Descendants of Arnold Livers
Bottom Row: Leo and Eva
Middle Row: Charles, Blanche, John Albert, Catherine Doersom and John
Top Row: Anna, William and Mary Elizabeth
Generation Number 1
Arnold Livers was born 1669 in Flanders, Belgium, and died 1751 in Prince Georges County, Maryland. He married third Mary Ann (Anna) Drane in Maryland, daughter of Anthony Drane.
Children of Arnold Livers and Mary Drane are:
Robert Livers, b. about 1730.
Anthony Livers, b. about 1734.
Arnold Livers, b. September 24, 1734, Maryland; d. 1777-1779, Frederick County, Maryland.
Mary Livers, b. about 1739.
Rachel Livers, b. about 1741.
Generation Number 2
Arnold Livers was born September 24, 1737 in Maryland, and died 1777-1779 in Frederick County, Maryland. He married Mary Ann Owings about 1757 in Frederick County, Maryland, daughter of Robert Owings and Hannah Farquhar.
Children of Arnold Livers and Mary Owings are:
Robert Livers, b. about 1760.
Arnold Livers, b. February 06, 1762.
William Anthony Livers, b. about 1764.
Joseph F. Livers, b. January 22, 1765, Frederick County, Maryland; d. August 05, 1827, Frederick County, Maryland.
William Livers, b. about 1767.
Helen Livers, b. about 1769.
Johanna (Hannah) Livers, b. about 1772.
Thomas Livers, b. about 1778.
Generation Number 3
Joseph F. Livers was born January 22, 1765 in Frederick County, Maryland, and died August 05, 1827 in Frederick County, Maryland. He married Margaret Ramsey January 21, 1802 in Conewago Chapel, Adams County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Joseph Ramsey and Isabella Faris.
Children of Joseph Livers and Margaret Ramsey are:
Sarah Ann Livers, b. October 27, 1802.
Arnold Livers, b. July 02, 1806, Emmitsburg, Maryland; d. January 10, 1881, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Isabella Livers, b. January 27, 1809.
Margaret Livers, b. January 30, 1811.
Catherine M. Livers, b. 1814.
Joseph F. Livers, b. February 10, 1817.
Mary Elizabeth Livers, b. June 30, 1819.
Ann Elizabeth Livers, b. December 26, 1820.
Generation Number 4
Arnold Livers was born July 02, 1806 in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and died January 10, 1881 in Adams County, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth O'Brien November 08, 1828, In St. Anthony, Emmitsburg, Maryland, daughter of Tarry O'Brien?
Children of Arnold Livers and Elizabeth O'Brien are:
Emma Elizabeth Livers, b. May 06, 1831.
Joseph Isidore Livers, b. July 14, 1832.
Margaret Elizabeth Livers, b. May 01, 1835.
Simon Eugene Livers, b. May 01, 1835.
Robert Arnold Livers, b. February 04, 1840.
Mary Philomena Livers, b. February 01, 1841.
Ann Cecelia Livers, b. August 25, 1843.
John Albert Livers, b. October 07, 1846, Frederick County, Maryland; d. December 07, 1928, Grottoes, Virginia; m. Catherine Eva Doersom, November 21, 1871, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
George Washington Livers, b. June 18, 1849.
Frances Jane Livers, b. October 15, 1853.
A letter written by John Albert Livers to his son
John L. Livers at Charlottesville, Virginia
Grottoes March 24, 1927
Dear John,
Glad to get your letter with a letter from Dr. Livers. He is a grandson of old Dave Livers who was a first cousin of my father and a strict Protestant. He was a school teacher. My sister Emma use to call him a Dandy. He, I think, the son, is an improvement of the father, as he writes a fine letter and I will write him. He is right about all of the name of "Livers", in this country, came from the old Arnold Livers that left England after the Battle of the Boyne. He was a General under King James the 2nd who was fighting his son-in-law William of Orange to retake the throne and would have succeeded had he not begged his soldiers to spare his subjects when the Battle changed and James and his Officers were compelled to flee from Ireland and Lord Arnold Livers located near Emmitsburg, Maryland. Three of his sons went to Kentucky with Daniel Boone when he made his last trip to that state. They started a little colony in the Wilderness and called it Bardstown, near Louisville. They helped to build a Cathedral in that town and as they hued the timbers to his day can be seen Robert, Henry and Arnold Livers. Daniel Boone's monument stands not far from Bardstown. I am fully determined to write up what little I know of our family tree, and, If you ever get to Roanoke Island, North Carolina, I hope you will find time to see what was done with the 600 acres that my mother and four brothers inherited which was a grant given to her aunt by Sir Walter Raleigh, and her brother Levi O'Brien went down to sell the property in 1836 and was never heard from since and it was thought he was killed by the Indians. Mother joins in love and best wishes to all.
Your Father,
John A. Livers
Generation Number 5
John Albert Livers was born October 07, 1846 in Frederick County, Maryland, and died December 07, 1828 in Grottoes, Virginia. He married Catherine Eve Doersom November 21, 1871 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, daughter of Adam Doersom and Anna Maria.
Children of John Livers and Catherine Doersom are:
Mary Elizabeth Livers, b. August 25, 1872, Pinch Gut Valley, Adams County, Pennsylvania; d. September 08, 1954, Martinsburg, WV.
William Francis Livers, b. July 18, 1874; d. May 02, 1902.
Emma J. Livers, b. 1877.
Anna M. Livers, b. 1877.
John L. Livers, b. 1879.
Charles Bernard Livers, b. December 29, 1883.
Blanche Adelaide Livers, b. 1885.
Eva Catherine Livers, b. 1887.
Leo Arnold Livers, b. 1888.
Generation Number 6
Mary Elizabeth Livers was born August 25, 1872 in Pinch Gut Valley, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and died September 08, 1954 in Martinsburg, West Virginia. She married Harry Peter Thorn April 26, 1892 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, son of John Thorn and Elizabeth Maser.
Children of Mary Livers and Harry Thorn are:
Edgar Allan Thorn, b. March 14, 1893, Gettysburg, PA; d. May 18, 1913, Baltimore, MD.
Mary Elizabeth Thorn, b. August 24, 1896, Brand, Page County, Virginia; d. April 20, 1998, Jacksonville, NC. She married Lynn Hamilton Brumback M.D. September 23, 1916 in Martinsburg, WV, son of Frank Compton Brumback and Nannie Belle Keyser.
John Peter Thorn, b. March 31, 1898, Martinsburg, WV; d. January 21, 1925, Apalachicola, Florida. He married Gladys Dunn in Hagerstown, MD.
Anna Lillian Thorn, b. February 25, 1905, Martinsburg, WV; d. February 09, 1957, Martinsburg, WV. She married Lacy Isaac Rice Sr. in Martinsburg, WV, son of Eli Rice and Ida Fearnow.
Nell Adelaide Thorn, b. September 13, 1906, Martinsburg, WV; d. February 07, 1996, Martinsburg, WV. She married first Max O. Oates M.D. about 1935. She married second Leonard Francis Lloyd Baynham April 07, 1939.
William Livers Thorn
Harry Thorn and Mary Livers