· born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina
· His mother died of tuberculosis when he was 3
· He started working in his uncles drug store in 1881
· He was a licensed pharmacist at the age of 19
· Athol gave birth to their son in 1888
· In 1889 she gave birth to Margret their daughter
· O. henry’s wife Athol Estes Porter died on July 25, 1897 from tuberculosis
· He drank heavily
· His second wife left him in 1909
· He died on June 5, 1910 of cirrhosis of the liver
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