Edgar A. Poe
~Born in 1809, in Boston, Mass., on January the 19th
~Died in 1849
~Orphaned within the first two years of his life-parents died within three months of each other
~After parent's death, he was taken in by a family in Richmond, the Allens, though never actually adopted. He was later disowned by them
~Entered University of Virginia in 1826
~Married his cousin, Virginia, in 1836
~Virginia died of tuberculosis in 1847
~Poe died two years after her, on October 7th, 1849
