About Edward Philip Livingston
Lived 1779 – 1843 (aged 63). Edward Philip Livingston was an American politician.
Margaret Livingston (1808–1874), who married David Augustus Clarkson (1793–1874) Elizabeth Livingston (1813–1896), who married Edward Hunter Ludlow (1810–1884) Clermont Livingston (1817–1895), who married Cornelia Livingston (1824–1851), daughter of Herman Livingston (brother of Robert Le Roy Livingston). Mary Livingson (1823–1898), who married Levinus Clarkson (1813–1861), a first cousin of David A. Clarkson, in 1849.
After the death of his wife in 1829, and while he was Lt. Governor of New York, Livingston happened to look in the gallery of the Senate Chamber in Albany, where he saw Mary Crooke Broom (1804–1877) seated, and was struck by her beauty. She was "reckoned the most beautiful girl in all this region." She was the eldest child and daughter of William Broom and Ann Crooke Barber.
Livingston died in Clermont on November 3, 1843. He was buried at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Descendants Through his eldest daughter, Margaret, Livingston was the grandfather of Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson (1837–1894), namesake of Clarkson University.
Through his elder son, Clermont, he was the grandfather of John Henry Livingston (1848–1927), who married Catherine Livingston Hamersley (d. 1873) the sister of J. Hooker Hamersley and the daughter of John W. and Catherine Livingston (née Hooker) Hamersley and granddaughter of Hon. James Hooker, in 1871, with whom he had one child. Robert Robert Livingston (1858–1899), who married Mary Tailer (1863–1944) Edward De Peyster Livingston (1861–1932), and Goodhue Livingston (1867–1951), who married Louisa Robb (1877–1960).
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Who was Edward Philip Livingston?
American politician (1779-1843)
When was Edward Philip Livingston born?
Edward Philip Livingston was born on 24 November 1779 in Kingston.
When did Edward Philip Livingston die?
Edward Philip Livingston died on 3 November 1843 in Clermont.
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Edward Philip Livingston was a politician.
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Edward Philip Livingston was American.
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