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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 7 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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T. ELWOOD LIVEZEY, a native of Cincinnati, was born August 21, 1844, and is a son of Isaac and Elizabeth Shallcross, natives of Philadelphia. Isaac Livezey, a son of Isaac Livezey, Sr., was born in 1815 and settled in Covington in 1860, removing from Cincinnati at that time; he was president of the Covington & Newport Bridge Company for nearly fifteen years, and was engaged in saw milling from 1853 until his death, which occurred December 26, 1886. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was the father of two children: Mrs. J. L. Hopkins, of Nebraska, and our subject. The latter has been engaged in saw milling business since twenty-one years of age, and does business from Boston to Colorado amounting to $250,000 worth annually. In July, 1862, he volunteered in the Eleventh Kentucky Cavalry under Col. William E. Riley, served three years, and took part in the battles of Atlanta and Chickamauga and also the siege of Knoxville. At the close of his service in the war he returned to Kentucky, and engaged in the saw-milling business in Newport. In 1866 he married Miss Emma L. Byers, of Covington, daughter of Capt. Andrew Byers, and one child has been born to this union — May. Mr. Livezey is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a Republican in politics.
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This family biography is one of 41 biographies included in the Campbell County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 7 published in 1887 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company. For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 7
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