Stephen Alexander Johnston and Mary Elizabeth Elliott

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Husband Stephen Alexander Johnston ¹

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           Born: 30 Jun 1820 - Frankstown, Blair Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Oct 1904 - Armagh, East Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Presbyterian Cemetery, Armagh, Indiana Co, PA

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         Father: Dr. Alexander Johnston (1790-1875) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Lowry (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 1 Feb 1848 2

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Wife Mary Elizabeth Elliott ²

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           Born: 15 Oct 1830 - Armagh, East Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Jun 1906 2
         Buried:  - Presbyterian Cemetery, Armagh, Indiana Co, PA

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         Father: Alexander Elliott (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Lowry Johnston ²

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           Born: 23 Jan 1849 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Jul 1865 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Margaret Belle Johnston ^{3 4}

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           Born: 19 Jun 1851 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Apr 1906 - Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Bell Taylor (1851-      ) 3 5
           Marr: Nov 1875 6

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3 F Mary Jane Johnston ²

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           Born: 17 Nov 1853 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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4 F Sarah Ida Johnston ²

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           Born: 25 Apr 1856 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Dec 1862 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Catherine Maxwell Johnston ²

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           Born: 18 Sep 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Arthur Dwight Sutton (      -      ) 2

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6 M Alexander Elliott Johnston ²

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           Born: 12 Aug 1861 - Armagh, East Wheatfield Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Carrie L. Brendlinger (      -      ) 7
           Marr: Oct 1886 7

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7 M John B. Johnston ²

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           Born: 19 May 1864 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Feb 1867 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Stephen Alexander Johnston

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He was sent to the public schools of his native place, but when he was only twelve years old became a clerk in the store of John Bell, at Bellwood, Pennsylvania, where he continued to work for several years. He then came to Indiana County and formed a partnership with a Mr. McClelend, under the firm name of McClelend & Johnston, this firm operating the Buenavista furnace in Brushvalley township, until the business was abandoned many years later. Owning a tract of land in Butler County, Mr. Johnston lived on it for a time, and gave his attention to farming, then selling, he located at Armagh, where his energies found vent in the management of a flourishing mercantile establishment in conjunction with Alexander Elliott, the partners operating under the style of Elliott & Johnston. After the death of Mr. Elliott, his widow and Mr. Johnston continued the business until 1880, when the store was sold to Mack & Campbell. After disposing of his store, he bought the Patterson farm, a tract of eighty-four acres, once known as the old Rankin farm, near Armagh, but after operating it a short time, he sold to H. T. McCormack, and bought the Waterson farm of 137 acres, on the Philadelphia and Pittsburg pike, west of Armagh, a farm which was later conducted by his son, Alexander Elliott Johnston. Mr. Johnston took pleasure in improving this property, equipping it with modern machinery. While interested in developing this place he resided at Armagh, and there died, aged eighty-four years, three months, twenty-three days. He was buried in the cemetery belonging to the Presbyterian Church at Armagh. Always firm in his support of the Democratic party, he was elected by same to the council of Armagh, serving from 1867 to 1875 continuously. Interested in securing pure politics, he served as judge of election, and education having in him a firm friend, he gave the school board his advice as a member of that body for some years. While a member of the Presbyterian Church, he never held any office in it. He was one of the organizers of the Farmers' National Bank of Indiana, which he served as director, and he was also one of the leading men in the Indiana County Fair Association.

1 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 646, 728.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 647.

3 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 336.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 647, 728.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 724.

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 728.

7 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 648.