Sixth Generation

2092. Ruth Altazara Coffey was born on 23 December 1860 in Spencer Co., IN. Ruth died in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR on 22 December 1950 and was buried at Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR on 26 December 1950 .^{7884,7885,7886}

Obituary, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, Sat., Dec. 23, 1950, Page 7

Ruth A. Livingston

Mrs. Ruth A. Livingston, who celebrated her 90th birthday Thursday, died Friday in Portland. She was the widow of the late William Nathan Livingston and resided at 2624 S. E. Division street.

Funeral services will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the J. P. Finley & Son funeral home, followed by interment at Lincoln Memorial Park. Rev. Myron C. Cole will officiate at the services.

Mrs. Livingston was born in Spencer, Ind., December 23, 1860, and came to Portland in 1890. She was an active member of the First Christian church.

Survivors include four sons, Harry C., Glen E., Frank W. and Wallace N. Livingston, all of Portland; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Sadler and Mrs. Myrtle Adderley, both of Indiana, and four grandchildren.

Ruth Altazara Coffey and William Nathan Livingston were married on 16 October 1883 in Owen Co., IN.^7887,7888 They^7887,7888 appeared in the census on 15 June 1900 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR.⁷⁸⁸⁹ They⁷⁸⁸⁹ appeared in the census on 15 April 1910 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR.⁷⁸⁹⁰ Ruth and William⁷⁸⁹⁰ appeared in the census on 15 January 1920 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR.⁷⁸⁹¹ They⁷⁸⁹¹ appeared in the census on 2 April 1930 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR.⁷⁸⁹² They⁷⁸⁹² appeared in the census on 3 April 1940 in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR.⁷⁸⁹³ William Nathan Livingston⁷⁸⁹⁴ was born in August 1860 in Indiana. William died in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR on 3 September 1946 and was buried at Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland, Multnomah Co., OR on 5 September 1946 .^{7895,7896,7897}

Obituary, The Oregonian, Portland, OR, Wed., Sep. 4, 1946, Page 15

Livingston--Sept. 3. William Nathan of 2624 SE Division st., husband of Altazara Ruth Livingston, father of Harry C., Glen E., Frank W. and Wallace N. Livingston of Portland; brother of Mrs. Cora East, Worthington, Ind.; Mrs. Winnie Rumple, Bloomington, Ind.; Mrs. Ada Secrest, Worthington; Mrs. Emma Goodman, Terre Haute, Ind.; John E. Livingston, White Hall, Ind.; 4 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, 1 PM, in Finley's Morninglight Chapel, SW Montgomery at 4th. Friends invited. Commitment Lincoln Memorial Park.

"William N. Livingston was born in Clay Township, Owen Co., Ind., August 21, 1860. His parents, Nathan F. and Elizabeth (Neill) Livingston, natives of Virginia and Indiana respectively, were married in Greene County, Ind., in 1857, and located on a farm, where they remained for a number of years, and thence came to Owen County. They then settled in White Hall, Clay Township, where they sold dry goods for some time. At present they reside nine miles southeast of Spencer, on a farm in Clay Township. William N. Livingston is the second son and third child in family, as was reared and educated in his native township. When nineteen years of age, he was employed by F. G. White as a member of his band and orchestra. He traveled with him for three years. In July, 1883, Mr. Livingston went into the grocery business, in partnership with W. S. Coffey, in Martinsville, where at present they are doing a successful business. In October, 1882, he was married to Ruth Coffey, a daughter of Wiley and Harriet Coffey, natives of Indiana, and old pioneers of Owen County. Mr. Livingston is politically a Democrat."

Ruth Altazara Coffey and William Nathan Livingston had the following children: