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\\ JACKSON MONROE LIVESAY (Al35.3) A GENEALOCIAL SKETCH Jackson Monroe Livesay was born in Maury County, Tennessee on March 6, 1828. When he was about 2 years old he and his parents, Robert and Lydia (Fitzgerald) Livesay and his two older brothers, William Edmund Livesay, about 7, and Lorenzo Mastin Livesay, about 5, moved to Washington County, Illinois. Robert Livesay was about 33 at the time of the move to Illinois and by all accounts this relocation involved the entire families of his parents, John and Rebecca (Carter) Livesay and his aunt and uncle, Robert and Alice (Livesay) Carter. John and Alice Livesay were brother and sister and married Rebecca and Robert Carter, also brother and sister. Both marriages took place in the 1780' s in Franklin County, Virginia. As an interesting aside, both couples named their first sons after their families, hence we had Carter Livesay (A13 l) and Livesay Carter as first cousins. Sometime after 1809 the families moved from Virginia to Maury Co., Tennessee, about 30 miles southwest of Nashville. The precise reason for their next move only 20 years later to central Illinois, a 400 mile journey, is unknown. What we do know is that this relocation to Illinois involved grandparents, parents, children, aunts, uncles and cousins (probably more than 50 in all). It is believed that the Carters were the first of the Thomas Livesay line to come to Illinois as Livesay Carter is found in the 1830 Washington County census. Our Livesays followed in the early 1830's and were among the very earliest settlers to Washington County. To illustrate this, the first real settlement in the county was in 1810-11 near Covington and Illinois had only been admitted into statehood in 1818, twelve years before the arrival of the Livesays. The city of Chicago didn't even exist yet. In 183 2, John Livesay was listed as a member of the Methodist Society of Richview, Illinois. We believe that this was either our John Livesay (A13) or his second son, John Wesley. The town of Richview, first called Richmond, was laid out in 1839 by William B. Livesay, the 11th child of John Livesay. The name was not changed to Richview until 1852. According to the Washington County history, the second addition to Richview was laid out by J.M. Livesay and L.D. Livesay, probably Jackson Monroe and Lorenzo Dow Livesay. The first church in old Richview, a Methodist Episcopal (ME) Church, was built in 1842. The Thomas Livesay and William Livesay families were among its founding members. Many of the other founders were families who left Tennessee to immigrate to Illinois at nearly the same time as our Livesays; names such as Whittenburg, Lowe, Logan, Phillips, Thompson and Darter. Children from each of these families would later marry into the Livesay family. Robert and Lydia settled on a farm very close to Richview and continued to raise the family they started in Maury County, TN. Lydia was born October 16, 1807 in Williamson Co., Tennessee, the daughter of Edmund Fitzgerald and Sarah "Sally" Dodson. (Note: I have extensive files on these two family histories). Within months of arriving in Illinois their next child, David Pinkney Livesay, was born on January 1s1. , 1831. A total of ten children were born to this marriage, namely; Unity Jane Livesay, b. November 3, 1833, Thomas Newton Livesay, b. February 22, ORANGE COU NT\· '. ~ALIFORNIA 1GENEALOGI CAL SOCIETY 1836, Nancy Paulina Livesay, b. June 19, 1838, Jasper L. Livesay, b. February 15, 1841 (died August 16th the same year), Daniel Marion Livesay, b. July 25, 1842, and Elbert Trumbell Livesay, b. February 7, 1845. Robert died in Washington County on February 15, 1855. He was survived by his wife and 9 of his 10 children. In 1856 the following statement was filed with the Washington County court. (Editorial note: perhaps it was not fully executed because Unity Jane had not signed it upon filing?) ''Know all men by these presents that we William E. Livesay, Lorenzo M. Livesay, Jackson M. Livesay, David P. Livesay and Unity Jane Livesay and James I. Logan husband of said Unity Jane Logan of the County of Washington and State oflliinois, and heirs at law of Robert Livesay dee' d, late of said County, for and in consideration of having received of said Robert Livesay dec'd in his lifetime, personal property each of us to the value of (blank) Dollars and in consideration that the following named minor heirs of said deceased have not received a sum equal in amount to that sum received by us, do hereby release unto Nancy P. Livesay, Daniel M. Livesay, and Elbert T. Livesay, minors and heirs at law of Robert Livesay deceased, all our right, interest and claims in and to the personal estate of said deceased, until the said Nancy P., Daniel