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Birth
Edgar was born -
Father Left
Edgar's father left him when he was 1 year old. -
Mother Died Of TB
Edgar's mother dies when he was three years old and him and his siblings got separated. -
Edgar Was Adopted
Edgar was adopted a little after his mother died. He was taken in by the Allan Family. -
First Love Died
Edgar's first love had died of TB which happens to be one of his friends mother. -
Edgar Went To Boarding School
Edgar's foster father sent him to boarding school so he could have his affairs in peace. -
Joins The Army
Edgar joins the army because he had found himself in debt in college so he ran away to join the army. -
Foster Mother Dies
Edgar's foster mother is dying of TB and his foster father was having affairs while she was still there just dying. -
Moves With Aunt
Edgar moves in with his aunt and his 8 year old cousin. -
Father Is Dying
Edgar was summoned to the death bed of his father and his father yells at him and blames all of it on him and leaves him completely out of his will and gives all his money to his other kids. -
Gets A Job
Edgar gets a job as a newspaper editor and he had succeeded in this and he had gotten more publicity. -
Edgar Went Into Depression
Edgar found out that his aunt was going to send his cousin Virginia off and then he realized that he loved her and he had went into depression. -
Married
Edgar and Virginia had gotten married when she was 12 and he was 26 -
The Rue Morgue
He published The Murders In The Rue Morgue and he creates this so he could get some type of order in his life. -
Wife Has TB
Edgar found out his wife was suffering of TB -
Virginia Dies
Poe had never recovered from the death of Virginia and he had laid at her grave at all times of night and sometimes slept at it. -
Poe Dies
Poe was found on the streets and gotten taken to the hospital and then he was dying but he woke up and said "god help my poor soul."