BIO: LIVEZEY, T. Elwood, Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in US GenWeb Archives by the Kentucky Biography Project Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 Subject: BIO: LIVEZEY, T. Elwood, Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************************* USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. ******************************************************************************* Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887, Campbell Co. T. ELWOOD LIVEZEY, a native of Cincinnati, was born August 21, 1844, and is a son of Isaac and Elizabeth Shallcross, natives of Philadelphia. Isaac Livezey, a son of Isaac Livezey, Sr., was born in 1815, and settled in Covington in 1860, removing from Cincinnati at that time; he was president of the Covington & Newport Bridge Company for nearly fifteen years, and was engaged in saw milling from 1852 until his death, which occurred December 26, 1886. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was the father of two children: Mrs. J. L. Hopkins, of Nebraska, and our subject. The latter has been engaged in saw milling business since twenty-one years of age, and does business from Boston to Colorado amounting to $250,000 worth annually. In July, 1862, he volunteered in the Eleventh Kentucky Cavalry under Col. William E. Riley, served three years, and took part in the battles of Atlanta and Chickamauga and also the siege of Knoxville. At the close of his service in the war he returned to Kentucky, and engaged in the saw-milling business in Newport. In 1866 he married Miss Emma L. Byers, of Covington, daughter of Capt. Andrew Byers, and one child has been born to this union--May. Mr. Livezey is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a Republican in politics. *******************************************************************************