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In an 1835 letter from Edgar Allan Poe, he wrote, "My father David died in the second year of my age, and when my sister Rosalie was an infant in arms". According to author Susan Talley Weiss, Poe died on December 11, 1811, only three days after Eliza's death.
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for much of his adult life, David Jr. abandoned the stage and his family some time before July 1809, disappearing from historical record. In David's absence, Eliza gave birth to a daughter in December 1810, but the true paternity of
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After Eliza's death in 1811, the three children were split up. Henry lived with his paternal grandparents in Baltimore, Edgar was fostered by John and Frances Allan in
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and the honorary title of 'General'. The younger David Poe, on the other hand, defied his family's wishes to become a lawyer and became an actor instead.
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Arnold, whose first husband, Charles Hopkins, had died six months before. Poe was considered an inferior actor compared to his wife, possibly due to
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remains uncertain. Edgar Allan Poe, however, clearly names Rosalie Poe as his sister and the daughter of David Poe Jr.
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on January 19, 1809, the family ran low on money. An ill-tempered
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on January 30, 1807, nine months after their wedding.
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Edgar Allan Poe letter to "Wm. Poe", August 20, 1835
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Baltimore
Maryland
Eliza Arnold
William Henry Leonard Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Rosalie Mackenzie Poe
Edgar Allan Poe

Baltimore
Maryland
Dring
Kildallan
County Cavan
quartermaster
American Revolution
Marquis de Lafayette
Eliza Hopkins
née
stage fright
William Henry Leonard Poe
Boston
Massachusetts
Edgar Allan Poe
alcoholic
Rosalie Poe
Richmond, Virginia
ISBN
978-0-8018-5730-0
ISBN
0-06-092331-8

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