Parsons, Col. William and Shiach, W. S.  "An Illustrated History of Umatilla
County and of Morrow County." Spokane, WA: W. H. Lever, 1902. p. 334.
 
LOT LIVERMORE
     One of the best known men in Umatilla county, having been one of the
earliest pioneers, intimately connected in all the county affairs and those of
the city of Pendleton also, being in public life almost continuously since the
sixties, possessed of intrepidity and ability of a high order, the man whose
name initiates this paragraph holds a prominence second to none in the county,
while he has never lacked for the approbation of the people in their franchises
whenever he would allow his name to be put forward for an political trust.  An
epitome of his career will be read with interest by every citizen of our county,
and it is a matter of regret that space forbids more of the engaging details.
     Marietta, Ohio, is his native place, and August 11, 1835, the date of his
birth.  When but a few months of age his parents removed to Pittsfield,
Illinois, being early pioneers there.  Here our subject received the mental
training to be had in the public schools until 1851, when his father removed
with his family across the plains with ox-teams.  Near the American Falls the
train had a pitched battle with the Indians, who were driven off without loss to
the immigrants.  Arriving in the Willamette valley on September 23, 1851, Mr.
Livermore settled on a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres on La
Creole creek in Polk county.  Here our subject remained for fourteen years,
assisting on the farm, and then took a position in a general merchandise store,
having by industry supplemented his education during his stay in this state.
After two years spent in this position he went into the wagon manufacturing
business, remaining at that until 1864, and then sold out and went to Portland,
again entering the general merchandise business.  For fourteen months he
continued here, and then came for his employers to Umatilla Landing to operate a
branch house.  In August of the next year he purchased and interest in the
business and continued to operate there until 1869.  In that year he came to
Pendleton and opened a general store for himself, where he did a prosperous
business until 1878, when he joined the fighting forces to repel the attacks of
the Indians.  In 1873 he was appointed postmaster at Pendleton by John A. J.
Cresswell, under U. S. Grant.  This position he held continuously until 1887,
also acting as agent for the Wells Fargo Express Company.  In 1875 this company
was robbed of five thousand dollars between Umatilla and Pendleton.  Aided by
another man, Mr. Livermore trailed the robbers, capturing them and all their
booty, and later secured their conviction for ten years in the penitentiary.  He
again took up a mercantile life after resigning the post office, which he later
changed for real estate and insurance, which he has followed continuously since.
In 1900 he was appointed librarian for the Commercial Association, attending to
this business with his other affairs.
     On September 21, 1885, he was married to Mrs. Ellen Switzler, a native of
Pendleton, to whom have been born three children:  Lotta L., Clinton R. and
Lynwood H.  All of them are in school in Pendleton.  He is affiliated with the
Masonic fraternity in Lodge No. 52, of Pendleton, also with Eureka Lodge, No.
23, I.O.O.F., of the same city.  He has been connected with this latter society
for forty years, having joined the first lodge in the state, Chemeketa, No. 1,
at Salem.  He has passed through all of its chairs, and several times
represented the home lodge in the grand lodge.  He has served three times as
city councilman and two as mayor, being the first and second mayor of the city,
and for one term was county treasurer.  With a clean record, a life of energy
and usefulness, an unimpeachable reputation for honesty and straightforwardness,
which is justly bestowed as the result of his faithfulness, Mr. Livermore is
esteemed and confided in by all. 

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.