Poe was not "insane" when it came to his writings.
Yes, William and Rosalie were both orphans.
Edgar Allan Poe was not insane, although several characters in his stories are.
Rosalie Mackenzie Poe was Edgar Allan Poe's younger sister. She was adopted by William and Jane Mackenzie, though it was not a formal adoption.
No, but he suffered from bouts of depression such as while his wife was ill for 5 years with tuberculosis and later died from it. Although some of Poe's characters in his stories were insane, Poe was certainly not insane.
Poe was very sane. Some of his characters might have been insane, but he was certainly not.
Poe's mother had three children: William Henry Poe; Edgar Poe and Rosalie Poe.
Two siblings. An elder brother named William Henry Leonard Poe and a younger sister named Rosalie Mackenzie Poe.He had one sister, Rosalie Poe.
The birth order is: William Henry Leonard Poe (January 30, 1807) Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809) Rosalie Mackenzie Poe (probably late 1810) Poe had an older brother, William Henry Leonard Poe and a younger sister Rosalie Mackenzie Poe.
Army life did not drive Poe insane. There is no evidence of insanity in Poe. People think so mainly because he wrote short stories and poem where the narrator's sanity is questionable. Since Poe used the point of view of the first person in many of his stories, readers think he, Poe, is speaking through the narrator as if he himself is insane.
His sister, Rosalie Mackenzie Poe, died on July 21, 1874.
He was not insane. He went through periods of depression such as after his wife Virginia died and when he could not make a living, but he was never diagnosed as insane.