BIOS: Peter Lincoln LIVENGOOD, Salisbury, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford & Somerset Counties, PA; v.3; Bedford County by E.
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; Lewis Pub. Co.,
NY/Chicago 1906; ppg. 153/4

Peter Lincoln LIVENGOOD.

Peter Lincoln Livengood, of Salisbury, is a lineal descendant of the Rev. Peter 
Livengood, who emigrated from Switzerland to New Jersey, and after remaining two 
years returned to the Fatherland, but after a brief sojourn came to America with 
the intention of here making his home.  He settled in Berks county, 
Pennsylvania, but shortly moved to Elk Lick township, Somerset county, where he 
was one of the pioneers.  He married, in Berks county, Barbara ______ and was 
the father of fifteen children.  His wife died in her ninetieth year and he 
survived to the age of one hundred, lacking six days.
Christian Livengood, son of Peter and Barbara Livengood, became one of the 
prominent and wealthy farmers and stock raisers of the township.  He married 
Elizabeth Forney, whose father was a schoolmaster and soldier from Darmstadt, 
Germany.  Mr. and Mrs. Livengood were the parents of fifteen children, all of 
whom lived to advanced ages, as did their parents.
John C. Livengood, son of Christian and Elizabeth (Forney) Livengood, was born 
in Elk Lick township and was a farmer.  For some time he held the office of 
supervisor.  He married Mary Hershberger, of Fayette county, and their children 
were: Samuel J., see forward; Jeremiah, John, Peter, Alexander, Eliza, Nancy, 
Sarah, Elizabeth and Mary. 
Samuel J. Livengood, son of John C. and Mary (Hershberger) Livengood, was born 
May 1, 1830, in Elk Lick township, and in early life was engaged in agricultural 
pursuits.  Later he became a merchant in Salisbury, then removed to Grantsville, 
Garrett county, Maryland, where he engaged in merchandising and in farming.  In 
1874 he returned to business in Salisbury, retiring in March, 1877.  He served 
one term as county auditor, was a number of times school director and held 
various other borough offices.  He was a deacon in the German Baptist church and 
a lifelong Republican.  Mr. Livengood married, in 1850, Nancy, daughter of Peter
Lichty, of Elk Lick township, and the following were their children: Ananias, 
born May 9, 1851; Urias, died in childhood; Mary, born January 28, 1854, died 
March 11, 1877; she was wife of M. C. Horner, of Summit township; Nancy, born 
December 24, 1856; Fanny, born February 22, 1859, wife of the Rev. A. D. Gnagey, 
of Altoona, Pennsylvania; William, born March 22, 1861, married, in 1887, Louisa 
Eisfeller, of Toledo, Ohio, and lives at Seattle, Washington; Peter Lincoln, 
born December 14, 1863, see forward; Sarah, born April 18, 1867, wife of Oliver 
Heitzman, of Palouse, Washington; Jonas, born September 13, 1868, married Laura 
Hooper, of Canada, and lives at Santa Cruz, California; and Annie, born November 
24, 1872, resides at Palouse, Washington. Mr. Livengood, the father of the 
family, was instantly killed by a fall of coal in a coal mine, August 2, 1882.  
Mrs. Nancy Livengood died July 25, 1898.
Peter Lincoln Livengood, son of Samuel J. and Nancy (Lichty) Livengood, was born 
December 14, 1863, in Garrett county, Maryland, and received his education in 
the public schools of that place and of Salisbury, Pennsylvania.  At the age of 
eighteen he left school and thereafter worked at farming, lumbering and mining 
until November, 1886, when he went to Nebraska and there learned the printer's 
trade.  From 1887 to 1891 he edited the 'Carleton Times,' of Carleton, Nebraska.   
He then returned to Salisbury and founded the 'Somerset County Star' in 1891, 
which he has since successfully edited.  Since December 24, 1898, he has been 
postmaster of Elk Lick.  His political allegiance is given to the Republican 
party.  He is a member of the Knights of Maccabees.
Mr. Livengood married, February 14, 1889, Minnie V., daughter of F. J. Green, of 
Carleton, Nebraska, and they have been the parents of the following children: 
Alma Grace, born January 13, 1890; Florence, November 28, 1891; Robert, November 
14, 1892, died December 12, 1892; Ada Irene, February 9, 1894; Minnie Iona, 
December 14, 1897; William Samuel, September 8, 1900; and Theodore Franklin, 
August 19, 1903.