Livingston, Nancy Jane Jones - Gravity Independent, May 31, (1923).

Mrs Nancy Jane Livingston, nee Jones, was born in Fulton county, Ill., March 15, 1835. Here she grew to womanhood and while in early youth came into a saving fellowship with Christ and united with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which she remained a faithful and consecrated member. In the year 1856 she was united in marriage to Mr. Livingston and to this union were born five sons and three daughters, one of whom preceded her in death.

In the year of 1880 she with her family came to Iowa, settling in Johnson county and a little later to Page county where she made her home until the time of her death.

Mrs Livingston was a faithful companion and a patient mother. She came down to old age with a grace and spirit which is but the result of a righteous life and a living trust in God. She said that one of the things for which she had prayed was that when she had grown old that she might be patient, and surely her prayers were answered.

Death came at the home of her son, Reuben Livingston, of Gravity, about 9:30 in the evening, May 24, 1923, after having reached the ripe old age of 88 years 2 months and 9 days. She has gone to meet her Savior, her husband who preceded her twenty-three years ago, and infant daughter, and leaves to mourn their loss her children, Alonzo of Hastings, Nebr.; Ben of Bedford; Harley of Excelsior Springs, Mo.; Henry of Braddyville; Reuben of Gravity; Mrs Fred Fisher of Clarinda and Mrs William McFarland of Gravity; twenty-six grand children, twenty great grandchildren and other relatives and friends.

The funeral service was held at the R. Livingston home here at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon and the body was taken to Old Memory cemetery near New Market, where interment was made. Rev J.R. McNichols of the Methodist church here conducted the funeral service.