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Olivia Susan Clemens (March 19, 1872 – August 18, 1896) was the second child and eldest daughter of Samuel Clemens, who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain, and his wife Olivia Langdon Clemens.
- Olivia Susan Clemens, March 19, 1872, Elmira, New York, U.S.
Olivia Susan Clemens‚ called “Susy” by her family‚ was the second child and the oldest of three daughters. Born March 19‚ 1872‚ Susy was a baby when Langdon died‚ and after his death both parents doted on Susy.
Clemens, Olivia Susan (Susy) (1872–1896) Short Biography. Susy Clemens was SLC’s second child and eldest daughter. Her early education was conducted largely at home by her mother and, for several years starting in 1880, by a governess.
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Olivia Susan Clemens (March 19, 1872 – August 18, 1896) was the second child and eldest daughter of Samuel Clemens, who wrote under the pen name Mark Twain, and his wife Olivia Langdon Clemens.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) writes to a friend in 1897, four months after the sudden death of his daughter Susy, expressing his grief and his family's unsettled state. He says they cannot bear to go back to their Hartford home, where Susy lived and died, and they are looking for a new place to live.
Apr 21, 2010 · Mark Twain's passionate eulogy for his eldest daughter and muse, Susy – who died from spinal meningitis aged 24 – has surfaced in a manuscript in which he writes of her as being "full of fire".
Nov 9, 2023 · This article focuses on the final six years of Susy Clemens’s life, from the time she was admitted to Bryn Mawr College at the age of eighteen to her final days in Hartford, Connecticut, where she died unexpectedly of spinal meningitis while preparing to rejoin her parents in Europe.