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    Father of Mark Twain

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  1. Dec 2, 2020 · Mark Twain's parents, John Marshall Clemens, from Virginia, and Jane. Lampton, from Kentucky, were married in Columbia, Ky, in 1823 and two. years later moved south to Gainesboro, TN where their oldest child, Orion, was born.

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  2. John Marshall Clemens (August 11, 1798 – March 24, 1847) was the father of author Mark Twain and of journalist and politician Orion Clemens, who was the first and only Secretary of the Nevada Territory.

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    Judge John Marshall Clemens, father of Mark Twain, was born in Virginia and trained as a lawyer by 1822.He was married to Jane Lampton and they had seven children. John worked as the city clerk in Jamestown, Tennessee after marriage to Jane Lampton in 1823. By 1835, he and the family moved to Florida, Missouri. He ran a dry good store and was a pro...

    "John [and his wife] lived in Gainesboro, Jackson County, TN for a time, ....and resided in a house that stood on the vacant lot on the southwest corner of the public square.... Honorable George H. Morgan, who once lived in Gainesboro, ...addressed a note of inquiry to [John's son Samuel (aka Mark Twain) - to ask if Samuel had been born in Gainesbo...

    Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 9 September 2019), memorial page for John Marshall Clemens (11 Aug 1798–24 Mar 1847), Find A Grave: Memorial #21749, citing Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hann...
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    • August 11, 1798
    • Jane (Lampton) Clemens
    • March 24, 1847
  3. When John Marshall Clemens was born on 11 August 1798, in Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, United States, his father, Samuel B Clemons, was 28 and his mother, Pamelia Goggin, was 22. He married Jane Casey Lampton on 6 May 1823, in Columbia, Adair, Kentucky, United States.

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  4. Aug 25, 2023 · Parents: John Marshall Clemens (1798-1847) - He was a lawyer and a judge. He was born in Virginia, and he moved to Missouri with his family when he was a child. He was a stern but loving father, and he taught his children the importance of hard work and self-reliance. Jane Lampton Clemens (1803-1890) - She was a homemaker and a midwife.

  5. John Marshall Clemens Family - Mark Twain's Father, Mother & Their Children. Samuel Clemens Family - Mark Twain's Grandfather. Clemens Ancestors of Mark Twain - Traces Back 10 Generations. Discover the genealogy of Samuel L. Clemens, Mark Twain.

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  7. Parents. Samuel B. Clemens ca 1770-1805. Pamela Goggin 1775-1844. Spouses, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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