Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Livezey, Allen
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Lower Makefield Township


   ALLEN LIVEZEY retired carpenter and builder, P.O. 
Yardley, Pa., was born in Solebury township January 11, 
1814.  He is a son of Robert and Sarah Paxson Livezey, and a 
descendant of Jonathan Livezey, who settled near Abington, 
Pa., about 1682, and whose great-grandson, Daniel Livezey, 
settled in Southampton, this county, about 1781.  Robert 
Livezey, the eldest son of Daniel, was a carpenter by trade. 
 He settled in Solebury in 1796 and died there.  The 
maternal ancestor of Allen Livezey was James Paxson, from 
Boycot House, Oxfordshire, England, who settled in Bucks 
county in 1682.  Our subject was reared in Solebury 
township.  In his 16th year he was apprenticed to his uncle, 
Thomas Livezey, to learn the carpenter's trade, and remained 
with him nearly a year.  He then returned to his father's 
farm, remaining there until he was 22 years old, when he 
went to Middletown, this county, to finish his trade.  In 
1839 he located at Lumberville and worked at his trade there 
until 1854.  He then removed to Philadelphia and remained 
there until 1862.  He then went to Taylorsville, this 
county, and worked at his trade for three years.  In 1865 he 
rented a property in Yardleyville, which he purchased in 
1867, and has since resided there.  He was married November 
28, 1839, to Mary A., daughter of John and Sarah 
(Kenderdine) Gordon, of Montgomery county, Pa., by whom he 
had four children: Theodore, Henry C., Franklin and John G.  
The eldest son, Theodore, was born August 20, 1840.  He was 
in the late war of the rebellion.  He enlisted August 23, 
1862, in company B., 119th regiment, Pa., Vols.  This 
regiment was in the Sixth corps, army of the Potomac.  He 
was seriously wounded in the battle of Spottsylvania 
Court-house, and was honorably discharged at the close of 
the war.  He married Elizabeth Baker, and has three 
children:  Harry C., Walter B., and Herbert S.   He is now a 
resident of Newport News, Va., and is the superintendent of 
the Old Dominion Land company.  Henry C., the second son, 
was born in Solebury township, August 23, 1843, and married 
August 29, 1878, Marion, daughter of John and Hannah M. 
(Johnson) Schuyler, of Yardley, and a descendant of Gen. 
Philip Schuyler, of revolutionary fame.  He has one child, 
Claudine M.   He is a contractor and builder in New York 
city.  Franklin Livezey, the third son, was bon in Solebury, 
December 12, 1847, married January 11, 1877, Sarah, daughter 
of Joseph A. and Sarah (Tonkin) Van Horn, of Yardley, and 
has one child, Grace.  He served in the late war, enlisting 
September 30, 1864, and was honorably discharged at the 
close of the war.  He was in the battles of Pebbles' farm, 
Warren's raid to Weldon, Sailors' creek, South Side 
railroad, Five Forks, and the surrender of Appomattox.  He 
is also a carpenter, and at present the superintendent of 
the business of his brother, H. C. Livezey.  John G. 
Livezey, the youngest son, was born February 4, 1853, and 
has been married twice.   His present wife was Laura 
Christian, of Richmond, Va.  He is also a carpenter, though 
now assistant superintendent of the Old Dominion Land 
company, of Newport News, Va.  The Livezeys are all members 
of the Society of Friends.