Gosh, then there could never be any such thing as simple "third cousins".
The "removed" only comes into play when the number of generations from the
common ancestors is unequal, which it doesn't seem to be in this case.

I don't wish to be argumentative, but the relationship described here is of
"third cousins" (meaning they share a great great grandparent.  There is no
"removed" because they are of the same generation, counted from the common
progenitors.

With respect,

Carl

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Cyril was a very distant cousin -- and yes, 3rd cousin, twice removed is the
way genealogy software describes the connection which is available from
family trees online:

Samuel Langhorne Clemens and Cyril Coniston Clemens are 3rd cousins 2 times
removed.  Their common ancestors are Ezekiel Clements (sic) (b. abt. 1680)
and Christina Castell.

To answer Martin's original question --
Chapter 54 of LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI and the entry for "Clint Levering" in
the Biographical directory in HUCK FINN AND TOM SAWYER AMONG THE INDIANS,
(UCal edition), p. 331-332 may be close to the source of Harnsberger's
account.

Barb