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  he was born in boston masachusets
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  rosalie mackinzie is born
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  his father and mother died in 1811 dad was david poe jr
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  poe wrote his first poem in 1824 in boston massachusets
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  Poe enlisted in the U.S. Army under the name "Edgar A. Perry." He did well as a soldier, rising to the rank of sergeant major
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  his older brother william hennry leonard poe died.
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  poe marries his 13 year old cousin virinia clemm he was 12 she was 12
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  poe writes his first novel the narative of arthur gordon pym.
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  poe published the raven in 1845
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  she dies in bronx new york in their home in 1847
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  poe died and nobody knew the cause of the death