• After the birth of their second son Edgar Allan Poe on January 19, 1809, the family ran low on money. An ill-tempered alcoholic for much of his adult life, David Jr...
  • David Poe Jr. father of Edgar Allan Poe The greatest achievement of Edgar Allan Poe's father is that he managed the considerable feat of having a death even...
  • David Poe, Jr. may have died on December 11, 1811* — three days after Eliza's death — in Norfolk, Virginia — the same town where he met his wife.
  • Possible other death date for David Poe, Jr., is October of 1810.
  • Edgar Allen Poe’s life was already immersed in myth well before his death and rightfully so.
  • I am an American actor and the father of Edgar Allan Poe.
  • The Baltimore -born David Poe, Jr. saw Eliza performing in Norfolk, Virginia, and decided to join her acting troupe, abandoning his family’s plans for him to study law.
  • David Poe was last known to have appeared on stage on October 18, 1809, leaving Edgar and two other children, William Leonard Poe and Rosalie Poe.
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  • Edgar Allan Poe was the second of three children born in Boston on January 18, 1809 to David Poe and Elizabeth Arnold, both of which were actors.