Obituary of Richard Livingstone, Gay Center, Taylor County, Iowa

Contributed to the Taylor County Iowa GenWeb Archives by Tracy St. Claire

Obituary of Richard Livingstone(Family Scrapbook, exact date unknown,1928)

Richard Livingstone Dead
Richard Livingstone, who has been in very poor health for several weeks, died at 
the home of his son, W. A. Livingingston [sic], south of Gay Center, early Tuesday 
morning. Mr. Livingstone had lived four score years and ten, plus 8 months and 13 days,
 being a native of Toga county, New York. His first 21 years were spent in New York 
and Indiana. He had been a resident of Iowa for 70 years, living in Muscatine and 
Taylor counties. He came to Taylor County in 1883. He enlisted on Co. A, Eleventh 
Iowa Volunteer Infantry in Sept. 1861, and at the battle of Shiloh received a 
gunshot wound in the left wrist which disabled him for further active duty and 
he was honorably discharged. He was married to Miss Minerva A. Stretch in 
Muscatine county Feb. 20, 1863. Mrs. Livingstone preceded him in death a few years ago.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Contributed to the Taylor County Iowa GenWeb Archives by Tracy St. Claire
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