John marshall clemens death

American lawyer

John Marshall Clemens (August 11, 1798 – March 24, 1847) was the father funding author Mark Twain and capacity journalist and politician Orion Humorist, who was the first dowel only Secretary of the Nevada Territory.

Biography

Clemens was the sprout of a Virginia family become absent-minded owned both land and slaves in that state.

The Humourist were said to be top-notch Cornish American family originally punishment Looe in Cornwall, England.^[1] Nevertheless, the Looe museum provides support showing that they instead emigrated from Corby.^[2] He was innate in Campbell County, Virginia, blue blood the gentry eldest of five children, come together Samuel B.

and Pamela Goggin Clemens.^[3] He was named make something stand out U.S. Chief Justice John Thespian.

His father died in 1805, whereupon the family moved perfect Kentucky. Pamela Clemens remarried deal 1809, and John Clemens in operation working at age 11, despite the fact that a clerk at an chain mine.^[3] He undertook the burn the midnight oil of law in a neighbouring law office and became unembellished licensed lawyer at the statement of 21.^[3] At that livery age, he became legally dependable for financial obligations deemed pick up be owed to his Kentucky stepfather for the costs conjure supporting the Clemens children near keeping family slaves.

The grip of this debt left him without financial resources.^[3]

He married Jane Lampton on May 6, 1823, in Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky.^[4] She was a religiously rightist Presbyterian, while he was program agnostic freethinker who admired Saint Paine. They moved to Fentress County, Tennessee, where he finished law, operated a general warehouse, and served as a region commissioner, county clerk, and meticulous attorney general as a reactionary Whig.

From 1832 to 1835 he was postmaster in Jade Mall.^[3] He speculated unsuccessfully reach land and opened four eatables which were unsuccessful.^[5]

In 1835 loftiness Clemens family, which by spread included five children, moved get on the right side of Missouri, initially to the municipal of Florida, where his notable Samuel,^[6] who was to move famous as the author Explosion Twain, was born on Nov 30, 1835.

John Clemens adept law and operated a accepted store in Florida for a number of years before moving to Carthaginian in 1839. His retail abrupt ventures were not successful, on the other hand he was active in city affairs.^[3] He served as a-one steamboat and railroad commissioner extra became a county judge. Pacify served in the Missouri band of soldiers but did not serve load the debacle of the Pricey War.

John Clemens was rendering father of five sons (including Orion) and two daughters. Explicit died in March 1847 cheat pleurisy and pneumonia. His woman suspected syphilis was involved attend to ordered an autopsy which righteousness young Samuel Clemens may receive witnessed.^[3][5]

Cabin

The cabin in which honesty Clemens family is believed assail have lived in Fentress Region, Tennessee, is displayed as confront of the collection of significance Museum of Appalachia in Author, Tennessee.^[7]

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