John Henry Livingston (1848–1927)

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John Henry Livingston
Born(1848-07-08)July 8, 1848
Columbia County, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 27, 1927(1927-01-27) (aged 78)
Aiken, South Carolina, U.S.
Alma materColumbia College
Columbia Law School
Spouses
Catherine Livingston Hamersley
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(m. 1871; died 1873)​
Emily Evans
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(m. 1880; died 1894)​
Alice Delafield Clarkson
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(m. 1906)​
Parent(s)Clermont Livingston
Cornelia Livingston
RelativesSee Livingston family

John Henry Livingston (July 8, 1848 – January 27, 1927)[1] was an American lawyer, proprietor of Clermont Manor, and prominent member of the Livingston family of New York.[2]

Early life and education[edit]

Livingston's birthplace, Clermont Manor in Columbia County, New York

Livingston was born on July 8, 1848, at Oakhill in Columbia County, New York. He was the only son of Clermont Livingston (1817–1895) and Cornelia Livingston (1824–1851), who were third cousins.[3][4] Among his siblings was Mary Livingston, who married Col. Frederic de Peyster, a son of Maj. Gen. John Watts de Peyster.[4][5] After his mother's death a short time after his birth, his father remarried to neighbor Mary Colden (née Swartout) Livingston.[2]

His paternal grandparents were Lieutenant Governor of New York Edward Philip Livingston and Elizabeth Stevens Livingston,[6] who was the eldest daughter of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston.[7]

Livingston's father inherited Clermont Manor after the elder Livingston's death in 1843.[8] His grandfather's second wife, the former Mary Crooke Broom,[9] remarried to Judge Charles Herman Ruggles.[10][11]

Among his many cousins was Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson, namesake of Clarkson University,[12] Mary Livingston Ludlow,[13] the mother of Anna (née Hall) Roosevelt and grandmother of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.[4] He was a first cousin of Catharine Goodhue Livingston,[14] Robert Robert Livingston,[15][16] Edward De Peyster Livingston,[17][18] and prominent architect Goodhue Livingston.[19]

Livingston was educated at home by a Danish tutor,[2] and then graduated from Columbia College in 1869, followed by Columbia Law School in 1871.[1]

Career and society life[edit]

Villa Guicciardini Corsi Salviati in Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

After his father's death in 1895,[20] Clermont Manor was left to his twenty-two year old daughter Katherine, reportedly due to his father's dislike of John Henry's second wife Emily, who died in 1894. Livingston eventually bought Clermont from his daughter, reportedly for $1.[21]

Livingston served as President of the Colonial Lords of Manors in America and was an officer of the Society of the Cincinnati. He was also a member of the Sons of the Revolution, the Society of Colonial Wars, the St. Nicholas Society, the University Club and The Apawamis Club in Rye, New York.[1]

He spent many years abroad, including a residence at the Villa Guicciardini in Florence.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Livingston's living room at Clermont

On November 2, 1871, Livingston married Catherine Livingston Hamersley (1850–1873). Catherine was the sister of J. Hooker Hamersley, the daughter of John W. and Catherine Livingston (née Hooker) Hamersley, and granddaughter of Hon. James Hooker.[4] Together, they were the parents of one daughter:

  • Katharine Livingston Livingston (1873–1933), who married Lawrence Timpson (1865–1937) in 1900.[22]

After Catherine's death from complications from childbirth on April 19, 1873, he married Emily Evans on October 30, 1880. Emily was the daughter of William E. Evans and niece of Mrs. Gouverneur Ogden, in Philadelphia.[23] Livingston's best man at the wedding was Cadwalader E. Ogden of New York.[23]

Emily died "very suddenly" on April 7, 1894,[24] and Livingston married for the third and final time to Alice Delafield Clarkson (1872–1964), the daughter of Howard Clarkson, Esq., on November 9, 1906 at 58 West 37th Street in New York City.[25] Together, they were the parents of two daughters:[26]

  • Honoria Alice Livingston (1909–2000),[27] who married Reginald "Rex" McVitty in 1931.[28]
  • Janet Gloria Livingston (1910–1972),[a] who worked for the Chemical Trust Bank in New York and did not marry.[29]

Livingston died of influenza-related illnesses at "The Bandbox", his winter residence in Aiken, South Carolina on January 27, 1927.[1]

Descendants[edit]

