Marcia Macdonald Livingston a.k.a. Mrs. C.M. Livingston

Marcia Macdonald Livingston was Grace Livingston Hill's mother.

She was also an author, writing several children's books as Mrs. C. M. Livingston. In addition to her own books, Marcia wrote regular columns for "The Pansy", a weekly children's publication edited by her sister, Isabella Macdonald Alden (Pansy). She and her sister collaborated on five books and two other books were family efforts, where everyone in the Livingston / Alden clan contributed a chapter or more.

Marcia was born in 1832, the daughter of Isaac Macdonald and Myra Spafford of Johnstown, New York. Myra Spafford contributed now and then to "The Pansy" and wrote her version of the story in "The Kaleidoscope" with the rest of the family. Marcia's sister, Julia, is the "Aunt Jewel" in Grace's book, "Cloudy Jewel" and it's from this side of the family that Grace took the Spafford name for "Marcia Schuyler", even though the story itself is from Livingston history.

She joined the Livingston family in 1855 when she married Rev. Charles Montgomery Livingston. Theirs was a long and happy marriage and together they ministered to the congregations of both Presbyterian and Congregational churches over the years as Rev. Livingston's health permitted. When her husband passed away in 1900, Marcia went to live with Grace in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania (her room is pictured here) and remained there until her own homegoing in 1924.

Books by Mrs. C. M. Livingston

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	The Night Before Christmas: A Christmas Exercise This paper booklet is a short play for Christmas 1875 D. Lothrop & Company		Katy Hunter's Homes 1876 D. Lothrop & Company
	Divers Women (with Pansy) 1880 D. Lothrop & Company		The Story of Puff 1883 D. Lothrop & Company
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Susan's Sheaves and Other Stories 1887 The National Temperance Society and Publication House	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	Profiles (with Pansy) 1888 D. Lothrop Company
	A Sevenfold Trouble Written with Pansy, The Livingstons, and Faye Huntington (Pansy's best friend) 1889 D. Lothrop Company		Aunt Hannah and Martha and John Prequel to John Remington, Martyr 1891 D. Lothrop Company
	John Remington, Martyr Sequel to "Aunt Hannah and Martha and John" 1892 D. Lothrop Company		The Kaleidoscope Written with a Kaleidoscope of friends and family 1892 D. Lothrop Company
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.	By Way of the Wilderness (with Pansy) 1899 Lothrop Publishing Company