Cemetery RecordChanhassen Pioneer Cemetery
Lot 56.7
Grave Status Occupied
update Date 10/7/1997
Occupant Information
Name Elmer W. Livingston
Sex Male
Social Sec. No.
Date of Birth 9/7/1891
Date of Death 7/8/1980
Interment Date
Cause of Death Non -communicable
Place of Birth Chanhassen, Carver County, Minnesota
Place of Death VAMC Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Age 88
Marital Status Married
Mother Elizabeth Leighty (CCBR)
Father James Henry Livingston (CCBR)
Children Sheila (Wilhelm), Donald, Ralph
Occupation
Military Status
WWI, Pvt. U.S. Army
Baptized
Purchaser Information
Purchased By
Elmer W. Livingston
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0.00
Spouse Information
Name Marguerite A. Livingston
Address (deceased 8/3/1993)
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Lot 56.7 Update Date 10/7/1997
Name Elmer W. Livingston
Comments/History An article in the October 30, 1975 edition of the Carver County Herald read:
Elmer Livingston's parents came here from Massachusetts to homestead. They
and their parents were workers in a textile mill there and because of the poor pay
and working conditions they decided to leave. They picked out 160 acres west of
Chanhassen; part of which is now the Arboretum. The original house is still
standing is over 100 years old.
Elmer tells humorously of the time his grandparents bought a stove in St. Anthony
and to carry it home piece by piece.
Both Elmer and his wife had two years of high school in Excelsior and then went
off to the world of work. She moved to Minneapolis to work at a dime -store which
was on the corner where the IDS tower now stands. She made $6 a week which
she found to be plenty to live on. Elmer worked on the farm and then managed the
Pure Oil Station in Excelsior which used to be where Wendt's Laundromat is now.
Part of the original building can still be seen.
Elmer met his wife on a deer hunting trip up north. It was cold and her father
invited Elmer and his friends into the house for the night. There they met and later
married.
Besides working Elmer's father's farm, a part of their lie was the Rover's Club.
This club, which consisted of all the farmers in the area, met frequently during the
wineter months. Because of their farm work, they met only once in the summer -
right after the first hay was put up. This meeting was their annual picnic which was
held at the little school house on Highway 41. During the winter, each member
took a turn hosting the group. They did quite a variety of things at these
gatherings. They always had a program of some nature. Sometimes they had
political speakers or the school principal would give a little talk. They almost
always had skits and games. No matter what they did or where they were, this
club managed to have a good time.
This is just a brief story of Mr. & Mrs. Livingston. They now live off Highway 7 near
their children and grandchildren.