Dr. William G. Johnston and Myra E. Benedict

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Husband Dr. William G. Johnston ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 Nov 1866 - Oil Creek Twp, Crawford Co, PA 3
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         Father: Archie Johnston (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Sarah Heron (1842/1843-Aft 1906) 4

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       Marriage: 21 Oct 1897 3

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Wife Myra E. Benedict ⁵

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           Born: 30 Dec 1868 6
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         Father: Willis B. Benedict (1838-      ) 7 8 9 10
         Mother: Mary Sprague (      -1872) 5

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. William G. Johnston

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He commenced the study of medicine in 1886 in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1889. In October following he re-entered and took the post-graduate course during the winter of 1889-90, also doing hospital work in the dispensary at the same time. He was a member of the Venango County Medical Society, of the State Society, of the National Society and of the Association of Military Surgeons of America. He was for several years the secretary and health physician of the Titusville (Pennsylvania) Board of Health. For several years he was an assistant surgeon of the 16th Regiment, N. G. P. When the Spanish-American war broke out he offered his services with his regiment, and on May 5, 1898, was mustered into the U. S. service as first lieutenant and assistant surgeon of the 16th Pennsylvania U. S. Vol­unteers. From Chickamauga he was sent on detached service to Macon, Ga., to examine the recruits for the Third U. S. Immune Regiment. After finishing this duty he was sent back to his regiment, and later on assigned to the 1st Division Ambulance Company of the 1st A. C. With a detachment of this company he went with his regiment to Puerto Rico, and there was in the advance with the 16th Pa. Regiment. He participated in the battle of Coamo, August 9, 1898, and the engagement at Aibonito, August 12, 1898. He was later assigned as second in charge of the 1st Division Hospital in Puerto Rico, near Coamo, and afterward he had charge of it. When his regiment was ready to move, he was relieved of his care of the hospital, and assigned back to his place in the regiment. He next marched with his regiment and returned with it to the United States. Among other positions, he was medical inspector of the State Board of Health for Crawford County. [HCC 1899, 437]

1 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 437, 727, 763.

2 J. Duane Upton, The Ancestry of J. Duane Upton (Santa Ana, CA: Self-published, 1967), Pg 5.

3 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 727.

4 J. Duane Upton, The Ancestry of J. Duane Upton (Santa Ana, CA: Self-published, 1967), Pg 1.

5 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 763.

6 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 631.

7 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 482.

8 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 629.

9 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 762.

10 S. D. Irwin, The Irwin Family - Sketch of Richard Irwin of Chester County, PA, and His Descendents (Franklin, PA: The Evening News Print, 1893.), Pg 13.