Hi Hal,
Glad to see you’re investigation of the dead. I trust you’re well.
An additional response to your query.
Mark Twain in Elmira, 1977, Robert D. Jerome & Herbert A. Wisbey, Jr., Elmira Quality Printers Inc., Appendix A, An Abridged Chronology of Mark Twain in Elmira, pages 194 & 195 show the following:
1871 March 18 Moved to Quarry Farm
1872 March 19 Olivia Susan, “Suzy”, Clemens born in Elmira
June 2 Langdon Clemens buried in Woodlawn Cemetery
1874 June 8 Clara Langdon Clemens born at Quarry Farm
1880 July 26 Jane Lampton, “Jean”, Clemens born in Elmira
Critical Companion to Mark Twain, shows:
Page 641, Langdon died June 2, 1872, Harford, CT.
Page 816, Nook Farm, Clemens rented a house from Isabella Beecher Hooker in October 1871 and they moved into their house at 351 in September 1874.
Mark Twain A-Z, shows SLC living in Buffalo from 3 Feb. 1870 to Mar 1871, and staying in Elmira from 18 March to September while looking for a house in Hartford.
Elmira, Quarry Farm, Hartford. Birth and Census records may show other clues. I don’t know if anyone has ever obtained copies of these documents, or if everything has been recorded from oral history. As to Sam’s memory…
From these statements, we draw our conclusions. Choose the one which best fits your story.
In my genealogical research of the living and dead, where a person is born, where they died, where they were waked, where they were buried, and where the family lived when these events occurred can vary by the creativity of the writer or the recorder of events, who reported the events, and when it was reported. My father’s birth certificate was reported 10-days after the event by his father. The recorder wrote the ‘place of birth’ as “born at home” and ‘child’s name’ as “baby boy Brown”. There’s a high probability my grandfather new his son’s name and the city of birth.
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Sent: Sat, Oct 2, 2010 7:27 am
Subject: births and deaths in Elmira
Folks; Getting ready to head out to the woods for a walk (to the tower?),
n a wonderful, nearly perfect fall day here in Missouri ....but first ...
I'm doing a little fact checking for an essay, just to be sure; due to some
onflicting reports:
My understanding is that all 3 of the girls were indeed born in the Quarry
arm house. there are indications in the Autobiography that Susy was born
own the hill in the Langdon house (MT's confused recall?) but Ida Langdon
tates that they were all born up the hill.
Also: all 3 were laid out in coffins in the Langdon house down the hill, as
as MT. None were laid out in Quarry Farm.
Do I have all that correct?
thanks -- --hb
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arold K. Bush, Ph.D
rofessor of English
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t. Louis, MO 63108
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