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John Marshall Clemens (August 11, 1798 – March 24, 1847) was the father of author Mark Twain and of journalist and politician Orion Clemens, who was the first and only Secretary of the Nevada Territory. Biography. Clemens was the scion of a Virginia family that owned both land and slaves in that state.
Short Biography. Born in Virginia, John Marshall Clemens studied law and was licensed to practice in 1822. He married Jane Lampton of Kentucky in 1823. In 1827 the Clemenses relocated to Jamestown, Tennessee, where Clemens opened a store and eventually became a clerk of the county court.
JOHN MARSHALL CLEMENS - MARK TWAIN’S FATHER b. 11 August 1798, Campbell County, VA; d. 24 March 1847, Hannibal, MO married JANE LAMPTON 6 May 1823, Columbia, KY; PLEASANT CLEMENS b. 1800; d. November 1811; ELIZABETH MOORE CLEMENS b. 1801; still living 1886 married JOHN NICHOLAS POLLARD, 1817; HANNIBAL CLEMENS b. 6 November 1803; d. 1 August 1836
2 de dez. de 2020 · John Marshall Clemens was born in Campbell County, Virginia. He was a lawyer and later a justice of the peace in Hannibal. Because it was difficult on the frontier to make a living as a lawyer, John Clemens also ran a dry goods store and invested in property.
Born 11 Aug 1798 in Campbell County, Virginia, United States. Ancestors. Son of Samuel B Clemens and Parmelia (Goggin) Clemens. Brother of Elizabeth Moore (Clemens) Pollard and Samuel Hancock [half] Husband of Jane (Lampton) Clemens — married 6 May 1823 in Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky. Descendants.
Clemens, John Marshall (1798–1847) Born in Virginia, John Marshall Clemens studied law and was licensed to practice...
While his own father, John Marshall Clemens, had been serving on a jury that sent “slave-stealers” to the state penitentiary, his father-in-law, Jervis Langdon, had been funding “slave-stealers’” activities.
