MARK TWAIN

BORN

• November 30, 1835
• In Florida (Monroe County)
• Died April 21, 1910 in Connecticut

REAL NAME WAS SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS

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• His father was a judge
• He was kept inside until he was 9 because of poor health
• Went to a private school
• He was 6th of 7 children

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• Watched a slave get killed at age10
• Watched a local man murder a cattle rancher

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• Became a apprentice at the Hannibal Courier
• Paid with small rations of food
• At 15 he became a writer and editor at Hannibal Western Union

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• His wife was Olivia Langdon
• Married in February 1870

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• Lost a son to Diphtheria
• Susy died at 24
• Jean (youngest daughter) died of a heart attack at 29
• Jean also tried to murder the house keeper twice

HE WAS INSPIRED BY SOUTHERN LIFE STYLES

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