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James Madison Livingston (1839-1935), a native of SC and ex-Confederate soldier in Co. A, 12th Infantry Regt. GA, moved to Burnet Co., TX, in 1869. Two yrs. later, he married Josephine Catherine Chamberlain (1851-1948), the dau. of Jas. T. Chamberlain and Sarah Runnels Barton. James Madison Livingston was the son of James Livingston, Sr., and Nancy Busby, of SC, who had moved their family to Sumter Co., GA, prior to the outbreak of the war. Before he m., JML worked as a cowboy, driving cattle up the Chisholm Trail to Abilene, KS. He and wife Josephine Chamberlain were the parents of 10 children.
Following is a tentative chronology of his life, taken primarily from on-line and family sources. Special thanks are due to Mary Livingston Holt for her contributions.
James Madison Livingston: Chronology
(1839-1935)
1839*: Born, SC (11 Sep.)
1850: Census, Orangeburg Co., SC
1860: Census, Orangeburg Co., SC
1861: Residence, Americus, Sumter Co., GA
1861: Enlisted, Sumter Co., GA, as a private in Company A, 12th Infantry Regt. GA, “Muckalee Guards,” (15 Jun.; later both he and wife Jo drew pensions in TX for his Civil War military service)
1862: Wounded, Cold Harbor (Gaines Mill), VA (27 Jun.)
1863: Severely wounded, Chancellorsville, VA (3 May; thereafter assigned to light duty owing to disability; roll for Dec. indicates he returned since muster)
1863: Returned to GA (15 Dec.; worked as an asst. enrolling officer, Americus, GA)
1864: Death of brother Geo. W., 16, in action, Wilderness, VA (5 May)
1866: Moved to TX (Cameron, Milam Co.); reportedly drove cattle up the Chisholm Trail to Abilene, KS, for several yrs., then acquired a gin and farm in Burnet Co., TX
1869: Moved to Burnet Co., TX
1870: Census, Burnet Co., TX (in household of Jas. & Sarah Chamberlain)
1871: Married Josephine Catherine (Jo) Chamberlain, Burnet Co., TX (5 Oct.)
1872: Birth of son George Washington, Bastrop Co., TX
1874: Birth of son John Calvin, Bastrop Co., TX (11 Feb.)
1876: Birth of son Thomas Brooks, Sr., Bastrop Co., TX (24 Jul.)
1880: Birth of daughter Louisa Belle (Lou), Bastrop Co., TX (26 Aug.)
1880: Census, Bastrop Co., TX
1881: Birth of daughter Flora Alta (Allie), Bastrop Co., TX (16 Jul.)
1882: Birth of son Lawson Ninian, Burnet Co., TX (18 Jul.)
1885: Birth of daughter Margaret, Burnet Co., TX (died in infancy)
1886: Birth of daughter Angenette (Angie), Burnet Co., TX (8 Jul.)
1888: Birth of son Robert Louis (Louis), Burnet Co., TX (5 Nov.)
1894: Birth of son William Nelson (Neb), Burnet Co., TX (27 Jan.)
1900: Census, Burnet Co., TX
1910: Census, Burnet Co., TX
About 1918: Went blind, reportedly as the result of a fall from a horse at age 79 (another source contends that his Civil War wounds left him blind, deaf, and with a crippled hand; but there is no blindness indicated in the appropriate box on the 1870 or 1910 censuses)
1930: Census, Burnet Co., TX
1935: Died, Burnet Co., TX (21 Nov.; bur. Mt. Zion Cem., Burnet, TX)
* Some sources put his DOB at 1841. Based on the 1840 and some subsequent censuses, this later date does not seem to be out of the question.
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