M. and Elbert T. Livesay shall have received each a sum of one hundred and twenty five dollars from the personal estate belonging to said deceased, hereby releasing, surrendering, and waiving the said minors above named or their guardian for the use of said minors all our right to ask for, receive, demand or have any portion whatever of the said personal assets until the three minors above named shall each receive the said sum of one hundred and twenty five dollars. In testimony whereof we hereunto set our hands and affix our seals this __ day of __ A.D. 1856" Signed Sealed & Acknowledged William E. Livesay (Seal) In presents of us Lorenzo M. Livesay (Seal) J. M. Livesay (Seal) D.P. Livesay (Seal) ____ (Seal) Interestingly, Lorenzo Mastin, Jackson Monroe and Nancy Paulina Livesay each married two daughters and a son of Isaiah Thompson and Hanna (Phillips) Thompson. The subject of this sketch, Jackson Monroe married Lucinda Ann Thompson on November 15, 1849 in Nashville, Washington County, IDinois. Lucinda Ann was born on July 21, 1832 in Montgomery County, Indiana. Jackson and Lucinda lived on a farm near Richview until shortly after Jackson's death on January 25, 1871. From this marriage nine children were born: Lydia Laura, b. October 20, 1850, Harvey P., b. Jan 19, 1853, Effie Augusta, b. May 10, 1855, Alice Naomi, b. November 23, 1857, Thomas A.O., b. January 24, 1860, Electa Oretha, b. October 20, 1862, Elizabeth Oretha (my great-grandmother), b. December 20, 1864, Edwin 0., b. April 7, 1867 and William J., b. August 1869. The last child, William J., died within four months on December 22, 1869 which was just over a year before his father, Jackson Monroe passed away. Lydia Laura Livesay married William T. Clark on November 9, 1867. They had one son, Charlie M. Clark who was born November 19, 1868. Lydia died at 19 years of age in Washington Co. on •I .. >: n Center: Elizabeth Oretha "Lizzie" Livesay Crane b. 20 Dec 1864 d. 27 June 1939 Left: William Bryan Crane b. 19 Jul 1897 d. Right: Bessie Fem Crane Moot b. 4 Aug 1881 d. 22 Jan 1954 Photo taken in Wichita, Kansas ca. 1904 Elizabeth Oretha Livesay Crane b. 20 Dec 1864, Washington County, Illinois d. 27 Jul 1939, Kansas City, Missouri Photo taken ca. 1920 February 2, 1870. Harvey P. Livesay apparently never married and died February 26, 1899 in Wichita, Kansas. Effie Augusta married D.G. Denton on April 6, 1876. They had four children: Claude G., b. February 22, 1877, Frank H., b. December 4, 1880, Sallie(?), b. February 7, 1881 and Lecta, b. September 29, year unknown. Alice Naomi married John S. Ritchie on February 1, 1880. They had two children: Jessie E., b. February 18, 1881 and Willie E., b. August 18, 1886. Alice died on August 12, 1887 in Wichita, Kansas before her 30th birthday. Thomas A. D. married Alice L. Darter on August 12, 1879. Their children are unknown. Thomas died in 1951 in Pontiac, Illinois. Electa 0. married Joseph A. Lowe on August 13, 1879 the day after her older brother Thomas was married. They had two children: Frederica N., b. June 21, 1880 and John J., b. April 18, 1882. Electa died in Shiloh, Illinois on September 11, 1882 within months of her son's birth. Elizabeth Oretha ''Lizzie" married my great grandfather, Noah Alonzo Crane, on May 16, 1888 in Wichita, Kansas. They had two children: Bessie Fem (my grandmother), b. August 4, 1891 and William Bryan, b. July 19, 1897. Unfortunately, Noah died in 1899 in Wichita, Kansas. Elizabeth 0. Livesay Crane died in Kansas City, Missouri on June 27, 1939. Edwin 0. married Bernice B. Call on February 7, 1888 in Wichita, Kansas. Edwin died tragically (froze to death) in Wichita on February IO, 1890 only two years after their marriage. In the 1870's many of the members of the Jackson Monroe Livesay family either died in Washington County or relocated to Wichita, Kansas. The reason for this migration from Illinois to Kansas is a family mystery and one that may never be known. To my knowledge no Livesay relatives survive today in the Wichita area. Today, Jackson Monroe Livesay's direct descendants live throughout the United States. Sources: The family bible of Jackson M. and Lucinda A. Livesay, currently in the possession of their great, great grandson, Raymond M. Moot, as well as other Livesay Historical Society archives. I would also like to acknowledge the previously submitted excellent research of LHS members, Roy Bueler and Irene Livesay Gammon. Submitted by Ray Moot Associate Historian, Al 3 5 March2002 9951 St Clair Avenue Fairview Heights, Illinois 62208 (618) 398-7548 [email protected] Help! Help! Help! You may be disappointed that the bulletin does not include an article about your particular line or one of your special interests.
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