William N. Livingston

    William N. Livingston was born in Clay Township, Owen County, Indiana, August 21, 1860. His parents, Nathan F. and Elizabeth (Neill) Livingston, natives of Virginia and Indiana respectively, were married in Greene County, Indiana 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 sough-east 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 Walter 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.

Source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.