Biographies:  Dexter S. LIVERMORE, Fairchild, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Dexter S. Livermore, carpenter, and a well known and highly respected 
citizen of Fairchild, was born in Owego, Tioga county, New York, November 13,
1851; son of Rufus and Lucinda (Kenyon) Livermore, and is of English and
German descent.  His parents came to Columbia county, Wisconsin, about 1856,
where the father purchased a farm on which he lived until 1865, when he came 
to Eau Claire county and settled on a farm of 160 acres in Fairchild, 
cleared and improved a part of it and died there in 1874, at the age of 78 
years.  His wife also died there at the age of 64.  Rufus Livermore was 
twice married.  By his first wife, whose maiden name was Mary Williams, he
had four children, as follows: Jane married William Kenyon; Theodore, Alvira
married John Highland, and Frank.  All are now deceased, except Alvira.  By
his second wife, who was Lucinda Kenyon, his children were: Malvina, married
Myron Marton; Emeline, married John Gilbert; William, Lucinda, married 
Randall Petty; Levy, Dexter S., Walker, Adelbert, and Alice, who married 
Arthur Nobles.

Dexter S. was reared in Wisconsin from five years of age.  He received a 
common school education and came with his parents to Fairchild in 1865.  He
served a three years' apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade, which vocation
he has since followed, and since 1893 has been a resident of the village of
Fairchild. He married, June 1, 1879, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and 
Alvira (Kniffin) Handcock, of Altoona, Eau Claire county, and has one son, 
Ray, who married Dora Rouse and has two sons, Gordon Dexter and Donavon 
Glenn.  Mr. Livermore is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America; has 
served two years as marshal of the village of Fairchild, and twenty years
as assessor.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
pages 774 - 775