mavii

Olivia Langdon Clemens (November 27, 1845 – June 5, 1904) was the wife of the American author Samuel Langhorne ... Jervis was a very wealthy coal businessman. The family was religious, reformist, and abolitionist. Olivia, called Livy, was educated by a combination of home tutoring and classes at Thurston's Female Seminary and Elmira Female ...

Olivia Louise Langdon. 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 ...

Livy. Undated note from Olivia Langdon Clemens to Samuel Clemens, during her 1902-1903 confinement period. In May 1903, Samuel and Olivia sold their Hartford home and left for Florence, Italy, where it was hoped that pleasant weather might ease Olivia’s health issues, but episodes of heart failure continued, until, on the evening of 5 June ...

Langdon Clemens. 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. ... Livy conducted most of the lessons at first‚ but later employed tutors and governesses to teach reading‚ writing ...

Olivia Langdon, known as Livy, was a thoroughly proper easterner, while Sam was a rugged man of the West. Livy came from a family that was rich and well-educated, while Sam had grown up poor and ...

Olivia Louise Langdon Clemens (1845-1904), familiarly known as "Livy," was born and raised in Elmira, New York, the daughter of wealthy coal merchant Jervis Langdon (1809–70) and Olivia Lewis Langdon (1810–90). The Langdons were strongly religious, reformist, and abolitionist.

Livy. Undated note from Olivia Langdon Clemens to Samuel Clemens, during her 1902-1903 confinement period. In May 1903, Samuel and Olivia sold their Hartford home and left for Florence, Italy, where it was hoped that pleasant weather might ease Olivia’s health issues, but episodes of heart failure continued, until, on the evening of 5 June ...

Olivia Langdon (1845-1904), wife of Sam Clemens, was born to a wealthy, abolitionist family in Elmira, ... couple hundred letters, they were finally engaged. During this courtship, Clemens made some remarkable reformations - "Livy disapproved of drinking, smoking, Western manners, and even humorists, and he courted her by offering, in all ...

Olivia “Livy” Langdon Clemens (1845-1904) was the wife of Samuel Clemens (known by the pen name Mark Twain). Join Historic Geneva’s Executive Director Kerry Lippincott to learn more about Livy and Clemens’ family life. The program is free and open to the public.

↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed June 28, 2024), memorial page for Olivia Iona Louise “Livy” Langdon Clemens (27 Nov 1845–5 Jun 1904), Find A Grave: Memorial #6093077, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung County, ... Olivia Langdon was the daughter of Jervis Langdon , a prominent citizen of Elmira, New York. The family ...

Olivia Langdon Clemens, often called “Livy” by her husband, was born on 27 November 1845 to Jervis Langdon, a wealthy businessman, and his wife, Olivia Lewis Langdon, in Elmira, New York. The family was religious, reformist, and abolitionist. Olivia was tutored at home and attended the Thurston’s Female Seminary and Elmira Female College ...

Olivia “Livy” Langdon Clemens (1845-1904) was the wife of Samuel Clemens. Livy grew up in an affluent, pious, and abolitionist household. Though physically frail, her upbringing afforded her much mental stimulation from many of the leading intellectuals, abolitionists, and feminists that her parents hosted.

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) and Livy Langdon Family. SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS (“Mark Twain”) b. 30 November 1839, Florida, MO; d. 21 April 1910, Redding, CT Married OLIVIA “Livy” LOUISE LANGDON 2 February 1870. LANGDON CLEMENS

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. Officiating were the family’s friend and minister, the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, minister of Elmira’s Congregational Church (and brother to Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher), and the ...

Their son, Langdon, was born premature in 1870, and passed away after only 19 months from diphtheria, a respiratory illness. In 1872 the Clemens had their first daughter, Olivia Susan Clemens, named after her mother and dubbed "Susy" from a young age. Livy homeschooled the apparently precocious and witty child herself.

This is the first book-length biography of Olivia Langdon Clemens, Mark Twain's wife. Livy was an intelligent, well-educated woman of Victorian values and sensibilities who lived a charmed and tragic life. Raised in the wealthiest family in Elmira, New York, she married the man destined to become the best known American in the world. She befriended the literary elite of America and Europe ...

Olivia “Livy” Langdon Clemens (1845-1904) was the wife of Samuel Clemens. Livy grew up in an affluent, pious, and abolitionist household. Though physically frail, her upbringing afforded her much mental stimulation from many of the leading intellectuals, abolitionists, and feminists that her parents hosted.

Edited by Dixon Wecter. SAMUEL L. CLEMENS, known by the most famous pen name of modern times as Mark Twain, at the age of thirty-two fell in love with Olivia (“Livy”) Langdon.

Livy’s Windows: How the Hartford House Began “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.

— Olivia Dunne (@livvydunne) April 18, 2025. The 23-year-old is coming off a stellar season with the Tigers, who most recently won the Southeastern Conference championship. The team finished third place in the NCAA semifinals on April 17, and with the top two teams advancing to the NCAA finals, LSU’s season ultimately came to an end.