Edger Allen Poe

By hailey.nassef

  • Edgar Allan was born

    Edgar Allan was born
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    Edger Allen Poe

  • Edgar's dad left

  • Edgar's mom died of Tb

  • Eliza Poe, on theatrical tour, dies in Richmond, 8 December Edgar is taken in by John and Frances Allan

  • Edgar was put in foster care and his was put in a home at the age of 3

  • Secretly engaged to Sarah Elmira Royster

  • Enlists in U.S. Army as “Edgar A. Perry"

  • Frances Allan died on February 28, 1829, and Poe visited the day after her burial.

  • Lives in Baltimore with aunt, Maria Clemm, and her daughter, Virginia

  • John Allan dies, 27 March

  • Marries Virginia Clemm (age 13) in Richmond

    Marries Virginia Clemm (age 13) in Richmond

  • Moves to New York, January

  • Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (2 vols.) includes “The Fall of the House of Usher”

    Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (2 vols.) includes “The Fall of the House of Usher”