Andrew Levingston (1781 - 1879)

Born 1781 in Fayette, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 14 Feb 1879 at about age 98 in Toboso, Licking Co., Ohio

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Biography

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1781

Place: Fayette Co., Pennslyvania^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Death

Death:

Date: 14 Feb 1879

Place: Toboso, Licking Co., Ohio^[6][7]

Burial

Burial:

Date: 1879

Place: Licking Co, Ohio

Note

Note: Fayette County, PA, was actually Westermoreland PA until 1783.

Veteran of War of 1812 per obit.

Hopewell Township, Licking County, Ohio - Early Pioneer

FROM THE NEWARK (Ohio) WEEKLY ADVOCATE, February 21, 1879, page 3, column 4 :

DIED - LEVINGSTON - Andrew LEVINGSTON, on the12th inst., at the advanced age of 108

years. Mr. L. settled on the eastern border of this county in 1808, and has lived there continuously ever since,and was the last of the old settlers of that region. After all, and to the lasthe showed a remarkable tenacity of life, surviving his last 25 days on only teas and water. He was a man of simple and domestic habits. He raised a family of15 children and voted the Democratic ticket."

FROM THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NEWARK (Ohio) WEEKLY ADVOCATE, March 7, 1879,

column 7. "MR. ANDREW LEVINGSTON -We are called upon to record the death of Andrew

Levingston, the oldest member of the Licking County Pioneer Society; and that, too, in immediate connectionwith the death of the most aged of our "honorary members". Mr. Levingston wasborn Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1781,oon after, with his father's family,removed to Monongalia county, Va. He, while yet a very young man, in 1801, traveled up the Licking valley crossing the North Fork where Newark was laid out the year after. Mr. Levingston did not then settle in the West but returned to Monongalia county, Va., where he remained until 1808, when he removed to what isnow Hopewell township, Licking county, where he ever after lived, and where hedied February 14th, 1879, at the ripe age of ninety-eight years! He was one ofthe veterans of the War of 1812. Mr. Levingston was a man of plain, simple, primitive habits, always living in Pioneer style, and to that fact and to a vigorous constitution, is doubtless to be attributed his great age. Many persons have thought that he was more than a hundred years old, but the foregoing facts and figures may be relied upon as correct, for they were obtained from himself, while at one of our early pioneer meetings, by the writer, and at once recordedin the society's journal."

1850 census, Licking County, Hopewell Township: Andrew is 67; Elizabeth is 65. Daughter Elizabeth is living with them; she is 29. Also listed Robert Levingston, age 16, born Ohio; Andrew, age 10?, born Ohio, and Sarah, age 12, born Ohio.

REFN: 3677

SOURCE CITATION:

Page: e-mail

Date: 27 Mar 1998

Title: Mary Livingston Bednorz

FROM THE NEWARK (Ohio) WEEKLY ADVOCATE, February 21, 1879, page 3,column 4 : DIED - LEVINGSTON - Andrew LEVINGSTON, on the 12th inst., atthe advanced age of 108 years. Mr. L. settled on the eastern border ofthis county in 1808, and has lived there continuously ever since, and wasthe last of the old settlers of that region. After all, and to the lasthe showed a remarkable tenacity of life, surviving his last 25 days ononly teas and water. He was a man of simple and domestic habits. Heraised a family of 15 children and voted the Democratic ticket."

FROM THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NEWARK (Ohio) WEEKLY ADVOCATE, March 7, 1879,column 7. "MR. ANDREW LEVINGSTON - We are called upon to record the deathof Andrew Levingston, the oldest member of the Licking County PioneerSociety;and that, too, in immediate connection with the death of themost aged of our "honorary members". Mr. Levingston was born in FayetteCounty, Pennsylvania, in 1781, but soon after, with his father's family,removed to Monongalia county, Va.He, while yet a very young man, in1801, traveled up the Licking valley crossing the North Fork where Newarkwas laid out the year after. Mr. Levingston did not then settle in theWest but returned to Monongalia county, Va., where he remained until1808, when he removed to what is now Hopewell township, Licking county,where he ever after lived, and where he died February 14th, 1879, at theripe age of ninety-eight years! He was one of the veterans of the War of1812. Mr. Levingston was a man of plain, simple, primitive habits, alwaysliving in Pioneer style, and to that fact and to a vigorous constitution,is doubtless to be attributed his great age. Many persons have thoughtthat he was more than a hundred years old, but the foregoing facts andfigures may b

