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Rosalie Mackenzie Poe (December 1810 – July 21, 1874) was an American poet and the sister of Edgar Allan Poe. Early life and family. Poe was born ...
- Rosalie Poe, December 1810, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
- Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
- July 21, 1874 (aged 63), Washington, D.C., US
The Other Poe. Rosalie Mackenzie Poe, née Rosalie Poe, was the estranged sister of Edgar Allan Poe. Rosalie, born approximately December 1810 in Norfolk, Virginia, was the last of Elizabeth Arnold Poe’s children ( Mabbott 520 ). There is debate who her father is, because David Poe, Eliza’s husband, had abandoned the family around the time ...
Rosalie appears to have led a relatively comfortable and stable existence in the Mackenzie home until the Civil War left the family destitute. Thereafter, her story becomes pure pitable tragedy. The remaining members of her foster family sent her to her Poe relatives in Baltimore.
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On Dec. 8, 1811, Mrs. Poe died in destitute circumstances in rented rooms over a Richmond millinery shop. After that, childless Mrs. John Allan took little Edgar home, while Mrs. William MacKenzie, another Richmond matron, adopted Rosalie and give her the name of MacKenzie as her middle baptismal name.
Jul 3, 2014 · The Pirate. July 3, 2014. Many know Edgar Allan Poe, the esteemed poet and writer of horror and mystery fiction. Many are unaware; however, that Poe had an older brother, Henry, “The Pirate”. Nicknamed for his sailing expeditions, William Henry Leonard Poe (who went by Henry) was a sailor and a poet. Born January 30, 1807 in Boston, his ...
Rosalie Mackenzie Poe was born in December 1810, in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. She lived in Henrico, Virginia, United States in 1850. She died on 21 July 1874, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
New Exhibit Sheds Light on Poe’s Talented Siblings. April 7, 2016. Above: Edgar’s sister Rosalie Mackenzie Poe. In spite of being reared by a frugal businessman who discouraged his writing, Edgar Allan Poe became one of the world’s greatest authors. Why did a boy who grew up in such a home decide to devote himself to a life in the arts?
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