Edgar Allen Poe thought of women as angelic figures and was an athletic little fellow. His father, David Poe Jr., had left him and his mother when he was just one year old. His mother, Elizabeth Poe, had died of tuberculosis when he was just 2 years old. Mr. and Mrs. John Allen adopted Edgar when he was three years old. Edgar Allen Poe thought women should be treated with respect and courtesy and while Mrs. Allen was on her death bed, Mr. John Allen was having affairs with other women right in his house. Mrs. Allen had died in 1829 when Edgar was eighteen years old and John Allen had abandoned Edgar.

Edgar was a young genius and had listed in the army under the name of Edgar A. Perry in 1827. He did reasonably well and attained the rank of