Poe's main conflict was that several people he loved died during his lifetime. His mother died when he was just 2 years old, his dad never cared to be in his life, his foster mother died an unstated illness. His young wife Virginia, his first cousin died after suffering from tuberculosis for several years. His foster parents both died while he was alive. Frances Allan on February 28, 1829. John Allan on March27, 1834 (although Poe did not get along with his foster father). Poe's brother, William Henry Leonard Poe died on August 1, 1832. It seemed like everywhere he turned another one of his family members died. He was never able to lead a normal life.
The true cause of Edgar Allan Poe is still unknown, but it could be because of alcoholism.
Edgar Allan Poe died in 1849 in Baltimore, Maryland. He died under mysterious circumstances, and his exact cause of death is still unknown. He is buried at Westminster Hall and Burying Ground in Baltimore.
All the records of Edgar Allan Poe were lost when the death of the poet occurred.
August 1, 1831
Poe did not have an adopted or step mother. He had a foster mother, Frances Allan, who raised him with her husband John. She died of tuberculosis on February 28, 1829.
Edgar Allan Poe died more than 15 years after his foster father, John Allan.
Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe (Edgar Allan Poe's mother) died at age 24 on December 8, 1811. She probably died of pneumonia, but the cause of her death will never be known for certain. Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (Edgar Allan Poe's wife) died at age 24 on January 30, 1847 of tuberculosis.
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.
Edgar Allan Poe's grandfather, David Poe, Sr., was a quartermaster in the American Revolutionary War, and he fought in the battle of Baltimore towards the end of the War of 1812 at the age of 71 though he did not die until two years later.
His sister, Rosalie Mackenzie Poe, died on July 21, 1874.
Poe had only one wife, Virginia Clemm. She died of tuberculosis in 1847.
Frances Allan died on February 28, 1829. The cause of death is not known.