Pamela Ann (Clemens) Moffett (1827 - 1904)

Born 19 Sep 1827 in Tennessee, United States

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Pamela Ann Clemens was musical and gave guitar and piano lessons.

She wrote and received many letters over the years from her brother, Samuel.

She and her husband William had a son, Samuel Moffett (1861 - 1908) and daughter, Annie Clemens Moffett Webster (July 1852 - 1930 ). Another daughter was named: Julie Moffett(1854 - ?).

Pamela's husbans, William died in 1865.

By 1880, Pamela, a widow, was living with her daughter, Annie and her family in Fredonia, NY. Pamela was aged 52 then. Her son, Samuel E. Moffett, age 19, also lived with the Webster family in NY.

By 1900, in Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, Pamela Clemens Moffett was living with her daughter, Annie Webster and her children. Annie Webster was herself a widow by then.

Pamela, 'Mark Twain's' sister died in 1904.

1850 U.S. Census Hannibal City, Marion, Missouri

1. Jane Clemens F 46 Kentucky
   
2. Orion Clemens M 25 Tennessee (he was a printer)
   
3. Pamela A Clemens F 23 Tennessee
   
4. Samuel L Clemens M 14 Missouri
   
5. Henry Clemens M 12 Missouri^[1]

1870 U.S. Census New York

1. Pamelia A Moffatt F 43 Tennessee
2. Samuel L Moffatt M 9 Missouri
3. Jane Clemens F 67 Kentucky
4. Margaret Theile F 31 Missouri

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 U. S. Federal Census

• "1850 United States Census" index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDZX-ZZJ : accessed 10 February 2015), Jane Clemens, Hannibal City, Marion, Missouri, United States; citing family 709, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• 1870 U.S. Census, New York https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8XM-F86