Langdon family

E13248
American family family

The Langdon family was a prominent 19th-century Elmira, New York family known for its wealth, social standing, and close ties to author Mark Twain through his marriage to Olivia Langdon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American family ⓘ
family ⓘ
associatedPlace Quarry Farm, Elmira, New York ⓘ
surface form: Quarry Farm, near Elmira, New York
associatedWith Mark Twain ⓘ
Mark Twain ⓘ
surface form: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
burialSiteAssociated Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York
city Elmira, New York ⓘ
surface form: Elmira
class upper class ⓘ
connectedThroughMarriageTo Mark Twain ⓘ
connectedThroughMarriageVia Olivia Langdon ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance associated with American literary history ⓘ
part of Mark Twain’s family history ⓘ
economicActivity coal business ⓘ
investments ⓘ
railroads ⓘ
hasAncestralHome Langdon family home in Elmira, New York ⓘ
hasNotableDescendant Mark Twain’s children ⓘ
historicalContext Gilded Age ⓘ
surface form: Gilded Age United States
knownFor connection to author Mark Twain ⓘ
social standing in Elmira, New York ⓘ
wealth ⓘ
legacy connection to Mark Twain’s major works written in Elmira ⓘ
location Chemung County, New York ⓘ
Elmira, New York ⓘ
member Jervis Langdon ⓘ
surface form: Charles Jervis Langdon

Ida Langdon ⓘ
Jervis Langdon ⓘ
Olivia Langdon ⓘ
Susan Crane ⓘ
notableFor philanthropy in Elmira ⓘ
support of abolitionism ⓘ
support of social reform causes ⓘ
notablePeriod 19th century ⓘ
philanthropicFocus education ⓘ
religious causes ⓘ
social welfare ⓘ
region Northeastern United States ⓘ
religion liberal Protestantism ⓘ
roleInLiteratureHistory hosts of Mark Twain during his writing retreats in Elmira ⓘ
socialStatus prominent ⓘ
socially influential ⓘ
wealthy ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
timeframe c. 1800s ⓘ

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