Edgar Allen Poe's tragic life

  • Born

    Born
  • Period: to

    Birth and death

  • Father left

    his father abandoned him at the age of 1
  • taken in

    taken in
    he was taken in by the allens family
  • mom died

    mom died
    He watched his birth mom slowly die
  • First love dies

    his first love dies at the age of 15 of brain cancer
  • Sent away

    Sent away
    adopted father sent him off to a bording school (so the adopted father could keep having his affairs)
  • Poor

    he became very poor the first year of being at the bording school
  • Foster mom"s death

    Foster mom"s death
    His beloved foster mom died of TB
  • Marrying his cousin

    his 12 year old cousin was about to move away but he couldnt let her because he realized he was in love with her. So he Married his 12 year old cousin at the age of 26 1836
  • Raven being Published

    Raven being Published
    His best poem the raven was published but he only made $14 off of it.
  • wife dies

  • In the street

    he was found unconcious in the street in a daze
  • Death