John Johnston and Ann Parkison

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Husband John Johnston ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Ireland
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           Died: 7 May 1871 2
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         Father: Charles Johnston (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: [Unk] Rodgers (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: Jun 1839 2

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   Other Spouse: Margaret Long (      -      ) 1 2

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Wife Ann Parkison ¹

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            AKA: Anna Parkinson 2
           Born:  - Washington Co, PA
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         Father: Benjamin Parkison (      -      ) 1 3 4
         Mother: Olivia Rodgers (      -      ) 1 3 5

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Children

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1 M Benjamin Harra Johnston ^{2 7}

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            AKA: Harrow Johnston 6
           Born: 21 Jul or 28 Jul 1840 - Wilkins Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 2 7
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         Spouse: Rebecca Duff (      -Abt 1864) 6
           Marr: Feb 1863 7

         Spouse: Elizabeth McCloskey (      -1909) 8
           Marr: 27 Sep 1867 7

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2 M Francis Mortimer Johnston ^{2 9}

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           Born: 4 Dec 1843 - Wilkins Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Isabella J. Reiter (      -      ) 2 10

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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.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 567.

4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 531.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1356.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1124.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 895.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 895, 1051.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 895, 1137.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1137.