Elizabeth Poe

right|thumb|An 1800 (lithograph) drawing of the American theatre actress, Mrs. Poe. The (lithograph) drawing is said to have been based from an old (daguerreotype) photograph, of Mrs. Poe. Elizabeth “Eliza” Poe, formerly, Hopkins, nee, Arnold, Jr. (1787, at, London, England - December 8, 1811, at, Richmond, Virginia), was an American theatre actress and the mother of Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar’s father, David Poe, Jr., abandoned his family when Edgar was a year old. After David, abandoned his family, Eliza struggled to both raise her three young children, and participate in dozens of roles in theaters from Boston to Charleston. She succumbed to the ravages of tuberculosis, while touring for a new play, in, Richmond, Virginia, and died when, Edgar, was not yet 3. After her death at age 24 on December 8th, 1811, The three Poe children, were split up and scattered to three different foster homes. Young Edgar, was taken in by the Allan family. Quotes-Keaton sucks Norfolk Herald, 1811. On this night, Mrs. Poe, lingering on the bed of disease, and surrounded by her children, asks your assistance and asks it perhaps for the last time. Richmond Enquirer, 1811. External links Category:Actresses from England Category:Immigrants to the United States Category:1787 births Category:1811 deaths Category:Women born before the 19th century Category:Deaths from disease Category:People from London