LIVINGSTON, Archibald (1845)
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| Archibald Livingston | |
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| Full name | Archibald Livingston |
| Born | December 7 1845 |
| Place of birth | Airdrie, Lanark, Scotland |
| Died | May 30 1876 |
| Place of death | Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
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Archibald was born December 7, 1845 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was the son of Archibald Livingston (1808) and Jean Bain. He was baptized in the Latter-day Saint Church on October 8,1855 about one week after arriving in Salt Lake City. They immigrated to the United States and crossed the plains with the pioneers to Utah. He arrived in Salt Lake on September 25, 1855 (age 9 years 10 months). He married Elizabeth McLean in the Endowment House on November 25, 1865 (age 20). They homesteaded property in Salt Lake and also out in Cottonwood. He had charge of a sawmill in Cottonwood and also was in the lumber business with William Armstrong. He also hauled granite for the Salt Lake Temple from the rock quarry in Little Cottonwood Canyon, which was run by his brother, Jim (James Campbell Livingston). He died May 30, 1876 of pneumonia. He left four children, the youngest only 13 months. He is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Children:
Barbara McLean Livingston, born 1 August 1866, Salt Lake City, died 20 Nov 1867
Archibald Livingston, born 7 March 1868, married Eleanor Willden Burt
Jean Livingston, born 12 January 1870, married George Peter Winsness
John Livingston, born May 1871, married Eda Frome
William Livingston, born 25 September 1873, died 22 April 1874
Elizabeth Livingston, born 13 April 1875, married John Acomb & Van Dusen Spalding
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