May 16

When two people meet and fall in love, it is not terribly surprising that they should choose to marry. An announcement of marriage will generally be met with sincere congratulations from the families of the bride and groom. Occasionally the announcement of a wedding will be met with more questions than plaudits. One such wedding occurred on the 16th in 1836. That was the day that Edger Allan Poe married Virginia Eliza Clemm. The questions had much to do with the pair’s difference in ages, Poe was 27 and Clemm was 13. However, they had much more to do with the fact that Virginia was Edgar’s first cousin.