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Olivia Langdon Clemens was the wife of American author Mark Twain and a prominent figure in his life and works. She was a wealthy, educated, and influential woman who helped him with his writing, supported his family, and accompanied him on his world tours.
Oct 25, 2023 · Olivia Louise Langdon Clemens, middle child of Jervis and Olivia Lewis Langdon, was born 27 November 1845 in Elmira—a progressive, nineteenth-century city in western New York.
Olivia Langdon Clemens was born Olivia Louise Langdon on Nov. 27, 1845, 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, 1870.
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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‚ 1870‚ and continued to be weak and sickly throughout his short life. He died of diphtheria on June 2‚ 1872‚ at the age of only 19 months.
Feb 13, 2018 · The year 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of one of the great courtships in American history, the wooing of an unenthusiastic 22-year-old Olivia Langdon by a completely smitten 32-year-old Samuel...
Learn how Mark Twain met and married Olivia Langdon, his wife and literary partner. Explore their correspondence, family backgrounds, and wedding details.
Mark Twain expresses his joy and gratitude for winning the hand of Olivia Langdon, the daughter of a wealthy and respectable family, in this letter to his friend Joseph Twichell. He praises her wisdom, dignity and lack of romance, and reveals his plans to stop drinking and cursing.
