At 09:50 AM 2/5/98 -0800, Ellen Oster wrote: >At the end of the book "Young Reporter Mark Twain in Virginia City" by >Katharine Hillyer (1964) there is an 1896 photo of Twain on a beach on >the east coast. The photo cutline concludes "The photo is reproduced >courtesy of descendent Samuel L. Clemens of Missouri." Was there a >descendent who took on the name SLC ? Am ignorant of his descendents, >and of Clara's children, if any. Can someone enlighten? Excellent question. I've been interested for a while in finding out more about Clara's life after the death of her father, and haven't seen much of anything at all on the subject. I recall reading a passing mention in a novel that the last surviving descendant of Mark Twain - a grandchild - died under rather sad circumstances in 1967, alone and drunk and broke in a motel room. True? (Ah, that great source of information - "I read it somewhere, sometime a while ago.") mitch w.