Edgar Allan Poe was perhaps the most influential poet of his time. Despite his fame and recognition received in the 21st century, he started from humble beginnings. Poe was born into a growing family of four. Soon after he was born, Poe was granted with yet another sibling bringing the total to two siblings. By the time Edgar Allan Poe had reached only three years of age, both his mother, Elizabeth Poe, and his father, David Poe, had died. Poe’s tragically unfortunate circumstances led to him being adopted by a prosperous tobacco farmer, named John Allan, and his wife, Frances Allan. John Allan and his wife lived in Richmond, Virginia. Allan worked as a tobacco merchant and made a pretty penny. During his time as an adolescent in the care of