Elizabeth Poe died first. She died on December 8, 1811. David Poe died just a few days later but within the same month and year.
David Poe died first. He passed away in 1811, while Elizabeth Poe died in 1811. Elizabeth Poe also died earlier, passing away in December of the same year.
Edgar Allan Poe's birth parents were David Poe, Jr and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe. David Poe, Jr abandoned the family probably sometime in 1810, and Elizabeth Poe died in 1811 from an unknown lung ailment while David Poe, Jr died at around the same time, cause unknown.
Edgar Allan Poe's mother, Elizabeth Poe, became a widow when Edgar's father, David Poe Jr., abandoned the family and later died in 1811. David Poe Jr. was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and an actor who struggled with alcoholism.
Edgar Allan Poe's birth parents were Elizabeth Arnold Poe and David Poe Jr. His father, David Poe Jr., abandoned the family when Edgar was very young, and his mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, died when he was just two years old. He was then taken in by the Allan family, who raised him but never formally adopted him.
Edgar Allan Poe's paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Cairnes Poe, died on July 7, 1835.
David Poe, Jr was 27 years old, and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe was probably 24 years old.
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Edgar Allan Poe's grandparents were David, Sr. & Elizabeth Cairnes Poe & Henry & Elizabeth Arnold. For the record Poe's parents were David Poe, Jr. & Elizabeth "Eliza" Arnold Hopkins Poe.
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.
Edgar Allan Poe's natural mother, Elizabeth Arnold Poe, was an English actress who died of tuberculosis in Richmond, Virginia when Edgar was only two years old. Her death had a profound impact on him, and he was later taken in by the Allan family.
Edgar Allan Poe's biological parents both died when he was young. His mother, Elizabeth Poe, died of tuberculosis when he was two years old, and his father, David Poe Jr., abandoned the family and died of alcohol-related causes. Edgar was then taken in by the Allan family.
Poe was 2 years eleven months old when Eliza, his natural mother, died.
Edgar Allan Poe's mother died before his father abandoned the family. His mother, Elizabeth Poe, passed away in 1811 when Edgar was only two years old. His father, David Poe Jr., had already abandoned them earlier, around 1809.