Newton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Livingston, Robert B. May 11, 1888
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The Georgia Enterprise, May 17, 1888
DESERVED TRIBUTE TO A MOST WORTHY MAN
     “Blessed is the man that walketh not in counsel of the ungodly, nor 
standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” 
     On Friday, May 11, 1888, our esteemed friend and brother, Robert B. 
Livingston, passed away, full of years and truly mourned by his relatives and 
friends. He was born in Jefferson County, Ga., December 20, 1813, therefore, at 
the time of his death he was 74  years, 4 months and 12 days old. His father 
was one of the early settlers of Newton County, having settled the plantation 
owned by our friend at his death, when Robert was a little boy, therefore it 
may well be said that Robert was raised in the county of Newton. He came of 
sturdy stock, known at all times for their sterling integrity and virtue. 
Robert had only such  education as the common schools in the neighborhood 
afforded, and he only received a very primitive education, but being a man of 
strong common sense he improved his talents from time to time, until the Angel 
of Death summoned him hence, and he had so lived that it brought no terror to 
his believing heart. Notwithstanding he was an uneducated man, he was a strong 
believer in schools and learning, giving all his children a collegiate 
education. In his early manhood he married Miss Eliza McLaughlin, a most 
estimable lady, who still survives him. The issue of this marriage was three 
daughters and one son, who lived to be grown, the daughters graduating at the 
S. M. F. College in Covington and the son, John, at Emory College, in Oxford. 
Just as the shadow of the war clouds began to be seen above the horizon of our 
beloved country, he like most of the flower of our land, responded to the call 
of States Rights and went to Virginia with the first company that left Newton 
County, and I am told that there is not a member of that company but who will 
bear testimony to the valor and worth of John, who was stricken down by the 
enemies bullet and now sleeps in an honored soldier’s grave under Virginia soil.
     Two of his daughters have gone hence; however rejoicing in the hope and 
religion of Jesus Christ, only one daughter is left, but she can take her 
Christian mother by the hand and say, “it is well, they have only gone before, 
we will meet them soon, if we continue steadfast in the faith,” and may this 
finally be united again in that land where there is no death nor parting.
     Mr. Livingston was a man of marked character, he was known by his 
acquaintances and associates as a man of uncompromising honor, his word was 
sufficient to establish any fact, it was a saying among men, that if Uncle 
Robt. Livingston said so it was the truth.
     In early life he joined the Methodist Church and was ever faithful to his 
religious  professions, following with child like simplicity the commands of 
his Master. He was always ready with heart and hand to help the church, a 
regular attendant on church services, and constant member of Sunday School. In 
his death our church has lost one of her strongest pillars and most devoted 
members.
     There is another organization that feels deeply his loss. I allude to the 
Masonic fraternity, he was a true and tried mason, never failing to respond to 
the requirements of the order, his brethren of the craft took charge of his 
body at his residence in Covington, and sorrowfully carried it to the family to 
the family burying ground, with Masonic ceremonies and honors, and if there has 
ever been a man entitled to such burial, it was Robt. B. Livingston, and may he 
rest in peace, until summoned by a risen Savior to inherit a place in “that 
house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” L. L. M. Covington, Ga., 
May 15th, ‘88



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