Childhood

Edgar was Born on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents' names were David and Elizabeth. Elizabeth came to the the U.S. from England and married David Poe after her first husband died in 1805. (They had three children: Edgar, Henry, and Rosalie). Then in 1809 Edgar was born. But shortly after his birth, his parents got separated and Elizabeth took the children. In 1811, about two years after Edgar was born, and one year after his parents were separated Elizabeth died. After Elizabeth died Henry went off to live with his grandparents, Edgar was then adopted by Mr. And Mrs. Allan, and Rosalie was adopted by a family.Edgar grew up with two very nice adoptive parents, Mr. Allan was a very successful merchant, so Edgar has the opportunity to go to great schools and get a great education. When Edgar was only six years of age he attended school in England until he was eleven. Edgar learned lots of things while in England but the majority of his time there he mostly focused on Latin, French, Math, and History. He later returned to America to work on his studies.

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