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Olivia Langdon Clemens (November 27, 1845 – June 5, 1904) was the wife of the American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known under his pen name Mark Twain.
Langdon Clemens was the first-born child – and the only son – born to Sam and Olivia Clemens. He was born prematurely on Nov. 7‚ 1870‚ and continued to be weak and sickly throughout his short life. He died of diphtheria on June 2‚ 1872‚ at the age of only 19 months.
Olivia Langdon Clemens was born Olivia Louise Langdon on Nov. 27, 1845, in Elmira, N.Y., the daughter of Jervis and Olivia Langdon. She had a younger brother, Charles, and an adopted older sister, Susan. Olivia was called “Livy” by her friends and family, and by her husband, Samuel L. Clemens, whom she married on Feb. 2, 1870.
Oct 25, 2023 · Olivia Louise Langdon Clemens, middle child of Jervis and Olivia Lewis Langdon, was born 27 November 1845 in Elmira—a progressive, nineteenth-century city in western New York.
Clemens, Olivia Langdon (Livy) (1845–1904) Short Biography. Olivia Langdon, familiarly called “Livy,” was born and raised in Elmira, New York, the daughter of wealthy coal merchant Jervis Langdon and Olivia Lewis Langdon. The Langdons were strongly religious, reformist, and abolitionist.
Feb 13, 2018 · The year 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of one of the great courtships in American history, the wooing of an unenthusiastic 22-year-old Olivia Langdon by a completely smitten 32-year-old Samuel...
Olivia Langdon Clemens, c.1872 (Image Courtesy of the Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, CT. Samuel Clemens (a.k.a Mark Twain) and Olivia (“Livy”) Langdon were married on February 2, 1870, in the Langdon family parlor in Elmira, New York.
When Samuel L. Clemens, the 34-year-old bohemian adventurer cum newly best-selling author married, on February 2, 1870, the 24-year-old refined, religious and wealthy Olivia Langdon, it was probably Clemens who woke up the most surprised - and not with his bride either, but himself.
Jan 18, 2018 · Back in the U.S., Clemens pursued the introduction to Olivia Langdon, who was living at home in Elmira, New York. The couple’s first date at the end of December or beginning of January was in New York City: Sam accompanied Livy to a reading by the famous British author Charles Dickens.
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Dec 6, 2013 · Mrs. Mark Twain: The Life of Olivia Langdon Clemens, 1845-1904. This is the first book-length biography of Olivia Langdon Clemens, Mark Twain's wife. Livy was an intelligent, well-educated...
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