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Immediately following the call for volunteers, at the outbreak of the Civil War, in
1861, Livermore enlisted from his home in Groton, and joined Company B of the old Sixth
Massachusetts. He was in the march through Baltimore at the time of the riot, April 19,
1861. Later he returned north and worked to promote enlistments, and finally reenlisted
for the term of three years in the third regiment of Rhode Island cavalry. Much of this term
of service was in Louisiana with General Banks. He enlisted from the highest sense of duty,
and gave conscientious service to his country.
Not long after the close of the war, Livermore went to Orange, Massachusetts, and
entered the office of Hunt, Waite and Flint, a manufacturing company, as a clerk, where he
eventually rose to a partnership in the firm. After a reorganization of this concern under
the title of the Rodney Hunt Machine Company, Livermore became the secretary, and was
for a considerable time before his death on the board of directors. He was highly respected
by his associates in the office, and endeared himself to the workmen by his kindly and
watchful interest in their welfare. He was a member of the Congregational church in
Orange; on its board of deacons; an officer in the Sunday school; consistent in his life; ready
to cooperate in all good works. He was actively interested in the town affairs of Orange,
and frequently a moderator of its town meetings, for which position he seemed to have had
a special aptitude, his rulings rarely being questioned. In 1879 he represented his town in
the Massachusetts legislature, and in 1882 and 1883 he was one of the Franklin County
senators, being elected for two successive terms. In the State legislature, Livermore was a
leading man, and held positions on important committees. He had a natural gift for public
speaking, and was in demand for its exercise, and in every way was a most useful citizen.
In his home life he was all that could be desired. He was a member of the Odd Fellows
fraternity, of the Grand Army of the Republic, and was on the governing board of the
Hospital Cottages at Baldwinville, Massachusetts.
Livermore died, July 8, 1891, at the early age of fifty-two, of malarial fever, a disease
contracted during the war in the swamps of Louisiana, and of blood poisoning. Mr.
Livermore married Miss Martha E. Todd, daughter of Jehiel and Melissa Hildreth Todd,
of Worcester, Massachusetts, January 22, 1863. They had one child, Blanche, born in
Orange, Massachusetts.
Source:
Class of Sixty-Three Williams College Fortieth Year Report, by
the Class Historian, Thomas Todd Printer, Boston, 1903
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