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Edgar Poe was born
Edgar Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts -
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Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe's life -
His half sister Rosalie is born
On November 1, 1824 he makes a statement about his siter that "At least She is half your Sister & God forbid my dear Henery that We should visit upon the living the Errors & frailties of the dead." -
Mother dies
Edgar's mother Elizabeth Arnold Poe, dies in Richmmond, Virginia. -
Orphan " Adopted"
The orphaned Edgar is " Adopted' by John and Frances Allan -
Egar Poe becomes Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar is baptized and christened as "Edgar Allan Poe" -
The poem
Poe writes a 2 line poem. It's Poe's earliest surviving poem but it was never published during his lifetime -
The Army
Poe enlists in the U.S Army under the name Edgar A. Perry -
" Adpoted" mom dies
Poe's "Adopted" mom dies -
The foster father dies
Poe's foster father dies and leaves him out of his will -
Edgar Allan Poe Dies
Edgar dies in Baltimore in the Washington University Hospital of an unknown cause