Leonard Shryock Johns and Myra Hull Adams

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Husband Leonard Shryock Johns ¹

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           Born: May 1805 - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1871 1
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         Father: John Johns (1780-      ) 1
         Mother: Susanna Shryock (      -      ) 1

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Wife Myra Hull Adams ²

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           Born: 18 Sep 1820 - Adamsville, Beaver Co, PA 2
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           Died: 17 Jun 1907 2
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         Father: Dr. Milo Adams (1790-1846) 3 4
         Mother: Marie Johnston (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 M Clarence M. Johns ²

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2 M Leonard Edgar Johns ²

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           Born: 1 Jan 1846 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Valeria Whitely (      -      ) 5

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3 M Eugene Willis Johns ²

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M Ernest Stanley Johns ²

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Blanche Johns ²

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           Born: 1852 2
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           Died: 1874 2
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6 F Cora Ida Johns ²

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           Died: Aft 1915
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         Spouse: Rev. Dr. H. O. Gibbons (      -Bef 1915) 2

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7 F Imogene Johns ²

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           Born: 1856 2
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           Died: 1876 2
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8 F Estella Johns ²

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           Died: Aft 1915
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9 M Herbert Adams Johns ²

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           Born: 5 Feb 1864 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Rebecca L. Torrence (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1891 5

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General Notes: Husband - Leonard Shryock Johns

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He was educated for entrance to the legal profession, and was admitted to the bar of Chambersburg. About 1826 he went farther west and after his marriage abandoned the law, and re-organized a journal which he had purchased two years previously. This had been in a very disorganized condition, and Mr. Johns built it up under the name of The Allegheny Democrat, and was the successful editor for a number of years. The Pittsburgh Post was the legitimate descendant of this early paper. He then drifted into political matters, and was appointed prothonotary of the supreme court of Pennsylvania. Later he engaged in the wholesale grocery business, and finally removed to Philadelphia, and in 1854-56 he was engaged in the wholesale dry goods business. From Philadelphia he again went to Pittsburgh, where he held the office of alderman in the fourth ward of the city until his death. During the Civil War he was mustering officer for the Union forces, and at its inception joined the ranks of the Republicans. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church. [GPHWP, 361]

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Notes: Marriage

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The wedding ceremony was performed by the Rev. Anderson Beaton Quay, father of the later Senator Matthew Stanley Quay.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 361.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 362.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 771.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 364.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 363.