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Samuel Langhorne Clemens aka Mark Twain was born to John Marshall Clemens and Jane Lampton Clemens
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4 years later after Mark was born, his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri which wasn't too far from he was born.
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When Mark Twain was 12 years old, his father passed away.
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A year after Mark Twain's father passed away, he became a Printer's Apprentice. This started his career in the writer community.
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Mark Twain worked many jobs over the years like a riverboat pilot and a journalist. Mark had also moved a lot during this period. This could be why Mark wrote so much about the American Experience as he experienced America.
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Mark Twain married Olivia Louise Langdon on February 2, 1870, in Elmira, NY. They had four children.
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In 1876, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published and this sparked Mark Twain path to stardom.
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He died on April 21, 1910, at Redding, Connecticut. Halley’s Comet was in the skies both when he was born and died. Mark Twain is now buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York.
