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Jane Lampton Clemens (June 18, 1803 – October 27, 1890) was the mother of author Mark Twain. She was the inspiration of the character " Aunt Polly " in Twain's 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer .
- Jane Lampton, June 18, 1803, Adair County, Kentucky, U.S.
- John Marshall Clemens (m. 1823)
- October 27, 1890 (aged 87), Keokuk, Iowa, U.S.
Jane Lampton Clemens. Jane Lampton Clemens, born July 26, 1880, was always called “Jean” by her family and friends. She was the youngest child of Sam and Olivia Clemens. Later in 1880, Clemens wrote to his sister: “Jean is as fat as a watermelon, & just as sweet, & good, & often just as wet.”
Clemens, Jane Lampton (1803–1890) Short Biography: SLC’s mother was born in Adair County, Kentucky. In 1823 she married John Marshall Clemens, in part to spite a former suitor. The couple had seven children, of whom only four (Orion, Pamela, Samuel, and Henry) survived at the time of John Marshall Clemens’s death in 1847.
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Jane Lampton "Jean" Clemens (July 26, 1880 – December 24, 1909) was the daughter of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (better known by his pen name Mark Twain) and Olivia Langdon Clemens. She founded or worked with a number of societies for the protection of animals.
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Jane Lampton Clemens (June 18, 1803 – October 27, 1890) was the mother of author Mark Twain. She was the inspiration of the character "Aunt Polly" in Twain's 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Mark Twain's Family - Wife & Children. 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.
Clemens, Jane Lampton (Jean) (1880–1909) Short Biography: SLC’s youngest daughter was named after his mother, Jane Lampton Clemens, but was always called Jean. Like her sisters, Jean was educated largely at home. In 1896, however, she was attending school in Elmira, New York, when she suffered a severe epileptic seizure.
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