Langdon clemens biography

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    Twain's Children

    Mark Twain

    Langdon Clemens

    Langdon Clemens was the first-born child &#; and the only son &#; born to Sam and Olivia Clemens. He was born prematurely on Nov. 7‚ ‚ and continued to be weak and sickly throughout his short life. He died of diphtheria on June 2‚ ‚ at the age of only 19 months.

    Twain Quote

    "What is a home without a child?"

    Olivia Susan Clemens

    Olivia Susan Clemens‚ called “Susy” by her family‚ was the second child and the oldest of three daughters. Born March 19‚ ‚ Susy was a baby when Langdon died‚ and after his death both parents doted on Susy. Their close attachment to her remained significant throughout her youth and young adulthood. She was a precocious child‚ and Clemens wrote that even as a small child she had big thoughts. Clemens and Olivia kept a record of many of the startling and humorous comments made by Susy and her younger sister‚ Clara‚ in a document called “The Children’s’ Record: A Record of the Small foolish

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    Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens

    Mark Twain

    Olivia Louise Langdon

    Olivia Langdon Clemens was born Olivia Louise Langdon on Nov. 27, , in Elmira, N.Y., the daughter of Jervis and Olivia Langdon. She had a younger brother, Charles, and an adopted older sister, Susan. Olivia was called &#;Livy&#; by her friends and family, and by her husband, Samuel L. Clemens, whom she married on Feb. 2,

    "I take as much pride in her brains as I do in her beauty."

    — Twain, on his wife, Livy

    The Langdons: A Progressive Family

    Elmira&#;s location near the intersection of the Chemung and Erie canals and later a major railroad depot made it a center of commerce, industry and culture in which Jervis Langdon was very successful. His business was timber and coal, and the Langdons were one of the leading families of the community, both financially and in terms of their idealism. Olivia&#;s intellectual and progressive upbringing would be a major influence on Samuel Clemens and his writi

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    Olivia Langdon Clemens

    Wife of Mark Twain

    Olivia Langdon Clemens (November 27, – June 5, ) was the wife of the American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known beneath his pen nameMark Twain.

    Early life

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    Olivia Langdon was born in in Elmira, New York, to Jervis Langdon and Olivia Lewis Langdon. Her childhood home from to was the building at what fryst vatten now Lake Street. Jervis was a very wealthy coal businessman. The family was religious, reformist, and abolitionist. Olivia, called historiker, was educated by a combination of home tutoring and classes at Thurston's Female Seminary and Elmira Female College. Her health was poor. She was an invalid for part of her teenage years (about six years), and she suffered from what was probably tuberculosis myelitis or Pott's disease. She continued to have health problems throughout her life.

    Courtship and wedding

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    Langdon met Samuel Clemens in månad , through her brother Charles, whom he had met on a voyage to the Holy L