Edward Livingston (clubman)
Edward Livingston (April 4, 1834 – December 18, 1906) was an American businessman and clubman who was prominent in society during the Gilded Age. Early life. Livingston was born on April 4, 1834 in Albany, New York. He was the youngest of seven children born to Edward Livingston (1796–1840) and Sarah Ray (née Lansing) Livingston (1797–1848). Among his siblings, Edward was the only to marry and have children live to adulthood. His siblings were Maria Lansing, Cornelia Lansing, Frances "Fanny" S., Sarah Lansing, Philip Henry, and John Lansing Livingston. His father was an attorney who served as District  Attorney of Albany County as well as the Clerk and Speaker of the New York State Assembly. His maternal grandparents were Cornelia (née Ray) Lansing and John Ten Eyck Lansing, Jr., the former Speaker of the New York State Assembly and Chancellor of New York from 1801 to 1814. His aunt, Jane Lansing, was married to U.S. Representative Rensselaer Westerlo (1776–1851), and another aunt, Frances Lansing, was married to Jacob Livingston Sutherland. His paternal grandparents were Philip Henry Livingston (a grandson of Continental Congressman and Signer of the Declaration of Independence Philip Livingston) and Maria (née Livingston) Livingston (a daughter  of Walter Livingston, the 1st Speaker of the New York State Assembly). Career. Livingston was a businessman involved in the "importation and sale of railroad materials" including the Shelby Iron Company, Detroit Steel and Spring Company, and Brierfield Iron & Coal Co. He entered into various partnerships with Charles L. Perkins, Henry A. V. Post, and Francis Vose, between 1858 and 1880, known variously as Perkins, Livingston & Co. and Perkins, Livingston & Post. Society life. In February 1892, Livingston, by then a widower, was included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families , published in "The New York Times". Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom. Livingston was a member of the Union Club and the Metropolitan Club, and the Society of the Cincinnati. Personal life. On Thursday, October 8, 1868, Livingston was married to Frances Clarissa "Fanny" Hazeltine, by the Rev. Dr. Frederic Dan Huntington at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Boston. Fanny was the daughter of Mayo Hazeltine and Frances (née Williamson) Hazletine of Boston, and the granddaughter of Gov. William D. Williamson. They lived at 17 East 74th Street, and had a large  estate, comprising several thousand acres, in Manitou (a hamlet in the southwest corner of Philipstown by the Hudson River in Putnam County. Together, they were the parents of: Livingston "dropped dead of heart disease" on the veranda at the home of his friend, D. S. Herrick, in Peekskill, New York as he was "about to ring the bell" on December 18, 1906.