John Nevin Johnston and Lulu V. Fritz

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Husband John Nevin Johnston ^{1 2}

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           Born: 3 May 1856 - Pine Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: John Johnston (1815-1864) 1 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Crawford (      -Aft 1895) 1 4

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       Marriage: 11 May 1892 2 3

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Wife Lulu V. Fritz ^{2 3}

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         Father: Franklin R. Fritz (1827-1917) 5 6 7
         Mother: Nancy Grant Troutman (1829-Aft 1917) 5 6

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Children

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1 F Helen Romaine Johnston ⁸

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           Born: 19 Apr 1893 8
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2 M Albert Fritz Johnston ⁸

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           Born: 8 Dec 1895 8
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3 M Arthur Dewey Johnston ⁸

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           Born: 2 May 1897 8
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4 M Frederick Leidecker Johnston ⁸

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           Born: 1 Sep 1900 8
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General Notes: Husband - John Nevin Johnston

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He obtained a common school education and took a commercial course at Duff's Com­mercial College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1878. He then carried on a general store at Grove City until 1879, when he engaged in the oil business on the Grant farm, in Butler County. He had previously been in the same business in Hovey township, Armstrong County. In 1882 he located in Butler, and continued in the oil business. His first operations were in the Bald Ridge field, and he subse­quently operated in the Thorn Creek, Glade Run, Mars, Petersville and Adams township fields. He afterwards operated in Washington County, but returned to Butler County in 1893, where he continued operating in the Brownsdale and Cooperstown districts.
He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, and in politics, a Republican He was connected with Ziegler Lodge, I. O. O. F., and was a charter member of the Producers Protective Association.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 828, 1140.

2 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 14.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 828.

4 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 11.

5 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1883), Pg 206.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 739.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 857.

8 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 14B.