Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston in 1819 to actors David and Eliza Poe. By age 2, his mother had passed away and he was taken in by John and Frances Allan. As a teenager, Poe attended the University of Virginia but dropped out due to gambling debts. He later enrolled in the US Army under an assumed name before marrying his 13-year-old cousin Virginia Clemm in the 1830s. During this time, Poe wrote many of his famous horror stories including "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Pit and the Pendulum." In 1849 at age 40, Poe mysteriously disappeared during a trip to New York, and was later found deliri
2. BIRTH
Edgar Poe was born on the 19th of January, 1890 in
Boston, Massachusetts’s. His parents were David
and Eliza Poe and both worked as actors.
Eliza Poe and David Poe
Poe’s home in Boston, MA.
3. CHILDHOOD
By the time Poe was 2 years old, his mother
had passed away. Since his father was always
away for work, Poe was take in by John and
Frances Allan. When Poe is 6 years old, he
and Allans move to England.
John and Frances Allan
4. TEENAGE YEARS
At the age of 15, Poe and the Allans have returned to America
and lived in Virginia. During this time, Poe is also secretly
engaged to Sarah Elmira Royster. The engagement was kept
secret due to the fact that Royster’s parents didn’t approve of Poe
being an orphan, and was later broken off. Then, when Poe was
16 years old, he attend the University of Virginia and excelled in
the studies of ancient and modern languages. Sadly, during his
Sarah Elmira Royster college years, Poe also created quite a large gambling dept.
University of Virginia in 1826
5. TEENAGE YEARS
In 1827, Poe get in a confrontation with his
step father and leaves for Boston. Once in
Boston harbor in 1827 Boston, Poe enrolls in the US Army under the
name Edgar A. Perry.
US Army soldier in 1827
6. ADULTHOOD
From 1836- 1843, Poe marries Virginia Clemm (who is 13 at the time) and
writes many of his now well known stories. The stories include (in the order
of which they were written):
1) Fall of the House of Usher
2) Murders in the Rue Morgue
3) The Pit and the Pendulum
4) The Masque of the Red Death
5) The Mystery of Marie Roget
6) The Tell-Tale Heart
7) The Gold Bug
8) The Black Cat
7. POE’S DEATH
At the age of 40, Poe is in Richmond to gives lectures and visit friends. When
Poe leaves for New York on September 27, he disappears. Poe doesn’t return
to New York and no one knows where he could be. Finally, on October 3 rd,
Poe is found delirious on a bench in Baltimore. Four days later, on October
7th, Poe is pronounced dead. No one truly know what caused his death
8. WRITING TIME!
Get on a computer and type your idea of how Poe
wound up in Baltimore and what caused his death. Make
sure to save your work to your USB drive for your POE-
Folio!!
