What happened to Edgar Allan Poe in regards to his first love?

Answer 1

Poe's first love was Sarah Elmira Royster to whom Poe was secretly engaged years before he married Virginia Clemm. Sarah's father would not approve of the marriage and began to intercept letters from Poe to her, making her think Poe had forgotten her. She then married Alexander B. Shelton, who died in 1844. After Poe's wife died in 1847, he went back to Sarah and asked her to marry him. At first she declined, but then in August 1849 she accepted. Unfortunately, Poe died on October 7, 1849, before the wedding could take place.

Answer 2

Poe's first love was Sarah Elmira Royster to whom Poe was secretly engaged years before he married Virginia Clemm. Sarah's father would not approve of the marriage and began to intercept letters from Poe to her, making her think Poe had forgotten her. She then married Alexander B. Shelton, who died in 1844. After Poe's wife died in 1847, he went back to Sarah and asked her to marry him. At first she declined, but then in August 1849 she accepted. Unfortunately, Poe died on October 7, 1849, before the wedding could take place.

Answer 3

Poe's first known love was Sarah Elmira Royster. They were secretly engaged to be married, but her father found out about it and refused to allow the marriage to take place. A couple years later, Royster married Alexander B. Shelton. Poe later married his cousin Virginia Clemm. Alexander Shelton died in 1844. Virginia Clemm Poe died in 1847. About a year after Virginia's death, in 1848, Poe called on Royster, now Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton to propose marriage again but she did not accept. Poe died in 1849 never having married his first love.

Answer 4

Edgar Allan Poe's first love, Sarah Elmira Royster, became engaged to another man while Poe was studying at the University of Virginia. Poe lost contact with her, but they eventually reconnected years later after Royster's husband had passed away. They became engaged, but unfortunately, Poe died before they could marry.