life of mark twain

  • Mark Twain is born

    Mark Twain is born
    Mark Twain is born. He is born on Nov 30 1835, He was born in Florida
  • Death of his father

    Death of his father
    His father died. He died in 1874.He was buried in the elmira woodland cemetery
  • worked as a printer

    worked as a printer
    He left school at 15 to work as a printer. He had to work cause his mom was the only one working and it was hard to pay for everything. He was glad to help his family out.
  • death of his brother

    death of his brother
    His brother died on a steamboat. Mark was very sad because he felt responsible that his brother was killed. He felt responsible because mark said follow your dreams and he did and he got killed on the steamboat
  • civil war

    civil war
    Mark trains to help the militia. He was volunteering to train. He didnt go before they disband.
  • Twain travels west

    Twain travels west
    Twain moves to Nevada and starts to mine.Twain didnt have much sucsess as a minor.He quit mining and became a news reporter.
  • Twain moves to california

    Twain moves to california
    Twain moves to california and does not like it in the northern part. He moves to sanfrancisco instead of the northern part. He likes it better in sanfrancisco.
  • twain meets future wife

    twain meets future wife
    Twain is introduced to her future wife in december 31st 1867. They met by marks sister named susan. He is really smitten with olivia.
  • publishes first book

    publishes first book
    Mark twain is so happy publishing his first book. He published novels wich was a good selling book he wrote.He was happy that alot of people bought it.
  • Twain maries and has kids

    Twain maries and has kids
    Twain maries his future wife olivia lagdone. He has a kid later that year named susy. He was glad to marry olivia and have a kid that year.
  • moves to conneticut

    moves to conneticut
    Twain moves to coneticut because of his sons death. He is sad that his son died. This a picture of there house.
  • has final kid for twains family

    has final kid for twains family
    Olivia has fourth and final kid. the baby was a girl named Jean Clemmens. Here is a picture of Jean Clemmens.
  • Twain's last novel

    Twain's last novel
    Twains last novel was pudd'nhead wilson.Twain almost went bankrupt.He was glad to have his friend named Henry Rdgers.
  • death of his wife

    death of his wife
    Mark Twains wife Olivia Landgone dies of a two year illness.The illness was heart cancer.After Olivia's death mark starts to right about his autobiography.
  • Twain dies

    Twain dies
    Twain dies at age 74 in his home in conetticut.He died of myocardial infarction. Myocardial infarction is when blood from your haeartstops and makes your injured or the heart dies