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.
Poe did not have a "step-mother." He had a "foster" mother, Frances Allan. A step-mother would have been a woman married to Poe's natural father. His natural father left the family and never took on the responsibility of raising Poe.Poe did not have a step mother. He had a foster mother whose name was Frances Allan.
The name of Edgar Allan Poe's foster mother was Frances Allan.
Poe was two years, eleven months old when his natural mother died.
Frances Allan was Poe's foster mother.
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There were rumors that Edgar Allan Poe's birth father was not his legal father, and that his biological father was actually a different individual. However, there is no concrete evidence to support these claims.
Edgar Allan Poe's foster mother's name was Frances Allan. She, along with her husband John Allan, took in Poe after his birth parents passed away when he was a young child.
Edgar Allan Poe's adopted mother, Frances Allan, died in 1829 from tuberculosis.
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.
Poe's foster mother, Frances Allan, and natural father, David Poe Jr, were born in the United States, and Poe's foster father, John Allan, was born in Scotland. It was Poe's natural mother, Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe, who was born in England.
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Edgar Allan Poe's natural father, David Poe Jr., died when Poe was almost 3 years old around the same time as his natural mother, Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe (who died on December 8, 1811), but there is no exact date known for his death.