Poe by Mandi, Nicole, and Kaitlyn

Edgar Allan Poe Biography

Nicole 

          Edgar Poe was born on January 19th, 1809. He had two siblings his brother William and his sister Rosalie. His parents separated when he was very young and when Poe was only two years old his mother, Elizabeth died of tuberculosis. Edgar was adopted by John Allan and Francis Valentine Allan, his brother and sister went to separate homes. Poe also went to school in England for five years when he was only six years old. He went to the university of Virginia at only seventeen. John Allan didn't give him enough money so Edgar began to drink, fell into debt and had to drop out a year later. Poe had no money and was shunned by John Allan so he went to Boston to join the army, he was eighteen. He finished in the army as a sergeant. In 1829 Mrs. Allan died also from tuberculosis. Edgar and John Allan got along for a short time because of this and he even signed papers for Poe to apply to West Point. Edgar lived with multiple family members while waiting to go to West Point, he stayed with his Aunt and cousin Virginia for a short time. When Poe got to West Point John Allan refused to give him money so he purposely got kicked out. While in financial trouble Poe wrote a desperate letter to John Allan but he didn't respond. John Allan died in 1834 and left Edgar out of his will. In 1835 Poe finally got a job as an editor of a newspaper. In 1836 Poe married his cousin Virginia who was only thirteen, he was twenty-seven. In 1837 he went to New York and wrote "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym". Then he moved to Philadelphia and wrote "Ligeria" and "The Haunted Palace". His first volume of short stories came out in 1839, he received copyright but no money. In 1845 Poe was an editor for the Broadway Journal, but the paper ran out of money and Edgar moved with his family  to a small cottage near East 192nd Street. Virginia's health began to fade after one night when she coughed up blood. Virginia died in 1847 from tuberculosis like his mother and adoptive mother did. Poe had a very rough time after Virginia died. On September 30th,  1849 he was supposed to go to New York but supposedly took the wrong bus and ended up in Baltimore. On October 3, 1849 Edgar was found at Gunner's Hall, a public house at 44 East Lumbard Street, he was taken to a hospital. He fell in and out of consciousness and was never able to explain what happened. Poe died on Sunday, October 7th, 1849 in the hospital.