BIOS: Daniel LIVENGOOD, Elk Lick, Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace Roth Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 259/60 Daniel LIVENGOOD. Daniel Livengood, of Elk Lick, is one of the numerous descendants of the Rev. Peter Livengood, who came from German Switzerland and settled in Elk Lick township a century and a half ago. One of his sons, John Livengood, was the father of Samuel P. Livengood, a farmer of Elk Lick township, where he was born. Jacob S. Livengood, son of Samuel P. Livengood, was born in 1816, in Elk Lick township, and was a farmer and cooper. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Miller, of the same township, having moved thither from the east shortly after the Revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Livengood were the parents of the following children: Barbara, Archibald, Jonas, Sarah, Elijah (see forward), Savilla, Elizabeth, Mahlon, Eliza, Lydia, Harriet, Harvey, and John. Elijah Livengood, son of Jacob S. and Elizabeth (Miller) Livengood was born April 5, 1848, on the old homestead, in Elk Lick township, where he attended the public schools until his sixteenth year. During the Civil war he enlisted in Company K, Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, and participated in a number of engagements. On June 29, 1865, he was honorably discharged from the service. After his return home he was employed by his father until 1869, when he rented his father-in-law's farm, remaining there until 1872. He then purchased the property and has ever since made it his home. He is largely interested in timber land, both in Pennsylvania and Maryland, where he operates a mill near Grantsville. He holds the office of auditor, is a Republican and a member of the German Baptist church. Mr. Livengood married, October 17, 1872, Caroline, daughter of Henry Yoder, of Elk Lick township, and they are the paretns of the following children: Henry, Elizabeth, Joseph, Abraham, and Daniel, see forward. Daniel Livengood, son of Elijah and Caroline (Yoder) Livengood, was born October 12, 1884, in Elk Lick township, where he received his preparatory education in the public schools. At the age of fifteen he entered Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, graduating therefrom in 1902. For one year he taught in the schools of his native township, and was then employed for a time as clerk in a drug store, after which he took a course in Grand Rapids Veterinary School. On June 1, 1904, he helped found the West Salisbury Feed Company, which was organized with the following board of officers: President, Richard Newman; secretary and manager, Daniel W. Livengood. Mr. Livengood married, December 26, 1905, Mabel, daughter of Hiram Miller, of Meyersdale. Mabel was born October 10, 1885; graduated from Juniata College, class of 1904.