His daughter Susy died at age 24 from meningitis, and an epileptic seizure killed Jean when she was 29.
"Twain" is an archaic term that means "two" or "between two." It's commonly known from the phrase "Mark Twain," which was used as a nautical term for water depth measurement. "Mark Twain" means the water is at a depth of two fathoms or 12 feet, indicating safe passage for boats.
Mark Twain's nickname was actually his pen name; his real name was Samuel Clemens. He chose the name "Mark Twain" from a riverboat term meaning the water is two fathoms deep, indicating it was safe to navigate.
Mark Twain's real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. His pen name, "Mark Twain," was derived from a riverboat term meaning "two fathoms deep." Another nickname he had was "The Father of American Literature."
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Samuel Clemens got his pen name Mark Twain from boat terminology picked up when he worked on a steamboat. The term "mark twain" refers to a river that is two fathoms deep.
Mark Twain was the sixth of seven children. Two of them were girls- Margaret and Pamela. Margaret died before reaching adulthood.
Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) had Orion, Pamela, Henry, Benjamin, Margaret, and Pleasant as siblings.
'Mark Twain' is a pen-name used by writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He worked on the Mississippi River as a steamboat pilot and named himself after the call used when sounding the depth of the river "by the mark twain": meaning that the river was two fathoms deep (6ft) which was a safe depth for the boat to travel.
Two quotes from Mark Twain: I dont like work, even when another person does it. Work and play are words to describe the same thing under different conditions.
A mark was an old term used to describe the depth of a body of water as a ship passed through it. A mark was about 6 feet so mark twain, or two marks, was 12 feet. Unless you meant what was Mark Twain's real name, in which case it was Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
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