Olivia Langdon Clemens

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Olivia Langdon Clemens (November 27, 1845 – June 5, 1904) was the wife of famous American author, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (known as Mark Twain). She was very influential in editing his writing and shaping his public image. She was born on November 27, 1845 in Elmira, New York. She was in poor health from the time she was born, and died in 1904. It is for being the wife of Mark Twain that she is most well known. She had Mark promise not to drink around her but in a couple years he started drinking again. she gave birth to four children 3 were girls. she had a boy who died at the age of 19 months.