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Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) moves with his family to Hannibal Missouri.
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This causes a break in the Clemens family financial stability.
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With this, he adopts the pen name Mark Twain
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Henry dies in a riverboat explosion. Samuel would carry this burden with him for life.
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Becomes a reporter for a newspaper in Virginia City.
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He goes through Calaveras County where he gets inspiration for The Jumping Frog short story. He then settles in San Fransisco
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Twain meets who will come to be his wife, Olivia Langdon.
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The Innocents Abroad is published this year.
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Twain and wife Olivia Lanngdon Clemmens have their first child, Langdon.
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Olivia Clemens Mark's first daughter is born but first son, Langdon dies. The family now lives in Hartford, Connecticut
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Rambunctious and independent Clara is born in Elmira, New York
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Final daughter Jean is born in Hartford, Connecticut
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Mark Twains most remembered book is published and loved by readers.
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Mark Twain pursues cheaper living in Europe
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Mark Twains beloved wife dies.
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MArk Twain, longing for his daughters and late wife, forms the angelfish club. A group of young girls who visit and play cards.
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Mark Twain, beloved author, dies peacefully in his home in Connecticut.
