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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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CHANCELLOR LIVINGSTON, blacksmith, was born in Onondaga county, N. Y., April 19, 1830. His parents Alexander and Luella (Cykes) Livingston, were natives of New York and Connecticut; father was born July 6, 1794, and died near Plattsmouth. Neb., in the fall of 1870: mother born in Hartford, Conn., in 1800, died in the fall of 1840. During infancy our subject was taken to Ohio, locating in what is now Lake county. When fifteen years of age he commenced to learn the blacksmith’s trade, and some time after came to Iowa, locating at Winterset, Madison county, and remained two years, then went to Lawrence, Kan., where for eighteen years he engaged in the livery business and in buying and selling horses. Came to Joplin in the fall of 1876, and engaged in present business. Mr. Livingstone was married in Henry county, Ill., Dec. 25, 1856, to Miss Mary A., daughter of Peter and Mary A. Luter of Kewanee, Illinois. Mrs. L. was born in the Keystone State in Jan., 1838. From this union there are two children; Mildred, born July 6, 1863; and Joel T., born Aug. 30, 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Livingston have a comfortable home on Eighth Street, near Virginia Avenue. Our subject takes great interest in affairs, educational and political, and is counted among Joplin’s most reliable business men.
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