Edgar Allen Poe

By johnroberson
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    Life

  • His father left.

    When Edgar was a baby his father abandoned his family.

  • His mother died when he was only three.

    His mother died of Tuberculosis at 23 when he was still a young child.

  • First love died.

    His first love died when they were only 15 because of brain cancer.

  • Poe goes deep into debt.

    Edgar goes into 2,000 dollars in debt after gambling. He asks his foster father for help but he refuses.

  • Poe enlists into the army to escape debt.

  • His foster mother dies.

    Edgars foster mother dies of tuberculosis.

  • His brother Henry dies.

    Edgers older brother Henry dies of Tuberculosis

  • Poes wife Virginia shows signs of Tuberculosis.

    His wife Virginia starts bleeding from the mouth while singing for Poe and her mother.

  • Virginia dies.

    Edgar's wife finally dies after years of suffering of Tuberculosis

  • Poe is engaged with a women but calls of the wedding.

    Poe calls of the wedding because his brides mother didnt wont him to have any rights to her daughters money which Poe took as an insult.