Samuel Langhorne CLEMENS

1835 - 1910  (74 years)

• Name	Samuel Langhorne CLEMENS
  Born	30 Nov 1835	Florida, Monroe, Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Mark Twain
  Noteworthy	Author Mark Twain
  Buried	1910	Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York
  Died	21 Apr 1910	Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut
  Person ID	I33858	Main
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	John Marshall CLEMENS,   b. 11 Aug 1798, Campbell County, Virginia ,   d. 24 Mar 1847, Hannibal, Marion, Missouri  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Jane LAMPTON,   b. 18 Jun 1803, Columbia, Adair, Kentucky ,   d. 27 Oct 1890, Keokuk, Lee, Iowa  (Age 87 years)
  Married	6 May 1823	Columbia, Adair, Kentucky
  Family ID	F11554	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Olivia Louise LANGDON,   b. 27 Nov 1845, Elmira, Chemung, New York ,   d. 5 Jun 1904, Florence, Italy  (Age 58 years)
  Married	2 Feb 1870	Elmira, Chemung, New York
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2019
  Family ID	F11555	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 21 Apr 1910 - Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is extensively quoted. During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty. Twain enjoyed immense public popularity. His keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature".