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Mark was born
Mark was born prematurely at Florida, Missouri. His parents were Judge John Marshall and Jane Lampton Clemens. -
Moved into Boyhood.
Family moved into house known as Mark Twain Boyhood Home. -
Father Passes
Matk Twain father Judge Clemens dies which made family move back to Boyhood Home. -
Sam starts working
His older brother Orion returned to Hannibal. He purchased Western Union newspaper, Sam began working for his brother. -
Move to California
Sam California in May to begin working for San Francisco Call newspaper. -
First Book
he got contracted for first his book, "The Innocents Abroad" which wasnt realsed until 1869. -
Published and Engaged
Got engaged to Olivia Louise Langdon of Elmira in New York on February 4. First book, The Innocents Abroad was published. Lecture tour November to January, 1870. -
Daughters
Sam had two daughters Susy, born March 19 and Clara born June 8,1874. -
Another Book
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published. -
3rd Daughter
Daughter Jean was born -
3rd book
Life on the Mississippi was published. -
Best selling book
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published. Mark Twain’s publishing firm releases a best-seller, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, an autobiography that returned more than $350,000 to the Grant family. -
The end
Sam started having heart complications returned home to Stormfield, died April 21. Buried in wife’s family’s plot, Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York. Halley’s Comet was in skies again.