Robert M. Johnston and Priscilla Wise

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Husband Robert M. Johnston ^{1 2}

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           Born: 3 Aug 1830 - Pottsville, Schuylkill Co, PA 3
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         Father: Robert Johnston (Abt 1801-1871) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Cameron (      -1873/1874) 2

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       Marriage: Abt 1853

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Wife Priscilla Wise ^{1 3}

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         Father: David Wise (Abt 1773-1854) 3
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Children

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1 M David W. Johnston ³

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2 M Calvin Johnston ³

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3 F Mary E. Johnston ³

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4 M Albert Johnston ³

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5 U [Infant] Johnston ⁴

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6 M William Johnston ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Robert M. Johnston

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He was only three years of age when brought by his parents to Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and his first remembrance of the new home was of the three acres of cleared land in the midst of the dense forest. He early became familiar with the arduous task of developing a new farm, assisting his father in his boyhood in the work of making substantial improvements. He remained under the parental roof until he had attained his majority, with the exception of short intervals when he was engaged in rafting on the river or in making shingles; in the winter of 1851 he got out 45,000 shingles by hand. It was thus he got his first start in the business world. On the occasion of his marriage, in 1853, his father gave him the tract of land, comprising 150 acres. It was then wild and uncultivated, but he at once began the work of clearing and planting, and in course of time reaped abundant harvests. He erected a commodious two-story frame residence, built a large barn and substantial outbuildings, planted an orchard, and developed a valuable farm property, pleasantly situated one mile east of Ansonville. Of his place, one hundred acres were under a high state of cultivation. Part of his land was underlaid with coal and fire clay.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which he was an elder for twenty-five years or more. He gave his political support to the Democrats.

1 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 570.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 727, 805, 863.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 863.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 864.