And Elizabeth Arnold were both actors. Though he had no independent memory of his mother she died a month before his third birthday. Poe Got Married When He Was 28 With His 13 Year Old Cousin Virginia Poe Poe Boy Edgar Allan Poe His parents David Jr. . He served in the Army rising to the rank of sergeant major and attended the Military Academy at West Point though he was dismissed after a year for being less than dutiful. When he was three years old his mother died and his father left leaving. His father an actor had already abandoned the family and Poe went to live with the Allans eventually taking their name as his middle name. Who adopted Poe when his mother died. Poe married Eliza only six months after Hopkinss death in 1806. The poem is really nice. On September 27 1849 Poe left Richmond Virginia on his way home to New York City. During Poes life virtually every woman who he loved and who loved him di...