Edgar Allan Poe's Grave

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  • Eliza Poe (mother) dies

  • Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (wife) dies

  • Edgar Allan Poe dies

  • Edgar Allan Poe was buried in an unmarked grave

    His monument was stored by a railroad line because it was so heavy and one day, a trail derailed and hit and destroyed the memorial. before it could be installed in it's proper place.

  • Maria Poe Clemm (Virginia's mother) dies

  • Poe was reburied in the new location

  • Period: to

    the Poe Toaster tradition

    On January 19, every year a figure would enter the burial ground and palce 3 red roses on the grave and leave

  • 100th year anniversary of Poe's death

    This date has begun the mysterious sightings of the "Poe Toaster"