Elmira, New York -
Mark Twain - Samuel Clemens Grave

Woodlawn Cemetery is the final resting place of American writer, speaker, humorist, and inventor Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain. Elmira was the home of Clemens' dear wife Olivia. The Clemens family spent many summers in Elmira with Livy's family the Langdons.

Twain worked on "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," "The Prince and the Pauper," and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" at his study at his in-laws' Quarry Farm on East Hill. His grave is accompanied by his wife Livy, members of the Langdon family, and his children (three of the four, Langdon, Suzy, and Jean, died within Twain's lifetime; the other Clara is there as well, along with her husband). Samuel Clemens has no surviving descendants. Twain's Elmira summer study was moved from Quarry farm and is now located nearby at Elmira College, near the corner of Washington and College.

Woodlawn cemetery is also the final resting place of Ernie Davis, the first black man to receive the Heisman Trophy.

Woodlawn Cemetery is also a National Cemetery. Many US veterans lay rest there as well as some US congressmen. The cemetery began during the Civil War era; there was a large Confederate prison camp where many perished under brutal conditions. The cemetery is a national historic landmark.

We have Mark Twain's grave and the actual study where he wrote. Woodlawn cemetery has the grave of the guy who directed the Little Rascals, too. [Sister Blue Rose, 02/27/1998]