OBIT: Peter Lincoln LIVENGOOD, 1944, Salisbury, Somerset County, PA

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PETER L. LIVENGOOD

"Thirty" Tapped For Octogenerian Newspaperman

P. L. Livengood's Hand Stilled After His Last Line of Copy for This Paper Was 
Penned

  P. L. Livengood, veteran newspaperman, who for many years wrote "Salisbury 
Siftings" for this paper, passed away at his home in Salisbury at 5 o'clock, 
Tuesday afternoon, May 30th, Memorial Day, 1944, at the age of 80 years, 5 
months and 16 days.
  In spite of physical ills from which he suffered much during the last seven 
years, he remained active in body and mind until within 24 hours of his death.  
His last column of news for the information and edification of readers of the 
Meyersdale Republican was written last Monday and appears under the head of 
"Salisbury Siftings" on page 2 of this issue of the paper he served so long and 
faithfully.
   The primary cause of his death was a worn out heart which no longer was able 
to keep his blood in circulation in sufficient quantity to sustain life.  His 
youngest son, Joe F. Livengood, and his elder brother, W. S. Livengood, were at 
his bedside when his tired heart ceased to beat and "thirty," a newspaperman's 
word for "it is finished," was tapped for him by the "Grim Reaper."
  His body has been prepared for burial, by Stanley M. Thomas, Salisbury 
mortician, who has charge of the burial arrangements.  Funeral rites, conducted 
by Rev. A. Jay Replogle, pastor of the Salisbury Church of the Brethren, 
assisted by Rev. Ira S. Monn, pastor of the Evangelical and Reformed Church of 
Salisbury, will be held at the home of the deceased writer at 2:30 Friday 
afternoon where all friends and relatives may attend.  Following the funeral 
ceremonies interment will be made in the family lot in Salisbury I.O.O.F. 
Cemetery.
  Peter Lincoln Livengood was born in Garrett County, Md., near Accident, Dec. 
14, 1863, the fourth son and seventh child of Samuel J. and Nancy (Lichty) 
Livengood, but his parents moved back to Somerset County, Pa., where they were 
born, when Peter was ten years old, and the greater part of his life was spent 
"Amongst the hills of Somerset," although he did subsequently live in Maryland 
again for several years and also in Nebraska for five years during his young 
manhood.
  Mr. Livengood was twice married and was the father of ten children, four 
daughters and six sons, all by his first wife who was Miss Minnie Viola Green, 
whom he married at Carleton, Neb., Feb. 14, 1889, and who died Oct. 15, 1927, at 
the age of 57.
  On Sept. 15, 1930, he married Mrs. Belle (Seeley) Kimmel, widow of his cousin, 
and close friend, Samuel A. Kimmel, of Yerrington, Nevada.  They were married at 
the home of a brother of the bride in Springfield, Ohio.   This marriage, like 
his first one, proved to be a very happy one.
  Besides the bereaved wife he is survived by the following children: Mrs. 
Minnie Iona Callaghan, wife of Raymond V. Callaghan, Cleveland, O.; William S. 
Livengood, Jr., Somerset, Secretary of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania; 
Theodore F. Livengood, Jennerstown; Peter L. Livengood, Jr., Ingelwood Cliff, 
N.J.; John A. Livengood, Harrisburg; Joseph F. Livengood, Meyersdale.  He leaves 
also seventeen grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; also two brothers, W. 
S. Livengood, senior editor and publisher of the Meyersdale Republican, and J. 
B. Livengood, a retired newspaperman of Santa Cruz, Cal.; and one sister, Mrs. 
Sarah Heitzman, of Seattle, Wash.
  The greater part of Mr. Livengood's life was devoted to the newspaper 
business.  Papers that he owned and published successfully were the Carleton, 
Neb., Times, The Salisbury Star, and the Frostburg (Md.) Spirit.  He also for 
several years published and edited on lease, the Windber Era and the Barnesboro 
(Cambria County) Star.  And for four months during the latter part of 1912 and 
beginning of 1913 he was an equal partner of his brother, W. S. Livengood, in 
the ownership and publishing of the Meyersdale Republican, but owing to ill 
health which prevented him from taking an active part in this paper's 
publication for some time, he resold his interest in the business to his 
brother.
  While Mr. Livengood was publishing the Salisbury Star from 1891 until 1909, he 
also served as postmaster of Salisbury under President McKinley.  He also was 
employed for some years by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as inspector of 
motor vehicle license plates manufactured in the Huntingdon Reformatory, and 
later held a position in the main office of the Department of Highways in 
Harrisburg, until he was retired on pension.
  P. L. Livengood was always a hard worker and very industrious man and did well 
at all work he undertook.  He was strictly honest in all his dealings and had 
very positive opinions of what he considered the difference between right and 
wrong and had the courage to fight for what he deemed to be right at all times.
  A further report of incidents and experiences in Mr. Livengood's long and 
interesting career will be given next week in the columns he was accustomed to 
fill in The Republican during the last twenty years.

Meyersdale Republican, June 1, 1944