cousin, Virginia.
“Hans Pfaal” published in Richmond’s Southern Literary Messenger, the March issue. Gets involved with his very own cousin. -
Marriage.
Edgar married his cousin Virginia when she was only 13 or 14 years old. -
Virginia and tuberculosis
While Virginia was singing aand playing the piano, she showed signs of tuberculosis and breaks a blood vessel in her throat. -
Pulished stories
'The Pit and the Pendulum” “The Masque of the Red Death” 'The Mystery of Marie Rogêt” were all published. -
The Ravon
One of Poe's greatest stories ever was publish. It became a hit and was paid only $9 for its publication. -
Virginia's death
Poe's wife, Virginia, dies from tuberculosis on January 30. After that Poe started drinking very heavily. Then, he started looking for more woman to be with. -
Engagment
He became engaged to Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton, former fiancée. However the wedding never took place -
Death
On October 3, he was found self conscious and is taken to a hospital. He died on a Sunday morning. Nobody really knows why he died.Many say alcoholism,heart disease,and rabies.
