Jasmine Garcia

By mcduffie
  • Edgar allen poe was born January 19, 1809

    Edgar allen poe was born January 19, 1809

    Edgar Poe is born in Boston to Elizabeth Arnold Poe and David Poe, Jr., both traveling actors.
  • Parents' Death

    Parents' Death

    Elizabeth Arnold Poe dies of tuberculosis in Richmond, Virginia. Within days, David Poe also dies of tuberculosis
  • Nov 1824 First Poem (no exact date)

    Nov 1824 First Poem (no exact date)

    A fifteen-year-old Edgar Allan Poe pens his first known poem: "Last night, with many cares & toils oppres'd,/ Weary, I laid me on a couch to rest."
  • May 16, 1836 Marriage

    May 16, 1836 Marriage

    Poe—now 27 years old—marries his thirteen-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm, at a ceremony in Richmond, Virginia.
  • First Novel Jul 1838 (no exact date)

    First Novel Jul 1838 (no exact date)

    Poe's first novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, is published