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Edgar Allan Poe is born
Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19th, 1809. -
Dad Leaves
Whenever Edgar was one years old, his father left his family and his mom was a single parent. -
Adoption
In December 18th, 1811 Poe was adopted by the Allan family. -
Death of Edgar mother
Poe's mother died on December 8th from TB when he was almost 3 years old. -
First Love
First love died from brain cancer when he was 15. -
Foster mother diagnosed TB
In 1824 Poe's foster mother was diagnosed with TB. -
Boarder School
Edgar's foster father sent him to boarder school, he sent him to boarder school so he could have more women in the house. -
Joined the Army
In 1828 Edgar Allan Poe joined the Army and changed his name to Edgar Allan Perry so he wouldn't be identified. -
Poem Publisher
By 20 years old he was promoted to be a poem publisher to publish poem books. -
Death of Foster Mother
Edgar's foster mother died from TB in 1829. -
Baltimore movement
In 1831 Poe decided to move to Baltimore with his aunt and 8 year old cousin Virginia. -
Foster father died
In 1834, his foster father died and leaves him no money. He decided to give all the money to the kids by the women he was having affairs with. -
Moves from Baltimore
He leaves his aunts house and move towards south because he got a job as a editor. -
Letter sent to Virginia
Poe writes a letter to Virginia expressing his feelings for her and how much he loves her! At the end he included he wants to marry her. -
Married
In 1835 Virginia and Poe got married when she was only 12 but on the wedding certificate he changed her age to 21. -
Detecive Story
In 1841 Poe created the first detective story titled "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" -
Virginia TB
Virginia was a carrier of TB for 5 years, she soon died and he began having several affairs with other women. -
Drug on streets/ was suppose to be in NY
Edgar was found on the side of Baltimore streets, he was expected to be in New York. Whenever he was founded he was unconscious wearing others clothes. -
Death of Edgar Allan Poe
On October 7th, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe died in a hospital. His final words were "God help my poor Soul!" after these words he died...