Olivia Louise Langdon (1845 - 1904)
Mrs.
Olivia
Louise
"Livy"
Langdon
Born in Elmira, NY
Daughter of Jervis Langdon
and Olivia (Lewis) Langdon
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
— married
in Elmira, New York, USA
Descendants
Mother of
Langdon Clemens,
Olivia Susan Clemens,
Clara Langdon (Clemens) Gabrilowitsch and
Jane Lampton Clemens
Died in Florence, Italy
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Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, met Olivia Langdon in 1867. They were introduced by her brother.
The couple's first date was to hear a reading by Charles Dickens in New York City.
They were married on Feb. 2, 1870.
The Clemens family lived in Europe for four years starting in 1891. Clemens also did a European lecture tour from 1895-1896.
In 1903, Olivia's doctors advised her to take up residence in the warm climate of Italy, prompting the Clemens family to move to a villa outside Florence. She died June 1904.
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On 22 Jun 2011 Glenn Legge Sr. wrote:
Olivia Langdon was the daughter of Jervis Langdon , a prominent citizen of Elmira, New York. The family mansion was in what is now downtown Elmira. The mansion was razed and replaced with a strip center many years ago. Langdon Plaza has been home to a large number of businesses since. Grocery stores, a hobby shop, cloth store, dry cleaner, etc.
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