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Orion Clemens (July 17, 1825 – December 11, 1897) was the first and only Secretary of the Nevada Territory. His younger brother Samuel Langhorne Clemens became a famous author under the pen name Mark Twain .
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Mark Twain - Apprenticeships, Humor, Writing: In 1850 the oldest Clemens boy, Orion, returned from St. Louis, Missouri, and began to publish a weekly newspaper. A year later he bought the Hannibal Journal, and Sam and his younger brother Henry worked for him. Sam became more than competent as a typesetter, but he also occasionally contributed sketches and articles to his brother’s paper ...
Feb 6, 2010 · Orion Clemens, born on July 17, 1825, was ten years older than his famous brother Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). He was nearly fifteen years old when the family moved to Hannibal, Missouri. While a young man, Orion worked as a clerk in his father's general store. In the early 1840s he worked as an apprentice at a local newspaper and later moved ...
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Other articles where Orion Clemens is discussed: Mark Twain: Apprenticeships of Mark Twain: …1850 the oldest Clemens boy, Orion, returned from St. Louis, Missouri, and began to publish a weekly newspaper. A year later he bought the Hannibal Journal, and Sam and his younger brother Henry worked for him. Sam became more than competent as a typesetter, but he also occasionally contributed ...
Orion Clemens had a right to be proud of the contents, typography, make up, and press work. Besides containing a list of Keokuk residents (though very few women were mentioned), the directory was prefaced with a "Sketch of the Black Hawk War and History of the Half Breed Tract" and included statistics of commercial prosperity as well as the ...
Mar 28, 2003 · Named after a constellation, Orion Clemens was his parents’ firstborn, but not the family star. That was the fate of his brother Samuel, 10 years younger, better known as Mark Twain. Orion’s ...
Name. Clemens, Orion (1825–1897) Short Biography. SLC’s older brother Orion (pronounced O´-ree-ən) was born in Gainesboro, Tennessee. After the Clemens family’s move to Hannibal, Missouri, he was apprenticed to a printer. In 1850 he purchased the Hannibal Western Union, and the following year became the owner of the Hannibal Journal as ...
