David C. Johnston and Mary Melissa McConnell

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Husband David C. Johnston ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 Mar 1844 - Pine Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: John Johnston (1815-1864) 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Crawford (      -Aft 1895) 3 4

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       Marriage: 4 Jun 1868 2 5

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Wife Mary Melissa McConnell ^{2 5}

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         Father: James McConnell (      -      ) 5
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Children

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1 M Charles Edwin Johnston ²

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            AKA: Edwin E. Johnston 5
           Born: 25 Mar 1869 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Lester Earl Johnston ^{2 5}

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           Born: 23 Oct 1870 2
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3 M Wilna Walton Johnston ^{2 5}

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           Born: 23 Aug 1872 2
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         Spouse: Agnes Dumbaugh (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1895 2

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4 F Celia Annetta Johnston ^{2 5}

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           Born: 3 Jul 1874 2
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         Spouse: Harry Rhea (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 2 Jan 1900 2

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5 F Elizabeth Olive Johnston ⁶

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            AKA: Lizzie C. Johnston 5
           Born: 31 May 1876 6
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6 M John Nevin Johnston ^{5 6}

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           Born: 11 Jul 1878 6
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General Notes: Husband - David C. Johnston

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He enlisted in June, 1864, in the 6th Heavy Artillery, P. V., and was stationed near Washington to aid in the defense of the capital; was mustered out with his regiment at the close of the war.

He was reared upon the homestead in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and received a common school education. He enlisted in Company H, Two Hundred and Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was mustered into service at Camp Copeland. His company proceeded to Washington, D. C., and then went into service on the Alexandria railroad, where they remained eight months, then returned to the forts at Washington, thence to Camp Copeland, where Mr. Johnston was mustered out of service June 22, 1865. Returning to Mercer County he was engaged in the lumber business until 1869, when he embarked in oil producing at Parker City. From there he came to Butler and operated in the Thorn Creek field.
He was a member of A. G. Reed Post, G. A. R.; was a Republican in politics, and was one of the confreres that nominated John M. Greer for State Senator in 1876. In 1875 he was a candidate for treasurer in Armstrong County, and received every vote but three in Hovey township, where he lived, and every vote in his precinct. Though he had been a resident of Armstrong County only five years, he was fourth in the contest for nomination.

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

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 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1141.

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