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Birth
Samual Clemons, or better known as Mark Twain, was born in Florida. Missouri. Jane Clemons gave birth to Mark on November 30, 1835. -
Mark Twains Family
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. -
Hannibal, Missouri
In 1839, Twains family moved to Hannibal, Missouri. -
A Gallent Fireman sketch.
Mark Twains first known sketch appeared in the Hannibal Journal called A Gallent Fireman. -
Jobs
In 1853, Mark Twain got a job as a Printer in St. Louis, New York City, Philadelphia, etc. -
Mark Twains job as a Steamboat pilot
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. -
Famous books
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
and Life on the Mississippi. -
Marriage
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.
