August 22, 2011

August 22: Virginia Clemm Poe Born, 1822



She was Edgar Allan Poe's child bride, only 13 when they wed.

The rumors of scandal that plagued Poe distressed her a great deal, and may have hastened her death.

Read article here.


Pictured: Portrait of Virginia Poe, commissioned after her death by her husband.

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