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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. Their close attachment to her remained significant throughout her youth and young adulthood.
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Clemens's courtship of Olivia Langdon, the daughter of a prosperous businessman from Elmira, N.Y., was an ardent one, conducted mostly through correspondence. They were married in February 1870.
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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.
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Olivia Langdon Clemens at about 24 Overstaying His Welcome Twain saw the photo of Olivia, an ivory miniature, in 1867 during his five-month cruise to Europe and the Holy Land. He had made friends with Olivia's younger brother, Charles Langdon, and caught a glimpse of her image in his stateroom.
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In this new volume of letters, readers are invited to meet Olivia Louise Langdon Clemens on her own terms, in her own voice—as complementary partner to her world-famous spouse, Mark Twain, and as enduring friend, mother to four children, world traveler, and much more. The frail woman often portrayed by scholars, biographers, and Twain himself.
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Home Learn With Us Twain's Life Samuel L. Clemens - Mark Twain Genealogy The genealogy of Samuel L. Clemens, Mark Twain, brings many inquiries to the Mark Twain Museum. Sam and Livy had four children. Only one of them, Clara, married. She had only one child, a daughter named Nina. Nina died in 1966 without having children.
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Langdon reportedly showed Sam a picture of his sister‚ Olivia ‚ and Sam fell in love at first sight. Twain Starts a Family and Moves to Hartford After courting for two years‚ Sam Clemens and Olivia (Livy) Langdon were married in 1870.
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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.
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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 . Early life Olivia Langdon was born in 1845 in Elmira, New York, to Jervis Langdon and Olivia Lewis Langdon.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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In this new volume of letters, readers are invited to meet Olivia Louise Langdon Clemens on her own terms, in her own voice—as complementary partner to her world-famous spouse, Mark Twain, and as enduring friend, mother to four children, world traveler, and much more.
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OLIVIA LANGDON CLEMENS. She said she never would or could love me -- but she set herself the task of making a Christian of me. I said she would succeed, but that in the meantime she would unwittingly dig a matrimonial pit and end by tumbling into it -- and lo! the prophecy is fulfilled. - Letter to Jane Clemens, February 1869.
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both Langdon daughters, Susan and Olivia, studied there. Before their marriage, as early as their first meeting in Elmira, Olivia knew that Twain intended to propose. From that point on, Olivia composed the movements of Twain's suit Olivia made Twain prove his sincerity by writing one hundred and eighty-four courtship letters.
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"I think I have about decided what we shall do about building," Olivia Langdon Clemens wrote to her husband, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, in December 1871. He was on a multi-state lecture tour, two months after the couple had moved to Hartford, Connecticut, with their infant son.
