John Johnston and Margaret Long

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Husband John Johnston ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Ireland
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         Father: Charles Johnston (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: [Unk] Rodgers (      -      ) 1

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   Other Spouse: Ann Parkison (      -      ) 1 - Jun 1839 2

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Wife Margaret Long ^{1 2}

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Children

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1 M Charles Boyd Johnston ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 Jan 1815 2
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2 M James Johnston ^{1 2}

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           Born: 12 Nov 1816 2
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3 M Matthew Long Johnston ^{1 2}

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           Born: 24 Jan 1820 2
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4 F Rebecca Jane Carothers Johnston ^{1 2}

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           Born: 10 Sep 1822 2
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5 M John McAfee Johnston ^{1 2}

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           Born: 25 Feb 1824 2
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6 F Hannah Eliza Johnston ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Feb 1826 2
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7 M William Kirkland Johnston ^{1 2}

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           Born: 20 Aug 1828 2
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8 F Sarah Nancy Johnston ^{1 2}

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           Born: 31 Oct 1831 2
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9 M George Johnston ^{1 2}

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           Born: 5 Feb 1834 2
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General Notes: Husband - John Johnston

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He was born in Ireland, and his educational advantages were limited, being confined to attendance at night school for a period of three months. Despite this fact he was able to read and write, this being due to his own unaided efforts and his determination to gain knowledge. He accompanied his parents to America, and throughout his active years devoted his attention to farming and stock raising, raising the general line of produce, conducting his operations on a farm consisting of one hundred and seventy-two acres. He was a Democrat in politics, and served in the offices of school director and county commissioner. He and his family attended the United Presbyterian church.

He served in the Pennsylvania state militia.

He was brought to America by his parents when a child, and on reaching manhood moved to the vicinity of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, where he purchased land and engaged in farming. For many years he was the proprietor of a public house on the old Northern Pike, which in those days was the route traversed by the famous old Conestoga wagons. He became one of the prominent men of the township and county, and about 1840 was elected county commissioner of Allegheny County, having previously held other minor offices, among them that of school director. Politically he was a Democrat.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 894.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 171.