The character of Huckleberry Finn was modeled after Twain's boyhood friend Tom Blankenship. "He was ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed; but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had," Twain wr...
Father: John Marshall Clemens (1798-1847)Mother: Jane Lampton Clemens (1803-1890)Bother: Orion Clemens (1825-1897)Sister: Pamela Clemens (1827-1904)Brother: Pleasant Clemens (1828-1829)Sister: Marg...
