Brief Life History of John
John Livingston was born in August 1830, in Scotland, United Kingdom. He married Mary Elizabeth Hardman on 28 February 1877, in Lewis, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Lewis, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Courthouse District, Lewis, West Virginia, United States in 1910.
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Sources (14)
- John Livingston, "United States Census, 1880"
- John Livingston, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- John Livingstone in entry for James Hardman Livingstone, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from a place in Lothian, originally named in Middle English as Levingston. The placename derives from the Middle English personal name Leving (genitive Levinges) + Middle English, Older Scots toun ‘town, village, settlement’.
Irish: surname adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Duinnshléibhe and Mac Duinnshléibhe (see Dunleavy ).
Americanized form of Jewish Lowenstein .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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