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Edgar Allan Poe

By Vomcro

  • Born

    Born

  • Becomes foster son of Allans

    Becomes foster son of Allans
    Poe's foster mother, Frances Allan, with whom he was still close, dies in Richmond. Poe, who is a sergeant major in the Army, obtains leave to travel to her funeral.

  • Death of Foster Mother, Frances Allan

    Death of Foster Mother, Frances Allan
    Poe's foster mother, Frances Allan, with whom he was still close, dies in Richmond. Poe, who is a sergeant major in the Army, obtains leave to travel to her funeral.

  • West Point

    West Point
    West PointPoe is appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    Poe, now 27 years old, marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia Clemm, in Richmond, Virginia.

  • Virginia Falls Ill

    Virginia Falls Ill
    While singing at the piano, Virginia begins to bleed from her mouth, a sympton of untreated tuberculosis.

  • Raven Poem Published

    Raven Poem Published
    http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178713

  • Death

    Death
    After being found unconscious in a Baltimore gutter, Edgar Allan Poe is taken to the hospital and pronounced dead of causes still unknown.