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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

WILLIAM ERI LIVINGSTON.
    William Eri Livingston, who is the organizer and head of a newly created
real estate firm known as the W. E. Livingston Company, 123 West Second Street,
Little Rock, has had wide experience in the field in which he is active and has
made steady progress along his chosen line. Mr. Livingston knows Arkansas, her
opportunities and possibilities, and is especially familiar with her real estate
market. He is a native son of the state, born in Enola, Faulkner county, May 18,
1880. His parents, Asher Eugene and Miranda Bartimeus (Whiteley) Livingston,
were natives of Caledonia, Boone county, Illinois, and of near Batesville,
Arkansas, respectively, the former born June 10, 1853, and the latter March 9,
1855. They were married in 1874 and became parents of three sons and three
daughters, all of whom are living. Following his removal to the southwest Mr.
Livingston engaged in merchandising at Conway, Arkansas, from 1889 until 1920,
or for a period of more than three decades, but is now living retired, he and
his wife making their home in Little Rock.

    William E. Livingston pursued his early education in the public schools of
Enola and of Conway, Arkansas, the family removing to the latter place in 1889.
He was there graduated from the high school with the class of 1900 and after
putting aside his textbooks he became the active assistant and partner of his
father and his brother J. J., in the store in Conway, which was conducted under
the style of A. E. Livingston & Sons from 1900 until 1906. In the latter year
the junior partner became a member of the firm of Wilson Brothers & Livingston,
haberdashers, of Conway, Arkansas, a connection that was continued until 1910,
in which year Mr. Livingston turned his attention to the real estate field,
becoming secretary and treasurer of the Holman Real Estate Company of Little
Rock. This business was organized under a partnership relation, but was
incorporated in 1911. He continued to discharge the official duties of that
position until April, 1917, at which time he became a real estate salesman for
the Southern Trust Company, with which he remained until November, 1918, when he
accepted the position of manager of the real estate department of the Central
Bank of Little Rock. Several years before, or in 1911, he began the study of law
and in 1915 was graduated from the law department of the University of Arkansas.
While he has never practiced the profession, his knowledge of law is of great
value to him in the conduct of his business affairs. He continued with the
Central Bank until August, 1921, when he established the firm now conducting
business under the name of the W. E. Livingston Company, the Realtors. His
previous experience has been of great value to him and he is making substantial
progress. The firm has become a member of the real estate bureau of the Board of
Commerce and Mr. Livingston is one who studies closely every phase of the
business and is able to speak with authority upon any thing connected with the
local real estate market. The firm handles Little Rock and Arkansas property and
already has gained a good clientele.

    On the 8th of November, 1905, at Benton, Arkansas, Mr. Livingston was
married to Miss Mary Evelyn Glenn, who was born in Benton, Arkansas, August 20,
1S82, and is a graduate of the Central College at Conway. She is a daughter of
Hiram S. and Martha (Quinn) Glenn. The father died in 1919 at the age of
eighty-three years, while the mother survives and makes her home in Benton.   
Mr. and Mrs. Livingston have become the parents of two children: Evelyn Maurine,
born July 29, 1907; and Margaret Elizabeth, born October 10, 1911.

    Mr. and Mrs. Livingston are members of the Second Baptist church. He has
always voted with the democratic party and his loyalty in matters of progressive
citizenship is pronounced. During the World war he served on the local bond
drives and in days of peace or days of war he labors untiringly for the adoption
of high ideals in regard to public affairs. Appreciative of the social amenities
of life he has membership in the Lakeside Country Club.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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