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Samual Clemons, or better known as Mark Twain, was born in Florida. Missouri. Jane Clemons gave birth to Mark on November 30, 1835.
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Mark was born into a family of 8. His father John Marshal Clemons, his mother, Jane Lampton Clemons, and his 6 sibilings, Pamela, Margret, Orion, Pleasant, Bejamin, and Henry. Mark Twain later got married to Olivia Langdon on Febuary 1870 in Elmira, New York and had their children, Langdon, Susy, Clara and Jean Clemons.
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In 1839, Twains family moved to Hannibal, Missouri.
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Mark Twains first known sketch appeared in the Hannibal Journal called A Gallent Fireman.
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In 1853, Mark Twain got a job as a Printer in St. Louis, New York City, Philadelphia, etc.
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In 1857 at age 22, Mark Twain got a job as a Steamboat pilot. He studied the Mississippi River for 2 years before recieving his licence in 1859. He continued his job until 1861, when the civil war broke out.
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Some of Twains books....
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
A Conneticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court
The Prince in Pauper
The Innocents abroad
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Mark Twain later got married to Olivia Langdon on Febuary 1870 in Elmira, New York and had their children, Langdon, Susy, Clara and Jean Clemons.
