Funeral of Samuel Clemens

1. 4:00 PM: Joseph Twichell caught the express back to Hartford.
2. 5:00 PM: Clemens’s body left New York on the train to Elmira.
3. a little before 7:00 PM: Twichell arrived in Hartford
4. Joseph saw and spoke with Harmony at their house before accompanying her to Hartford Hospital.
5. 11:30 PM: Harmony underwent surgery for an ulceration of the bowels

Harmony Twichell had been ill with the flu for about a week, but her condition had not been regarded as serious until this afternoon.  The New York Times reported that she had recently "had a severe attack of grip and her condition is attributed to complications arising from that malady."

Harmony Cushman Twichell would die early tomorrow morning.

Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933) was a Presbyterian minister who taught English literature at Princeton University who served as minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg during the administration of Woodrow Wilson.  In addition to being Clemens’s friend, he was also a friend of Helen Keller.

Unattributed, “Mrs. Twichell dies,” New York Times, April 25, 1910, page 9.

Unattributed, “Mrs. Twichell seriously ill,” New York Times, April 24, 1910, page 3.

Unattributed, “Sudden Death of Mrs. Twichell,” Hartford Courant, April 25, 1910, page 2.