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Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S11 Page: e-mail Data: Date: 27 Mar 1998
2. ↑ Source: #S46
3. ↑ Source: #S13 Page: e-mail Data: Date: 27 Mar 1998
4. ↑ Source: #S47
5. ↑ Source: #S14 Page: e-mail Data: Date: 27 Mar 1998
6. ↑ Source: #S46
7. ↑ Source: #S47

• Source: S11 Title: Mary Livingston Bednorz
• Source: S13 Title: Mary Livingston Bednorz
• Source: S14 Title: Mary Livingston Bednorz
• Source: S46 Title: Obituary, Newark (Ohio) Weekly Advocate, March 7, 1879, sent by Ronna Eagle Note: Fayette County, Pennsylvania, was actually still Westmoreland County, until 1783. There is a second obituary in the Newark Weekly Advocate, February 21, 1879. See copy from Ronna Eagle. Text: Mr. Andrew Levingston - We are called upon to record the death of Andrew Levingston, the oldest member of the Licking County Pioneer Society; and that, too, in immediate connection with the death of the most aged of our "honorary members." Mr. Levingston was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1781, but soon after, with his father's family, removed to Monongalia County, Va. he, while yet a very young man, in 1801, traveled up the Licking valley crowwing the North Fork where Newark was laid out the year after. Mr. Levingston did not then settle in the West but returned to Monongalia county, Va., where he remained until 1808, when he removed to what is now Hopewell township, Licking County, where he ever after lived, and where he died February 14th, 1879, at the ripe age of ninety-eight years! He was one of the veterans of the War of 1812. Mr. Levingston was a man of plain, simple, primitive habits, always living in Pioneer style and to that fact and to a virgorous constitution, is doubtless to be attributed his great age. Many persons have thought that he was more than a hundred years old, but the foregoing facts and figures may be relied upon as correct, for they were obtained from himself while at one of our early pioneer meetings, by the writer, and at once recorded in the society's journal."
• Source: S47 Title: Obituary, Newark (Ohio) Weekly Advocate, March 7, 1879, sent by Ronna Eagle Note: Fayette County, Pennsylvania, was actually still Westmoreland County, until 1783. There is a second obituary in the Newark Weekly Advocate, February 21, 1879. See copy from Ronna Eagle. Text: Mr. Andrew Levingston - We are called upon to record the death of Andrew Levingston, the oldest member of the Licking County Pioneer Society; and that, too, in immediate connection with the death of the most aged of our "honorary members." Mr. Levingston was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1781, but soon after, with his father's family, removed to Monongalia County, Va. he, while yet a very young man, in 1801, traveled up the Licking valley crowwing the North Fork where Newark was laid out the year after. Mr. Levingston did not then settle in the West but returned to Monongalia county, Va., where he remained until 1808, when he removed to what is now Hopewell township, Licking County, where he ever after lived, and where he died February 14th, 1879, at the ripe age of ninety-eight years! He was one of the veterans of the War of 1812. Mr. Levingston was a man of plain, simple, primitive habits, always living in Pioneer style and to that fact and to a virgorous constitution, is doubtless to be attributed his great age. Many persons have thought that he was more than a hundred years old, but the foregoing facts and figures may be relied upon as correct, for they were obtained from himself while at one of our early pioneer meetings, by the writer, and at once recorded in the society's journal."
• Source: S48 Title: E-mail Page: Mary Livingston Bednorz LEV1 Data: Date: Mar 1998
• Source: S49 Title: E-mail Page: Mary Livingston Bednorz LEV1 Data: Date: Mar 1998
• Source: S50 Title: E-mail Page: Mary Livingston Bednorz LEV1 Data: Date: Mar 1998