Edgar Allan Poe's background

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. His parents were traveling  actors. Unfortunately both his parents passed away before he was even 3 years old. John and Frances Allan adopted Poe. John was a wealthy tobacco exporter . He sent Poe to the best boarding school money could buy. Poe also attend the university of Virginia where he excelled. John did not send Poe to college with enough money to attend the college. Poe started gambling to try to come up with the rest of the money to attend the college.Poe returned back to Richmond but that didn't last too long. He found out that his “fiancee” was engaged to another man. Poe only lasted a few months in the Allen's mansion till he stormed out and began his journey to become a writer. He enlisted in the military and attend west point. That only lasted eight months. After he got thrown out of West Point Poe went back to Baltimore to call upon his relatives for help his aunt took him in to her home. During Poe's time in Baltimore John Allen died Allen left Poe completely out of his will so now Paul was living in poverty and trying to live off his stories and poems. Poe bought his aunt and cousin back to Richmond with him. He married his cousin Virginia who was only 13 years old at the time. Paul looking for money moved to New York City and Philadelphia. He wrote for many different magazines trying to make a name for himself. In 1845 Poe published “The raven” this finally made Poe a household name and famous enough to draw a crowd. He begun to get paid more for his work. He  moved to the countryside with Virginia who was ill with tuberculosis. In 1847 she passed away at the young age of 27. This left Poe devastated he started traveling from city to city. On his way to Philadelphia he stopped in Baltimore he was found semi-conscious lying on the ground. He was brought to a local hospital . He passed away 4 days after being found. He never regained enough consciousness to tell anyone what happened. There is a lot of speculation about his death something I will dive deeper into later in the blog