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Life span of Edgar Allan Poe
Poe was a famous American author who lead a very tragic and twisted life that ultimately influenced his writing. -
Father abandons family
when Poe was a year old his father life the family creating the start of his tragedies. -
His mother dies
When he was only tow years old when he watched his mother die of TB -
His first love die
His fist love Jane Stitch Craig Stanard, died of brain cancer when he was 15 years old -
Foster life
He was in a foster home then his foster mother dies of TB. His foster father was having many affairs while his foster mother was dying. He says something and he gets sent of to boarding school and he disowns him. -
joining the military
He joined the military by he age 20 -
Drinking problems
he lost his job and started drinking then did not want to lose his cousin cause he was in love with her. -
He married his cousin
he married his cousin, she was about to be 13 and he was 26 -
His wife dies
His wife/cousin die of TB -
Found semiconscious then died
He was found semiconscious on the street October, 3, 1949 then died October,7, 1849