Edward Livingston (clubman)

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Edward Livingston
Born(1834-04-04)April 4, 1834
Albany, New York, U.S.
DiedDecember 18, 1906(1906-12-18) (aged 72)
Peekskill, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s)
Frances Hazeltine
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(m. 1868, died)​
Children2
Parent(s)Edward Livingston
Sarah Ray Lansing Livingston
RelativesSee Livingston family

Edward Livingston (April 4, 1834 – December 18, 1906) was an American businessman and clubman who was prominent in society during the Gilded Age.[1]

Early life[]

Livingston was born on April 4, 1834 in Albany, New York. He was the youngest of seven children born to Edward Livingston (1796–1840) and Sarah Ray (née Lansing) Livingston (1797–1848).[2] Among his siblings, Edward was the only to marry and have children live to adulthood.[3] His siblings were Maria Lansing, Cornelia Lansing, Frances "Fanny" S., Sarah Lansing, Philip Henry, and John Lansing Livingston.[4] His father was an attorney who served as District Attorney of Albany County as well as the Clerk and Speaker of the New York State Assembly.[5]

His maternal grandparents were Cornelia (née Ray) Lansing and John Ten Eyck Lansing, Jr., the former Speaker of the New York State Assembly and Chancellor of New York from 1801 to 1814.[6][7] His aunt, Jane Lansing, was married to U.S. Representative Rensselaer Westerlo (1776–1851), and another aunt, Frances Lansing, was married to Jacob Livingston Sutherland.[8] His paternal grandparents were Philip Henry Livingston (a grandson of Continental Congressman and Signer of the Declaration of Independence Philip Livingston[9][10]) and Maria (née Livingston) Livingston (a daughter of Walter Livingston,[11] the 1st Speaker of the New York State Assembly).[12]

Career[]

Livingston was a businessman involved in the "importation and sale of railroad materials" including the Shelby Iron Company, Detroit Steel and Spring Company,[2] and Brierfield Iron & Coal Co.[13] He entered into various partnerships with Charles L. Perkins, Henry A. V. Post, and Francis Vose, between 1858 and 1880, known variously as Perkins, Livingston & Co. and Perkins, Livingston & Post.[2][14][15]

Society life[]

In February 1892, Livingston, by then a widower, was included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times.[16][17] Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom.[18] Livingston was a member of the Union Club[19] and the Metropolitan Club,[20] and the Society of the Cincinnati.[2]

Personal life[]

On Thursday, October 8, 1868, Livingston was married to Frances Clarissa "Fanny" Hazeltine,[6] by the Rev. Dr. Frederic Dan Huntington at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Boston. Fanny was the daughter of Mayo Hazeltine and Frances (née Williamson) Hazletine of Boston, and the granddaughter of Gov. William D. Williamson.[21] They lived at 17 ,[19] and had a large estate, comprising several thousand acres, in Manitou (a hamlet in the southwest corner of Philipstown by the Hudson River in Putnam County.[22] Together, they were the parents of:

  • Clarisse Hazeltine Livingston (b. 1869),[23][24] who made her debut in 1887 at which time her father gave her a ball for 600 guests at Delmonico's with a cotillion led by Clarisse and Elliott Roosevelt.[25] The ball cost an estimated $15,000.[26]
  • Edward Livingston, Jr. (1871–1929),[27] who graduated from Harvard in 1893 and Columbia University Law School in 1896.[19][28][29][30] He married Mabel Drake (1875–1915).[31]

Livingston "dropped dead of heart disease" on the veranda at the home of his friend, D. S. Herrick, in Peekskill, New York as he was "about to ring the bell" on December 18, 1906.[32][7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Falls Dead on Friend's Veranda" (PDF). The New York Times. 19 December 1906. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Edward Livingston papers". archives.nypl.org. The New York Public Library Archives & Manuscripts. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ 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. 1329. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Obituary -- Livingston". The New York Times. 10 January 1904. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. ^ Henry Reed Stiles, ed. (1886). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. p. 85.
  6. ^ a b Talcott, Sebastian V. (October 1, 2001). Genealogical Notes Of New York And New England Families. Heritage Books. pp. 146–147. ISBN 9780788419560. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  7. ^ a b Times, Special To The New York (5 August 1935). "NOTES OF 1787 CITE STATES' RIGHT FEAR; Records Just Brought to Light at Princeton Show Trends at Constitutional Parley". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  8. ^ Mackenzie, George Norbury (1917). Colonial Families of the United States of America: In which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families who Settled in the American Colonies from the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. Grafton Press. p. 338. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  9. ^ Hamilton, Alexander; Syrett, Harold Coffin (1979). The Papers of Alexander Hamilton. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231089258. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  10. ^ McLachlan, James (March 8, 2015). Princetonians, 1748-1768: A Biographical Dictionary. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400870776. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  11. ^ "LIVINGSTON, Walter - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Railway, Canada Royal Commission to Inquire into Matters Connected with the Canadian Pacific (1882). Report of the Canadian Pacific Railway Royal Commission. S. Stephenson & Company. p. 928. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  14. ^ N. Y. Supreme Court General Term. 1877. pp. 85–94. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  15. ^ Railway Locomotives and Cars. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. 1879. p. 783. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  16. ^ McAllister, Ward (16 February 1892). "THE ONLY FOUR HUNDRED | WARD M'ALLISTER GIVES OUT THE OFFICIAL LIST. HERE ARE THE NAMES, DON'T YOU KNOW, ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADER, YOU UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  17. ^ Patterson, Jerry E. (2000). The First Four Hundred: Mrs. Astor's New York in the Gilded Age. Random House. p. 224. ISBN 9780847822089. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  18. ^ Keister, Lisa A. (2005). Getting Rich: America's New Rich and How They Got That Way. Cambridge University Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780521536677. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  19. ^ a b c "Heard in the Smoking Room" (PDF). The New York Times. 17 January 1904. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  20. ^ Social Register, Summer. Social Register Association. 1907. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  21. ^ "NYC Marriage & Death Notices 1857-1868". www.nysoclib.org. New York Society Library. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  22. ^ Times, Special To The New York (19 October 1905). "RUN DOWN, LEFT TO DROWN.; Edward Livingston and Dr. Edward L. Keyes Barely Escape" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  23. ^ "Leases East 52d Street Residence". The New York Times. 16 April 1930. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  24. ^ "Leases Putnam County Estate". The New York Times. 28 May 1932. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  25. ^ "MAKING HER BOW TO SOCIETY.; MISS CLARISSE LIVINGSTON'S DEBUT AND A BALL AT DELMONICO'S" (PDF). The New York Times. 13 December 1887. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  26. ^ "What the Ball Cost Mr. Livingston". Altoona Times. 14 December 1887. p. 1. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  27. ^ 1893, Harvard College (1780-) Class of (1895). Secretary's Fifth Report. Crimson Printing Company. Retrieved 18 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ University, Columbia (1912). Catalogue of Officers and Graduates of Columbia University from the Foundation of King's College in 1754. Columbia University. p. 499. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  29. ^ 1893, Harvard College (1780-) Class of (1899). Record of the Class of 1893. Harvard University Press. p. 96. Retrieved 18 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  30. ^ "WHAT IS DOING IN SOCIETY". The New York Times. 14 October 1902. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  31. ^ Social Register, New York. Social Register Association. 1915. p. 398. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  32. ^ "Obituary 1 -- LIVINGSTON" (PDF). The New York Times. 20 December 1906. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

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