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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.
Dec 2, 2020 · Name: John Marshall Clemens Sex: M Birth: 11 AUG 1798 in Campbell Co., VA Death: 24 MAR 1847 in Hannibal, Marion Co., MO Note: As a youth he became a clerk in an iron manufactory, at Lynchhurg, and doubtless studied at night. At all events, he acquired an education, but injured his health in the mean time.
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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...- Male
- August 11, 1798
- Jane (Lampton) Clemens
- March 24, 1847
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Short Biography. Born in Virginia, John Marshall Clemens studied law and was licensed to practice in 1822. He married Jane Lampton of Kentucky in 1823. In 1827 the Clemenses relocated to Jamestown, Tennessee, where Clemens opened a store and eventually became a clerk of the county court.
Learn about the family of Samuel L. Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, the famous American author and humorist. Find out who his wife, children, father, mother, grandfather, and ancestors were.
Now back on the frontier, even farther west, John Marshall Clemens bestowed the ambiguous names Samuel Langhorne on a child he expected to die. The names would bury John's own failure in...
JOHN M. CLEMENS. Born in Campbell County, Virginia, August 11, 1798. Died In Hannibal, Mo., March 24, 1847. The old slab was given this honorable place by Col. RoBards, who purchased the grounds in 1870, and now is secretary-treasurer of the cemetery association. An index, near the top of the monument, points upward.
