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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 ... 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 ...

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.

Clemens’ sister Pamela, and Pamela’s daughter Annie were his only relatives to attend. Not surprisingly, Langdon friends and family members were the most numerous—Livy’s parents, Olivia Lewis and Jervis Langdon; her foster sister Susan Crane and Susan’s husband Theodore; first cousins Edward L. Marsh and Anna Marsh Brown.

Olivia Langdon, known as Livy, was a thoroughly proper easterner, while Sam was a rugged man of the West. ... him a picture of his sister. Clemens later claimed that it was love at first sight ...

Olivia Susan Clemens (1872-96), known as ... After the European sojourn Susy chose not to go with her father, mother, and sister Clara on Clemens's lecture trip around the world (1895–96); she and her sister Jean stayed at the Elmira, New York, home of their aunt Susan Crane. ... Olivia Iona Louise "Livy" Langdon Clemens

Susan Langdon Crane was an activist, a humanitarian, a reformer, a businesswoman and dairy farmer, a gardener, and a devoted member of Park Church. She was also Olivia “Livy” Langdon’s sister which made her Samuel Clemens’ (aka Mark Twain’s) sister-in-law.

Olivia Langdon Clemens (c.1872-1873) Courtesy of the Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, CT. ... bankruptcy. Later that year, the Paige Compositor also failed, leaving the Clemenses’ finances in ruin. To her sister, Olivia confided, “…I have a perfect horror and heartsickness over it. ... Livy. Undated note from Olivia Langdon Clemens ...

Olivia Langdon was born in 1845 in Elmira, New York to Jervis Langdon and Olivia Lewis Langdon. Her childhood home from 1847 to 1862 was the building, that is now at 413 Lake Street, Elmira, NY. Jervis was a very wealthy coal businessman. The family was religious, reformist, and abolitionist. Olivia, called Livy, was educated by a combination ...

Olivia Susan Clemens (called “Susy” by her family) was born in Elmira, New York, on March 19, 1872. She was the second child born to Samuel and Olivia (“Livy”) Langdon Clemens. Her brother, Langdon, who was born a year and a half earlier, was from the beginning a sickly child and died in June of 1872 when he was only 19 months old.

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. ... but I anchored for the day at the first house I came to — Charlie Langdon’s sister was there (beautiful girl,) and Miss Alice Hooker, another ...

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 b. 7 November 1870, Buffalo, NY; d. 2 June 1872, Hartford, CT ... married WILLIAM H. SAUNDERS 4 October 1841 ...

Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Olivia (Langdon) Clemens born 1845 Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States died 1904 Florence, Italy including ancestors + descendants + 2 photos + 1 family memories + 1 genealogist comments + DNA connections + more in the free family tree community. ... 2024), memorial page for Olivia Iona Louise “Livy ...

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.

Clemens’ sister Pamela, and Pamela’s daughter Annie were his only relatives to attend. Not surprisingly, Langdon friends and family members were the most numerous—Livy’s parents, Olivia Lewis and Jervis Langdon; her foster sister Susan Crane and Susan’s husband Theodore; first cousins Edward L. Marsh and Anna Marsh Brown.

Olivia “Livy” Langdon Clemens (1845 – 1904) Sam wed Ida’s father’s sister, Olivia Louise Langdon in 1870. Sam outlived three of his four children and his wife; in 1910 his turn came. Circumstances had led to the wide dispersal of Clemens family possessions before and after his death, such that until recently, none of Olivia’s ...

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.

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. Livy is part of Geneva Read’s

When a fellow-passenger, Charles Langdon, showed Twain a miniature portrait of his twenty-one-year-old sister, Olivia, he was smitten. ... Livy, as he called her, came from a prominent East Coast ...

Olivia Langdon, known as Livy, was a thoroughly proper easterner, while Sam was a rugged man of the West. Livy came from a rich and well-educated family, while Sam had grown up poor and left school at age 12. ... befriended Clemens on the voyage and showed him a picture of his sister. Clemens later claimed that it was love at first sight ...

Olivia Langdon (1845-1904), wife of Sam Clemens, was born to a wealthy, abolitionist family in Elmira, New York.She was considered to be frail in health - "It is likely that Clemens was informed early on by Mr. & Mrs. Langdon about the supreme delicacy of Olivia's health" (Trombley 95).The Langdons experimented with a variety of health treatments to aid Olivia; including sending her to Gleason ...