June 9 Wednesday – The Hartford Courant: June 9, p.8, “Mark Twain’s Old House”:

Building Where He Was Born is Being Torn Down.

A dispatch from Mexico, Mo. says that the old house in which “Mark Twain” was born, in Florida, near that town, is being torn down to make way for a new residence. The old house has long been one of the interesting landmarks of the town. Numerous calls have been made upon Mrs. Roney, the owner of the property, for bits of wood with which to make walking sticks and other souvenirs.