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In his letters to John Allan, Edgar asked about how Fanny was doing. The fact was that she was seriously ill and no improvement was to be seen. She eventually died February 28, 1829, at the age of 44. On her death bed she wished to see Edgar but he was not able to arrive until the night after her burial in Shockoe Hill Cemetery (where Jane Stanard also was buried). Edgar felt guilty for leaving Fanny in her bad condition and once wrote: \"I have had a fearful warning & have hardly ever known before what distress was.\"
Fanny\'s Death had softened John Allan and he bought Edgar a suit of black clothes, some hosiery, a knife, a hat and a pair of gloves. He also said that he had not received Edgar\'s letters and agreed to support him in leaving the Army and enter West Point, but more importantly he promised to forgive Edgar for everything.
As Edgar went back to Old Point Comfort he wrote John Allan that except for Fanny\'s death he felt \"much happier than I have for a long time\".
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