"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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WILLIAM N. LIVINGSTON was born in Clay Township, Owen Co., Ind., August 21,
1860. His parents, Nathan F. and Elizabeth (Neill) Livingston, natives of
Virginia and Indiana respectively, were married in Greene County, Ind., in
1857, and located on a farm, where they remained for a number of years, and
thence came to Owen County. They then settled in White Hall, Clay Township,
where they sold dry goods for some time. At present they reside nine miles
southeast of Spencer, on a farm in Clay Township. William N. Livingston is
the second son and third child in family, and was reared and educated in his
native township. When nineteen years of age, he was employed by F. G. White
as a member of his band and orchestra. He traveled with him for three
years. In July, 1883, Mr. Livingston went into the grocery business, in
partnership with W. S. Coffey, in Martinsville, where at present they are
doing a successful business. In October, 1882, he was married to Ruth
Coffey, daughter of Wiley and Harriet Coffey, natives of Indiana, and old
pioneers of Owen County. Mr. Livingston is politically a Democrat.
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