The David Lindsey Livengood Fami

David & Mary Amanda Livengood
by Hess & Dorothy Hartsfield

It is not known for sure when David Livengood and his wife, Fanny Shoaf, came to Haskell
County, but he began to buy acreage during the 1890's.   He had several children but only two
sons, David Rinsey Livengood (Hess' grandfather) and Robert Lee Livengood.   A great-grandson,
Stevan Livengood, son of Homer & Fern Livengood, is still farming his great grandfather's
land.   David Rinsey Livengood was patented land from the State of Texas and we assume he
and the others homesteaded - or perhaps just bought land.

David Rinsey Livengood is Hess Hartsfield's grandfather.   He and wife, Mary Amanda Pope, had
only two children before they arrived in Haskell County. They were born in 1887 and 1890. They died - Asher on Aug 7th and Fannie on Aug 13, 1895.   The day the little boy was buried, the little
girl got sick and died 6 days later.   After their deaths, there were 6 more children born:
Ethel Livengood who married B. F. David
Calvin Pope Livengood (married Beatrice Jones)
Mary Alice Livengood (married Henry Giles Hartsfield)
Era Livengood (married Ira Davis)
D. R. Livengood (married Ruth Densmore) and
Alta Katy Livengood (married H. A. Gipson).

This family settled in the Post Community which is now called Paint Creek.
The Howard Cemetery is located in this area.

David and wife, Fanny, are buried in the Stamford Cemetery and David and Mary Amanda
are buried in Willow Cemetery, Haskell.   David Rinsey Livengood was coming
home from a trip to Haskell in his buggy and had a heart attack and died on a road that
adjoined the Hartsfield land in the Paint Creek Community.    Mary Alice (Hess's Mother)
was 15 years old when her Dad died.   Hess was 12 years old when his
Dad was killed in a car accident.