Grace Ida Livengood

Brief Life History of Grace Ida

When Grace Ida Livengood was born on 19 April 1885, in Delavan, Tazewell, Illinois, United States, her father, William Douglas Livengood, was 25 and her mother, Clara Elizabeth Curtis, was 23. She married Adam Edgar States about 1925, in Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Lovilia, Monroe, Iowa, United States in 1950. She died on 18 September 1963, in Bloomfield, Davis, Iowa, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Lovilia, Monroe, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Adam Edgar States
1879–1958
Grace Ida Livengood
1885–1963
Marriage: about 1925
Merle Edgar States
1907–1956
Myrtle Olive States
1908–1977
Clara Belle States
1909–1982

Sources (16)

  • Gace I States, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Grace Livengood States, "Iowa, Monroe County, Card Index of Births, Deaths & Marriages from Newspaper Clippings, 1898-2015"
  • Grace I. Livingood, "Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992"

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1886

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1892 · The Chicago Canal

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1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Swiss German Leibengut or perhaps Liebengut (see Levengood ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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