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Virginia Eliza Clemm was born on August 15, 1822 in Baltimore, Maryland to Maria Poe Clemm and her husband William Clemm Jr. She was Edgar Allan Poe's 1st cousin and wife. She and Edgar were married when she was 13 on May 16, 1836. She was singing in January 1842 when she began to bleed from her mouth, one of the early signs of consumption (tuberculosis). She died on January 30, 1847 in Fordham, New York at the age of 24, and she was buried on February 2, 1847.
Virginia Clemm was the cousin and wife of American poet Edgar Allan Poe. Their marriage took place when Virginia was 13 years old and Poe was 27. Virginia's ill health and tragic death at a young age deeply impacted Poe's life and influenced his writing.
She was originally buried in Fordham, New York on February 2, 1847; possibly in the plot of the people who rented the Poe's their cottage. An early Poe biographer named William Gill is said to have rescued her remains when part of that cemetery was destroyed in 1883, and she was eventually re-buried next to her husband and her mother in Baltimore, Maryland on January 19, 1885 (what would have been his 76th birthday).
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When was Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe born?
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe was born on August 15, 1822.
How many siblings did Virginia Clemm have?
2
How did Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe die?
Tuberculosis.
How old was Virginia Clemm when Edgar Poe died?
Virginia Clemm was 24 years old when Edgar Allan Poe died.
When you were 27 you married your 13 year old cousin Virginia Clemm?
Edgar Allan Poe married his cousin Virginia Clemm in 1835, when he was 27 and she was 13. She died in 1845.
When was Virginia Clemm born?
Virginia Clemm was born on August 15, 1822. I know this because I learned about her and Edgar Allan Poe in school in October . I hope that answers your question . :)
What year did Virginia clemm die?
January 30, 1847
How old was Poe when he married Virginia Eliza Clemm?
Edgar Allan Poe was 27 years old when he married his first cousin, Virginia Eliza Clemm, who was 13 years old at the time.
Where did Poe live in 1839?
In 1839, Edgar Allan Poe lived in Philadelphia with his aunt Maria Clemm and her daughter Virginia Clemm. He published his collection of short stories, "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque," that year.
What did Virginia Clemm Poe look like?
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Who is buried in Edgar Allan Poe's grave?
Edgar Allan Poe, his cousin/wife, Virginia Clemm Poe, and his aunt/mother-in-law Maria Poe Clemm.
When Edgar Allan Poe married his cousin what did it say on the marriage license?
Yes, he married his first cousin, Virginia Clemm, in 1836.
