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History of Livingston, (Columbia County) New YorkOur database does not include an historic photo for Livingston, (Columbia County) New York, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:A Short Biography of James Henry Clark James Henry Clark, physician, was born in Livingston, N.Y., June 23, 1814; son of Daniel A. Clark. He studied at Amherst, was graduated from the College of physicians and surgeons, New York city, in 1841, and after studying in Europe practised his profession at Newark, N. J. In 1867 he was elected president of the Essex county medical society and in 1868 its historian. He was given the honorary degree of M.A. by Amherst in 1859. His publications include History of the Cholera as it appeared in Newark in 1849; Sight and Hearing, How Preserved, How Lost (1856); Medical Topography of Newark and Its Vicinity (1861); and The Medical Men of New Jersey in Essex District from 1666 to 1866 (1868). He also left uncompleted an Encyclop?dia of Diseases. He died in Montclair, N. J., March 6, 1869. Robert McClellan - A Biography Robert McClellan, representative, was born in Livingston, N.Y., Oct. 2, 1806; son of Dr. John and Sarah (Jones) McClellan; grandson of Col. Hugh and Jane (Henry) McClellan, and great-grandson of Samuel and Sarah (Wilson) McClellan, who came from Scotland in 1749 and settled in Colerain, Mass. Robert was graduated at Williams college, 1825; was admitted to the bar in 1828, and practised in Middleboro, N.Y., 1828-43. He was a Democratic representative in the 25th congress, 1837-39. In congress he advocated the establishment of an independent treasury and favored the claims of the heirs of Fulton to remuneration as the inventor of the steamboat. In 1839 he removed to Hudson, N.Y., where he practised law. He was a representative in the 27th congress, 1841-43 and in 1858 retired on account of ill health. He died in Greenpoint, N.Y., June 28, 1860. |
New York Facts: Columbia County Facts: Seat: HudsonEstablished: 1786 Formed from: Albany
Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: LIVINGSTON, a post-township of Columbia co., New York, on the Hudson river, 6 miles S. from Hudson. Population, 2020. Livingston is situated 61 meters above sea level. |