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Sarah Elmira Shelton (née Royster; 1810 – February 11, 1888) was an adolescent sweetheart of Edgar Allan Poe who became engaged to him shortly before his death in 1849. Their early relationship, begun when she was 15, ended due to the interference of her father while Poe was studying at the University of Virginia .
Feb 24, 2021 · Poe's Relationship with Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton. The first woman to do so was Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton, rumored to have been his fiancée at the time of his death. Poe had known Shelton since childhood, when they were neighbors and first took a romantic interest in each other.
Sep 4, 2012 · “Elmira” was Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton, one of the people who had the greatest influence on Poe’s life and work. When their first engagement was broken by her father, the eighteen-year-old Poe wrote about his sense of loss in poems including “Tamerlane,” “Song,” and “To Elmira.”
Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton is the subject of this hand-colored daguerreotype portrait made in the 1850s. Shelton (née Royster) was engaged to Edgar Allan Poe on two different occasions. The first engagement was in 1826, when Poe was a seventeen-year-old student at the University of Virginia.
Sarah Elmira Shelton ( née Royster; 1810 – February 11, 1888) was an adolescent sweetheart of Edgar Allan Poe who became engaged to him shortly before his death in 1849.
When Sarah Elmira Royster was born in 1810, in King William, Virginia, United States, her father, James H. Royster, was 29 and her mother, Mary Gregory Bohannan, was 20. She married Alexander Barrett Shelton on 6 December 1828, in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States.
While one of Poe’s lady friends legally changed her name to match the nickname Poe had given her and while yet another held séances to communicate with his spirit, Elmira Shelton lived a quiet life in Virginia, attended church regularly, and revered the memory of her late husband.
Dec 22, 2021 · Although he distinguishes himself academically, financial troubles cause him to withdraw and return to Richmond, where he discovers that his fiancée, Sarah Elmira Royster has married an older and wealthier suitor, Alexander Shelton.
Feb 8, 1998 · Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton (Born: 1810 - Died: February 11, 1888) Poe's childhood sweetheart. ~~~
Apr 27, 2022 · Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton (1810 – February 11, 1888) was a childhood sweetheart of Edgar Allan Poe who became engaged to him shortly before his death in 1849. Their early relationship, begun when she was 15, ended due to the interference of her father while Poe was studying at the University of Virginia.
