Mark Twain Timeline

By Staggart15

  • Samuel Langhorne Clements a.k.a. Mark Twain born in Florida, Missouri

  • Moved to Hannibal, Missouri with family due to greater oppurtunites.

  • Clements father dies due to pneumonia

  • Clements left Hannibal at age 17 with a degree of self sufficientcy

  • Civil War breaks out ending Clements steamboat career

  • Twain meets his future wife Olivia Langdon

  • Twain weds and fathers his first child. Son, Langdon

  • Susy Clements dies at 24 of meningitis

  • Daughter Jean Clements dies

  • Died in Redding, Conneticut