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Jean Clemens. Olivia Langdon Clemens (November 27, 1845 – June 5, 1904) was the wife of the American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known under his pen name Mark Twain .
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [ 1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [ 2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature ." [ 3] Twain's novels include The Adventures ...
Jean Clemens was born in Elmira, New York, the youngest of four children born to author and humorist Mark Twain and Olivia Langdon Clemens. Twain wrote from Elmira to his friend, William Dean Howells , reporting she "arrived perfectly sound but with no more baggage than I had when I was on the river," referring to his Life On The Mississippi. [1]
Remembering Clara Clemens, Mark Twain's daughter born at Quarry Farm in Elmira. Gannett. Jim Hare. March 8, 2024 at 1:46 AM. It was a cheerful morning in December of 1908, in Danbury, Connecticut ...
Susy Clemens. Olivia Susan Clemens (March 19, 1872 – August 18, 1896) was the second child and eldest daughter of Samuel Clemens, who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain, and his wife Olivia Langdon Clemens. She inspired some of her father's works, at 13 wrote her own biography of him, which he later published in his autobiography, and acted ...
Clara Langhorne Clemens Samossoud [1] (formerly Gabrilowitsch; June 8, 1874 – November 19, 1962 [1] ), was an American concert singer, [2] and the daughter of Samuel Clemens, who wrote as Mark Twain. She managed his estate and guarded his legacy after his death as his only surviving child. She was married first to Ossip Gabrilowitsch, then to ...
Born in Gainesboro, Tennessee, Orion Clemens was the oldest of seven children. Four of his six siblings died before reaching the age of twenty, leaving only sister Pamela (1827–1904) and his brother Samuel (1835–1910). In 1839, the Clemens family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, [1] a port town on the Mississippi River which was to eventually ...
Jane Lampton Clemens. Jane Lampton Clemens (June 18, 1803 – October 27, 1890) was the mother of author Mark Twain. [1] She was the inspiration of the character "Aunt Polly" in Twain's 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. [2] [3] [4] She was regarded as a "cheerful, affectionate, and strong woman" with a "gift for storytelling" and as the ...