Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe (Edgar Allan Poe's mother) died at age 24 on December 8, 1811. She probably died of pneumonia, but the cause of her death will never be known for certain. Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (Edgar Allan Poe's wife) died at age 24 on January 30, 1847 of tuberculosis.
Poe had only one wife, Virginia Clemm. She died of tuberculosis in 1847.
Edgar Allan Poe was not married to Annabel Lee! His wife was Virgina Clemm! Annabel Lee was not Poe's wife. She was just a woman depicted in his poem, Annabel Lee.
The true cause of Edgar Allan Poe is still unknown, but it could be because of alcoholism.
According to a family member, Edgar Allan Poe's natural mother, Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe died of pneumonia. There is no history that Poe's natural mother died of tuberculosis as his wife later did.
Yes, in 1811, 1847, and 1834, respectively.
Poe's wife died on 30 Jan 1847, and he died on 7 Oct 1849. The difference is approximately 32 months.
His sister, Rosalie Mackenzie Poe, died on July 21, 1874.
Edgar Allan Poe's wife, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, died of tuberculosis (Consumption) on 30 January 1847 at age 24. One day while she was playing the piano she started coughing uncontrollably and a vein in her throat burst. She survived, but five years later she most likely died from the effects of tuberculosis.
All the records of Edgar Allan Poe were lost when the death of the poet occurred.
No. Consumption, or tuberculosis, caused the death of Poe's wife Virginia, but not his mother's. Poe's mother did die of a lung ailment, but according to a family member it was pneumonia, not tuberculosis. Poe's mother had no history of having tuberculosis.
August 1, 1831
Poe did not have an adopted or step mother. He had a foster mother, Frances Allan, who raised him with her husband John. She died of tuberculosis on February 28, 1829.