| Uel Livingston |
| Born August 5, 1833, in Walker County, Alabama Died March 4, 1901, in Commanche County, Texas |
| Married Mary Jane Manning in 1854 Mary Jane was born March 12, 1840, in Fayette Co., Texas and died August 23, 1889, in Hamilton Co., Texas (Parents: James Hillrey Manning and Elizabeth John Fitzgerald) |
| Children |
| 1. James Samuel Livingston Born May 29, 1855 - Bastrop Co., Texas Died April 23, 1898 - Hamilton, Texas |
| 2. John Madison (Johnny) Livingston Born July 7, 1857 - Bastrop, Texas Died October 4, 1928 - Lanham, Hamilton Co., Texas |
| 3. Morgan M. Livingston Born March 4, 1859 - Bastrop Co., Texas
Died January 31, 1917 - Carlsbad, Eddy Co., New Mexico |
| 4. Thomas C. Livingston Born 1861 in Hamilton Co., Texas Died in 1937 in New Mexico |
| 5. Hiram Livingston Born October 28, 1868 Died November 20, 1886, unmarried - age 18 - Commanche, Texas |
| According to information in "The Cattle Industry of Texas and Adjacent Territories" written in 1896, Uel assisted his father (Anthony Livingston) on his farm as soon as he became old enough to work, coming with his parents when they moved to Arkansas in 1849 and continued the business of farming there. He never attended a school of any description, but educated himself by hard study at home when the day's work was done. He was 16 when his parents moved to Arkansas. He worked with his father there for 3 years and left in October 1852. He went to Bastrop County, Texas, and worked various jobs for one year. He married Miss Mary J. Manning in 1854 and lived in Bastrop County until 1860, when he moved to Hamilton County where he resided from 1860 to 1875. He was engaged in the cattle business the whole time. At one period in his life in this locality, he was the owner of 1,000 head of cattle. In 1875 he moved near Lamkin in Commanche County. Before the coming of the railroads and the closing up of the trails he drove cattle every year either to Kansas, New Orleans or Ft. Worth. He always conducted his business on a cash basis and consequently never suffered severely from the hard times which frequently overtook the cattle industry in Texas. He enlisted in Gurley's regiment at Waco, Texas, in 1862 and served in Arkansas, Indian Territory and on the Kansas line during the balance of the war. Once when Uel went up the Chisholm Trail in the late 60's he said that he owed his life to a faithful mount. While on guard one night he became so drowsy that he couldn't stay in his saddle. With the cattle quiet, he decided to risk a nap and lay down on the prairie. Later he awoke suddenly, with the earth shaking beneath him and stampeding Longhorns rushing past on both sides. His horse was standing over him to protect him from the trampling hoofs. |