Edgar Allen Poe was born on January 19, 1809 to two struggling actors, David and Elizabeth Poe. When his father died at the age of 36, Edgar was left alone with his pregnant mother. He traveled with his mother and sister from theatre to theatre, often sleeping backstage. When his mother died of Tuberculosis on December 11, 1811 at the young age of 24, Edgar and his sister, Rosalie, were orphaned. Edgar was only two years old. His sister was sent …showed first 75 words of 928 total…

…showed last 75 words of 928 total…xt year and a half of his life he seemed desperate for love. One of his life long goals was always to start a family with a woman that was devoted to him. He fell in love with two women at once. He never did get around to marrying either one of them, however, because he was found unconscious in a Baltimore tavern. Edgar died of some unknown ailment on October, 7, 1849 at the age of 40.