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.
No, Poe was raised by foster parents John and Frances Allan of Richmond Virginia, who took him in after his natural mother and father died in December 1811. Poe took his middle name Allan from the last name of his foster parents.
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.
David Poe, Jr., Edgar Allan Poe's natural father, was born on July 18, 1784, in Baltimore, Maryland.
David Poe, Jr was 27 years old, and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe was probably 24 years old.
October 9, 1810 is the date that David Poe Jr. left his family, and he more than likely died soon after. December 10 or 11, 1811 is the better estimate of David Poe, Jr.'s death. Most reports have him dying a few days after his wife Eliza Poe died, which was on December 8, 1811.There is no reason to suggest that David Poe, Jr. died shortly after he left his family on or about October 9, 1810, since there is no evidence that he left because of any illness.
Little is known about Edgar Allan Poe's father after he left the family, but it is very likely he died in Norfolk, Virginia.
Poe was buried in Baltimore, Maryland.
No, Poe was buried in a regular grave in a regular cemetery. Fortunato was "buried" in a catacomb.
Poe's mother became a widow when her first husband, Charles Hopkins died on October 26, 1805. Later she married David Poe, Edgar's natural father thereby becoming Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe. She died a few days before her second husband David, therefore she did not become a widow for a second time. Although David Poe died after his wife, he did abandon the family not too long after Poe's younger sister Rosalie was born.
Edgar Allen Poe - is buried at Westminster Church, in Baltimore.
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.