Orion Clemenes 1825-1897

Orion Clemenes 1825-1897 is a Tennessee historical marker in Corner of Union and Gore Streets., Jackson County.

Jackson County, Gainesboro,Corner of Union and Gore Streets.

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Orion Clemens was born to John and Jane Lampton Clemens on July 7, 1825, in Gainesboro. Orion became a writer, printer, inventor, lawyer, secretary and Acting Governor of the Nevada Territory during the Lincoln Administration. After the Civil War, he returned to his birthplace once. He was the older brother of Samuel Clemens, who is better known as Mark Twain.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1822 · Kentucky (Carey, 1822) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1824 · Kentucky (Finley, 1824) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Kentucky And Tennessee. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Kentucky (A. Finley, 1827) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1829 · Tennessee (A. Finley, 1829) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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