This lung disease claimed the life of Poe's 24-year-old wife
... Poe claimed that Allan had not given him sufficient money to register 
for ... Perhaps softened by his wife's death, John Allan agreed to support Poe's... [DOC] [TLE] Virginia Clemm | History of American Women [PAR] Aug 10, 2012 ... Virginia Clemm (1822-1847) was the wife of poet and author Edgar Allan Poe, ... 
On May 16, 1836, the 27-year-old Poe married 13-year-old Virginia ... a bed until 
Virginia turned 16, then enjoyed a normal married life.