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Poe and Clemm family tree. William Henry Leonard, who went by the name Henry, [1]: 193 was born circa January 30, 1807, to traveling actors Eliza Poe and David Poe, Jr., four months after their troupe began performing in Boston. [2]: 5 Their second son, Edgar, was born on January 19, 1809, and a daughter, Rosalie, was born in December 1810.
In 1832, the family—made up of Elizabeth, Maria, Virginia, and Virginia's brother Henry [9] —was able to use Elizabeth's pension to rent a home at what was then 3 North Amity Street in Baltimore. [10] Poe's older brother William Henry Leonard Poe, who had been living with the family, [9] had recently died on August 1, 1831. [11]
William Poe may refer to: William F. Poe, mayor of Tampa, Florida; William Henry Leonard Poe, American sailor and amateur poet; W. M. Poe, Tennessee state representative
Edgar Allan Poe (né Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre.
Playbill for The Curfew, presented "For the Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Poe" on May 27, 1807. Poe was born in Baltimore, Maryland.His father, David Poe Sr., had emigrated from Dring in Kildallan parish, County Cavan, Ireland, to the United States around the year 1750, [1] and was well known for his patriotic self-sacrifice as a quartermaster during the American Revolution, paying for supplies out ...
Some scholars, including Burton R. Pollin and Richard Wilbur, suggest that the character of Augustus was based on Poe's childhood friend Ebenezer Burling; others argue he represents Poe's brother William Henry Leonard Poe, [42] who served in South America and elsewhere as a sailor aboard the USS Macedonian. [43]
Poe's funeral was a simple one, held at 4 p.m. on Monday, October 8, 1849, in Baltimore. [37] Few people attended the ceremony. Poe's uncle, Henry Herring, provided a simple mahogany coffin, and a cousin, Neilson Poe, supplied the hearse. [47] Moran's wife made his shroud. [48]
Poe actually has two graves on this site: his original grave and a monument added in 1875. His original burial spot, towards the back of Westminster Hall, is marked by a headstone with an engraved raven. It was a family plot, lot 27, where his grandfather General David Poe Sr. and his brother Henry Leonard Poe are also buried. [6]