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R. W. LIVINGSTON, fanner, P. O. Hamersville, was born in Adams County, Penn., January 17, 1817. His parents were John and Anna (King) Livingston, of Scotch-Irish descent, and born within four miles of Gettysburg. In 1826, they came to Ohio, locating a short distance west of the Pennsylvania line. In 1853, he came to Brown County, and in 1854, settled here permanently. R. W. Livingston was reared a “farmer’s boy,” and after coming to Ohio, taught school on the Hamersville and Higginsport Pike, two and a half miles south of Hamersville. Since that time he has been engaged in tilling the soil. He has been very successful in his farming operations, now possessing 230 acres of good land. His political views are Republican, and he has served as Judge of Election on several occasions. He was united in marriage in 1854, to Mary McLain, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Johnson McLain. They have five children — John M., married and a farmer of this township; Ann M., wife of W. C. Martin, a farmer and teacher; Maria J., at home; Rufus K. and Adam M. Mrs. Livingstone departed this life October 27, 1874. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which body Mr. L. has been a Deacon for many years.