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Edgar Allen Poe
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Father leaves
Edgar's father leaves the family leaving his mother to struggle to provide for her kids. -
Mother Died
His mother died in 1811 from tuberculosis at the young age of 24. She had been struggling to provide for them with the income from her acting career. -
First Love Died
Edgar's first love died when he was only 15 of brain cancer. -
Edgar gets into debt
Edgar goes to the University of Virginia where he gets into a lot of debt which causes his foster father, John Allan, to cut off all concact with Edgar. -
Edgar Joins the Military
Edgar joined the military to get out of is gambling debt. He lied about is age and claimed e was 22 when he was just 18. -
Foster Mother Died
Edgar's foster mother, Frances Allan died of Tuberculosis at the age of 24. -
Foster Father Died
John Allan died and leaves nothing to Edgar in his will. -
Wife gets Tuberculosis
Edgar's wife, Virginia, get tuberculosis the same disease his mother and foster mother died of. -
Virginia Dies
Edgars wife Virginia died of Tuberculosis. He married her when she was 13 and he was 27. After she died Edgar reportedly would cry himself to sleep at her grave. -
2nd engagement fails
Edgar gets engaged to Sarah shortly before is death. She was a widow and they had been married once before when Sarah's father broke the engagement off. -
Edgar Dies
Edgar Dies at the age of 40
