Fresno County Biographies

Wilson Livermore

Submitted by Sally Kaleta, June, 2007

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	Wilson Livermore, deceased, was born in Mercer County, 
Pennsylvania, in 1832. When he reached his majority he went to Iowa, where he 
remained, engaged in farming, for a period of seventeen years. During this time 
he enlisted in the service of his country, and was in active duty for two years 
and a half. It was then that Mr. Livermore suffered a general break-down in his 
constitution, from which he never fully recovered. In 1873, he emigrated to 
California. For a year he made his home in Merced County, from there coming to 
Fresno County and locating on a ranch of 320 acres, two miles and a half west of 
the town of Kingsburg. Here he engaged in general farming until the time of his 
death, which occurred in 1886. The family estate has of late years been partly 
cut up and sold, at a handsome profit, however. A quarter section and a 
forty-acre home ranch still remain, and are under a high state of cultivation. 
Mr. Livermore was married in 1857 to Hulda G. Russell, a native of Iowa. As a 
result of this union twelve children were born, six of whom are now living. With 
the exception of a married daughter and son all reside at home with their 
estimable mother. Their names are as follows: John N., Florence M., wife of 
Frank Draper of Kingsburg; William B., Merton C., Alvira B., and Charles L.
 
Source: "The Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare 
and Kern, California," Lewis Publ. Co., 1892, p. 482.