Samuel Houston Johnston and Elizabeth McDowell

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Husband Samuel Houston Johnston ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 27 Dec 1837 - Fairfield, Adams Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: James Houston Johnston (1797-1878/1879) 1 3
         Mother: Nancy Rankin (      -1887) 1 4

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       Marriage: 10 Jan 1870 - Franklin Co, PA 1

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Wife Elizabeth McDowell ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - Franklin Co, PA
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         Father: Alexander Erwin McDowell (1808-1891) 2 5
         Mother: Margaret Bard (1806-1885) 2 6

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Children

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1 F Nannie Johnston ^{1 3}

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         Status: Twin

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2 F Maggie Johnston ^{1 3}

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3 M James McDowell Johnston ^{1 3}

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           Born: 29 Jan 1877 3
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4 F Mary Johnston ^{1 3}

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Houston Johnston

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He was the seventh in a family of eight children.
He was reared to manhood in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, and there resided until 1877. He then moved to Franklin County, and purchased the property on which he then resided.
He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he was a Republican.

Civil War: He enlisted in 1863 in Company H, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry; was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and served one year in the service in the Schuylkill coal regions, where his company was assigned. In 1864 he was mustered out at Harrisburg, and returned home.

He was born at Fairfield, Adams County, Pennsylvania, his father being at that time a contractor on the "Tapeworm" Railroad. He was reared to manhood in Fulton County. In 1877, he removed to Franklin County, purchasing the old Judge Bard homestead, near Lemasters. In 1901, he built the house in which he lived in the borough of Mercersburg.

1 Editor, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 879.

2 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 101.

3 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 241.

4 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 242.

5 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 393.

6 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 219, 393.