Mary Livingston Clarkson (1815–1872)

1815–1872

Hudson Valley matron; wife of Levinus Clarkson

Biography

Mary Livingston was a daughter of Edward Philip Livingston and Elizabeth Stevens Livingston, and a granddaughter of Chancellor Robert R. Livingston. She married Levinus Clarkson (1809–1871) on 3 November 1835, allying the Clermont Livingstons with the Clarkson merchant family of New York. Her sister Angelica also married into the Clarkson family.

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