The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 520

CHRISTOPHER A. LIVENGOOD.

A valuable farm of one hundred and forty acres stands as evidence of the life
work of Christopher A. Livengood, who is numbered among the successful ranchers
of the Tieton district. A native of Yakima county, he was born in the Cowiche
valley July 18, 1889, and although only thirty years of age he has already
attained a degree of prosperity which is highly commendable. He is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ira Livengood, who are mentioned to a greater extent on another page of
this work.

Christopher A. Livengood in the acquirement of his education attended the public
schools, subsequent to which time he assisted his father with the ranch work,
thus learning the fundamental methods of farming as pertaining to local
conditions. At the early age of fourteen he started to work for wages, and,
carefully saving his earnings, he was enabled in 1912 to buy a ten acre ranch
on the Cowiche, on which seven acres were devoted to apples. This he later sold
and in 1917 acquired title to one hundred and forty acres on the Tieton, where
he raises grain and hay, in fact engages in general farming, and also gives
considerable attention to stock raising, deriving a gratifying part of his
income from this source. He is progressive in all of his undertakings and as he
is painstaking and industrious he has already made his property a valuable one.

On October 30, 1912, Mr. Livengood was united in marriage to Miss Della Parker,
a native of Kansas. Her parents, R. W. and Emma (Breaght) Parker, were Kansas
pioneers, who in 1900 removed to Yakima county, where the father bought a ranch
on the \aches, later acquiring title to another ranch on the Nile, where he is
now extensively engaged in cattle and horse raising. He is prominent in his
neighborhood and respected by all who know him. Mr. and Mrs. Livengood are the
parents of a son, Christopher Robert. They are highly respected in their
neighborhood, where they have many friends. Both are interested in the moral
progress and take part in all movements for the uplift of humanity. Mr.
Livengood has ever taken a laudable interest in promoting material prosperity
here and has given his close attention to measures which are undertaken for the
benefit of the public. In his political affiliation he is a democrat but has
never aspired to office.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
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