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John Marshall Clemens (August 11, 1798 – March 24, 1847) was the father of author Mark Twain and of journalist and politician Orion Clemens, who was the first and only Secretary of the Nevada Territory.
Short Biography. Born in Virginia, John Marshall Clemens studied law and was licensed to practice in 1822. He married Jane Lampton of Kentucky in 1823. In 1827 the Clemenses relocated to Jamestown, Tennessee, where Clemens opened a store and eventually became a clerk of the county court.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens nació el 30 de noviembre de 1835 en la pequeña población estadounidense de Florida, Misuri, a la que sus padres, John Marshall Clemens (11 de agosto de 1798-24 de marzo de 1847) y Jane Lampton Clemens (18 de junio de 1803 – 27 de octubre de 1890), [2] se habían trasladado desde el condado de Fentress para vivir ...
Su padre, John Marshall Clemens, comenzó a operar una tienda de abarrotes. Más tarde, John Clemens fue elegido juez de paz y celebró sesiones judiciales.. Sam comenzó la escuela cuando tenía cuatro años y medio.
Learn about the family of Samuel L. Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, the famous American author and humorist. Find out who his wife, children, father, mother, grandfather, and ancestors were.
While his own father, John Marshall Clemens, had been serving on a jury that sent “slave-stealers” to the state penitentiary, his father-in-law, Jervis Langdon, had been funding “slave-stealers’” activities.
Mount Olivet Cemetery has the graves of Mark Twain’s parents, John Marshall and Jane Clemens; his brother Henry Clemens; and his brother Orion Clemens and Orion’s wife, Molly.
