Obituary: Livingston A. Nims, 70, of 350 VanDuzee street, former restaurant proprietor of this city and one-time owner and operator of the Riverside Hotel in Depauville, died at 1:50 this morning in the House of the Good Samaritan, where he
had been a patient since Wednesday.Mr. Nims, who had been in failing health for the past few years, was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage at about 1 a.m. Wednesday and had been practically unconscious from that time until his death. He was removed to the hospital
Wednesday at about 3 p.m.Mr. Nims was born in Clayton, June 8, 1867, a son of Alonzo C. and Harriet Phillips Nims. The early part of his life was spent in Clayton, where he was engaged in the restaurant business.
Mr. Nims was a former member of Watertown Lodge, No. 496, B.P.O.E., and of the Depuaville Lodge of Masons.
He married Miss Mary Edith Denny of Clayton in 1904. She died at the family home on VanDuzee street May 15, 1936.
Surviving him are a son, James Durston Nims, 16, who lived with him; a daughter, Mrs. Charles J. (Harriet) Mosier, 625 Bronson street, and a sister, Mrs. Cora Nims Allen, Clayton.
1 CMNT died at the age of 42 years
John was reared in the vicinity of his birthplace, educated in the common schools adjacent to his home, and for a number of years followed farming there as a means of livelihood. He was the first captain of the first canal boat on the Erie
Canal, in which capacity he served for ten years, and at the expiration of this period of time he came to Clayton, New York, making the journey on a sleigh, and settled on the farm now owned by his son and drew the timber into the village of
Clayton and floated it down the St. Lawrence river. Later he purchased one hundred and fifty-three acres of land, seventy-five acres of which he cleared off, whereon he built a fine house and barn, and on this tract he resided until his
retirement from active business pursuits, when he removed to LaFargeville, New York, where he spent his last years, his death being caused by cancer. He served as road commissioner three years, being elected thereto on the Democratic ticket.