His mother died in 1811 when Edgar was 2 years old.
Richmond Virginia with his now foster parents, John and Frances Allan
The exact disease is unknown (as there is no record of it) other than it was an illness. Most likely it was pneumonia rather than tuberculosis.Edgar Allen Poe's mother, foster mother, and wife all suffered and died from consumption.
Some say she died of tuberculosis and some say she died of pneumonia and still others say it was some unspecified lung ailment. It isn't very clear.
Edgar Allan Poe's father, David, abandoned his wife and children while Poe's mother Elizabeth was pregnant with her third child, Rosalie. Then, about a year later, Elizabeth died on December 8, 1811, Edgar (almost 3 years old) and Rosalie (about 1 year old) were probably with her when she died at the young age of 24. Poe's father had not completely disappeared, but he died around the same time. The three children (Henry, Edgar, and Rosalie) were taken in by three separate families. John and Frances Allan took in Edgar but did not formally adopt him.Henry, Edgar, and Rosalie's parents, David, Jr. and Elizabeth Poe, both died when Edgar was almost three years old, and David had left the family much earlier.Elizabeth was in Richmond, Virginia where her acting troupe was performing at the time she became ill.An effort was made to find homes for the three children.Henry went to live with his grandparents, Edgar was taken in by Mr. and Mrs. John Allan, and Rosalie was taken in by the Mackenzie family. The later two couples resided in Richmond, Virginia.
Oh, dude, Edgar Allan Poe? Yeah, I know a thing or two about that guy. He was like a famous writer back in the day, known for his spooky stories and poems. Some say he invented the detective fiction genre, but like, who really knows, right?
Poe's foster mom, Maria Clemm, passed away in 1871. She died of tuberculosis in Baltimore, Maryland, where she had been living with Poe.
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He had a very dismal life, with death at every corner. His dad, David Poe Jr, left when he was 2, and his mom, Eliza Poe, was an actress. She played Juliet at a playhouse, with Edgar in front row every time so she could watch him. To a kid who doesn't know his mom is acting, he just saw his mom kill herself over and over again then she did die before his third birthday. His foster mom, Frances Allan, later died when Poe was 20 from consumption. His wife, Virginia Clemm, also died from consumption.
Poe's had many very Important people (women) in his life that die from tuberculosis and he would write about them in his stories. When his mom die he was separated from his sister and brother he didn't have a dad, so thy went into different foster home and he was adopted by John Allan and his wife that's were Edger Allan Poe came from. Later his Step mother die from tuberculosis, then later his step dad die he didn't leave anything for him in his will, at age 17 he joined the army. then after the army he went to live with his aunt a couple years she died from tuberculosis and his aunt had a daughter. Her name was Virgina and that was Poe's 2nd counse, she got married to Poe when she was 12 and he was 23 and couple years went by and after having tuberculosis for 5 years she finally died. then one day some people found Poe on the side of the road, not in his clothes but someone Else's and his death remains a mystery. I hope this will help you out with homework and I only know this from my reading teacher I'm still in school and I am 13
Apart from a brief sojourn in the US Army ( where he served two years and rose to the rank of sergeant)- later a USMA appointment- Poe was a man of the pen all of his adult life. He wrote short stories, poetry and literary criticism, all in longhand as typewriters had not yet been invented. They did not come out until after the Civil War.
The death of his mother and brother. Poe was influenced to write poetry at first before short stories in part because he was a great admirer of the poetry of the British poet Lord Byron. Poe's first works were poems rather than short stories.