BIOS: Daniel LIVENGOOD, Elk Lick, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 259/60

Daniel LIVENGOOD.

Daniel Livengood, of Elk Lick, is one of the numerous descendants of the Rev. 
Peter Livengood, who came from German Switzerland and settled in Elk Lick 
township a century and a half ago.  One of his sons, John Livengood, was the 
father of Samuel P. Livengood, a farmer of Elk Lick township, where he was born.
Jacob S. Livengood, son of Samuel P. Livengood, was born in 1816, in Elk Lick 
township, and was a farmer and cooper.  He married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry 
Miller, of the same township, having moved thither from the east shortly after 
the Revolutionary war.  Mr. and Mrs. Livengood were the parents of the following 
children: Barbara, Archibald, Jonas, Sarah, Elijah (see forward), Savilla, 
Elizabeth, Mahlon, Eliza, Lydia, Harriet, Harvey, and John.
Elijah Livengood, son of Jacob S. and Elizabeth (Miller) Livengood was born 
April 5, 1848, on the old homestead, in Elk Lick township, where he attended the 
public schools until his sixteenth year.  During the Civil war he enlisted in 
Company K, Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, and participated in a 
number of engagements.  On June 29, 1865, he was honorably discharged from the 
service.  After his return home he was employed by his father until 1869, when 
he rented his father-in-law's farm, remaining there until 1872.  He then 
purchased the property and has ever since made it his home.  He is largely 
interested in timber land, both in Pennsylvania and Maryland, where he operates 
a mill near Grantsville.  He holds the office of auditor, is a Republican and a 
member of the German Baptist church.  Mr. Livengood married, October 17, 1872, 
Caroline, daughter of Henry Yoder, of Elk Lick township, and they are the 
paretns of the following children: Henry, Elizabeth, Joseph, Abraham, and 
Daniel, see forward.
Daniel Livengood, son of Elijah and Caroline (Yoder) Livengood, was born October 
12, 1884, in Elk Lick township, where he received his preparatory education in 
the public schools.  At the age of fifteen he entered Juniata College, 
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, graduating therefrom in 1902.  For one year he taught 
in the schools of his native township, and was then employed for a time as clerk 
in a drug store, after which he took a course in Grand Rapids Veterinary School. 
On June 1, 1904, he helped found the West Salisbury Feed Company, which was 
organized with the following board of officers: President, Richard Newman; 
secretary and manager, Daniel W. Livengood.
Mr. Livengood married, December 26, 1905, Mabel, daughter of Hiram Miller, of 
Meyersdale.  Mabel was born October 10, 1885; graduated from Juniata College, 
class of 1904.