Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Personal Information: Family: Born November 30, 1835, in Florida, MO; died of heart disease, April 21, 1910, in Redding, CT; buried in Elmira, NY; son of John Marshall (a lawyer) and Jane (Lampton) Clemens; married Olivia Langdon, February 2, 1870 ( died, 1904); children: Langdon, Olivia Susan, Clara, Jean Lampton. Military/ Wartime Service: Wartime service: Confederate Army during Civil War; became second lieutenant.