LIVENGOOD, Fred - L-Obituaries

Source: The Covington Republican, Covington, Indiana, Friday, October 28, 1932

Fred Livengood, 23, was shot and killed about 4 o'clock Monday afternoon in front of his home, five miles northeast of Cayuga, with a .22 caliber riffle in the hands of his brother, Herbert, 14. Coroner Clyde M. Zink conducted an inquest and a verdict of accidental death was returned.

The two Livengood brothers, in company with their cousin, James Sorrell, of Harvey, Ill., who has been visiting the Livengood family, were going rabbit hunting. Fred Livengood, who carried a shotgun, remarked, "Watch me bring them out," and the younger brother, who was walking about ten feet ahead of the two older men, his rifle at his hip, remarked that his gun was just as good as the others, and forgetting that it was cocked, he turned around and pulled the trigger. Fred Livengood was shot between the eyes and is believed to have died instantly. He was brought to the office of Dr. S. C. Darroch by his father, who had been plowing in a nearby field. Another brother, Wilbur, who was chopping wood nearby heard the shot and turned in time to see the victim fall. The accident occurred only a few yards from the house.

Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Livengood; six brothers, Orville, Herbert, Harry, Wilbur, Richard and Donald, all at home; four sisters, Pearl, Peggy and Mae at home and Blanche, of Denver, Colo.