Through his eldest daughter, he was the grandfather of five, including Theodore Livingston Timpson (1901–1965), Katharine Livingston Timpson (1903–1993), Robert Clermont Livingston Timpson (1908–1988), who married Louise Campbell, Duchess of Argyll in 1954,[30] and was ousted from the New York Stock Exchange in 1963,[31][32] J. Alistar Livingston Timpson (1915–1997), and H. Rosamund Livingston Timpson (1915–2004).[33]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Janet is sometimes listed as "Janet Cornelia Livingston" rather than Janet Gloria Livingston.[29]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "JOHN H. LIVINGSTON DIES OF PNEUMONIA; Lawyer and Member of OId Knickerbocker Family -End Comes at His Aiken Home" (PDF). The New York Times. January 28, 1927. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Clermont State Historic Site: The Recollections of John Henry Livingston". Clermont State Historic Site. 15 May 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  3. ^ Philip Livingston (1686-1749) and his wife Catherine Van Brugh (about 1689-1756) were the great-great-grandparents of Clermont & Cornelia)
  4. ^ a b c d The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. 1880. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Mrs. Susan de Peyster Livingston". The New York Times. 11 February 1910. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. ^ Livingston, Edwin Brockholst (1910). The Livingstons of Livingston Manor: Being the History of that Branch of the Scottish House of Callendar which Settled in the English Province of New York During the Reign of Charles the Second; and Also Including an Account of Robert Livingston of Albany, "The Nephew," a Settler in the Same Province and His Principal Descendants. Knickerbocker Press. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  7. ^ Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1334. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  8. ^ Historical Notes of Saint James Parish, Hyde Park-on-Hudson, New York: In Commemoration of the Belated Centenary Anniversary of the Consecration of the First Parish Church, October 10, 1811. Hyde Park, New York: A.V. Haight Company. 1913. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Mrs. Edward Philip Livingston (1804-1877)". nyhistory.org. New-York Historical Society. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  10. ^ Rosenblatt, Albert M. "New York Legal History / Antebellum, Civil War, & Reconstruction: 1847-1869 | CHARLES HERMAN RUGGLES 1789-1865 | Court of Appeals: 1847-1855 | Chief Judge: 1851-1853". www.courts.state.ny.us. Historical Society of the New York Courts. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  11. ^ Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ... Biographical Society. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Obituary 1 -- No Title". The New York Times. 14 December 1898. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  13. ^ "DEATH OF EDWARD H. LUDLOW". The New York Times. 28 November 1884. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  14. ^ "MISS C.G. LIVINGSTON DEAD; ILL FOR YEARS; Member of a Noted Family Succumbs in Fifth Av. Home Where She Was Born". The New York Times. 18 December 1931. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  15. ^ "MRS. LIVINGSTON HOSTESS.; Gives a Dance for Her Son, R. R. Livingston, and Fiancee, Miss Dean". The New York Times. 17 February 1922. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  16. ^ "MRS. LIVINGSTON, 82, NURSERY ADVOCATE; Member of Noted Family Dies - Ex-Delegate Had Served on Democratic State Group". The New York Times. 19 October 1944. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  17. ^ Times, Special To The New York (14 April 1909). "TAILER-BROWN WEDDING.; Guests Gather at Baltimore for the Ceremony To-day". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  18. ^ "EDWARD LIVINGSTON DEAD AT FAMILY HOME; Was of Old and Distinguished New York AncestryuFu- neral Tomorrow". The New York Times. 20 January 1932. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  19. ^ Times, Special To The New York (4 June 1951). "G. LIVINGSTON DIES; LONG AN ARCHITECT; Practitioner Here for 50 Years Included Hayden Planetarium, Oregon Capitol in His Work". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  20. ^ "OBITUARY RECORD". The New York Times. 6 November 1895. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  21. ^ "Clermont State Historic Site: Searching for Emily Evans Livingston". Clermont State Historic Site. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  22. ^ "MARRIED | TIMPSON--LIVINGSTON" (PDF). The New York Times. June 4, 1900. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  23. ^ a b "WEDDING IN PHILADELPHIA" (PDF). The New York Times. November 3, 1880. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  24. ^ "DIED" (PDF). The New York Times. April 10, 1894. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  25. ^ "MARRIED" (PDF). The New York Times. November 10, 1906. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  26. ^ "THE LIVINGSTONS - A CLAN'S STORY". The New York Times. July 27, 1981. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  27. ^ "Honoria Livingston McVitty". npg.si.edu. National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  28. ^ "HONORIA LIVINGSTON HAS CHURCH BRIDAL; Descendant of a Declaration Signer Wed to Reginald L.M. McVitty. ON HISTORIC ANNIVERSARY Clermont, Home of Bride's Mother, Built 200 Years Ago by First Lord of Livingston Manor" (PDF). The New York Times. September 13, 1931. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  29. ^ a b "Miss Livingston". Poughkeepsie Journal. August 16, 1972. p. 45. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  30. ^ "DUCHESS WILL MARRY; Former Louise Clews, Robert Timpson to Wed Monday" (PDF). The New York Times. April 30, 1954. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  31. ^ "'Blue Blood' Is Ousted By Exchange". The Courier-Journal. 22 Feb 1963. p. 45. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  32. ^ "ELIZABETH HUTTON ENGAGED TO MARRY; Cincinnati Girl Will Become the Bride of R.C. L. Timpson of New York Next Month" (PDF). The New York Times. October 29, 1937. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  33. ^ Hasbrouck, Kenneth Edward (1974). The Hasbrouck Family in America, with European background. p. 44. ISBN 9780608319124. Retrieved 19 October 2018.

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