Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was a mysterious man. He was very famous. Everybody knows who Edgar Allan Poe is. A lot of people have read his literature. But most likely have read The Raven. His life was very interesting. That’s what I’m going to tell you about is his life. Not many people have read about Edgar‘s life but now you can. Edgar’s mothers name was Eliza. She was married twice. She was fifteen when she married the first time to a young actor, but he passed away a few years later after they were married. Eliza married the second time to David Poe jr. David was a law student, but when he meet Eliza he wanted to be an actor like his wife. They had their first child Henry Poe. He was born in 1807. When he was two years old there friends in Baltimore took care of him while his parents worked. A couple years later they had their second child who was Edgar Poe. Edgar was born near Boston on January 19, 1809. After one month after Edgar’s born Eliza started acting again. “Five weeks later, the Poe’s left their baby in Baltimore with his paternal grandparents, and went back on the road” (Meltzer Milton). Another year or two Edgar would have a sister her name would be Rosalie. She was born in 1810. When Edgar was still …show more content…
and Mrs. Usher. David Poe’s parents in Baltimore were raising Henry, the eldest child. “Edgar was taken into the home of John and Frances “fanny” (Meltzer Milton). Allan, probably on her initiative, for she herself had been an orphan, and in a childless marriage thy welcomed Edgar warmly” (Meltzer Milton). When Edgar was five they stared schooling with a tutor. Then they sent him to a Richmond school, and master said that Edgar was a charming boy. He saw his sister now and then and heard from his brother. Edgar’s family had slaves they didn’t think anything was wrong with having them. “The young Edgar, as he entered maturity, would always say with the southern pro-slavers,” Edgar came back home two years