Franklin H. Johnston, M.D. and Mary L. Curtis

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Husband Franklin H. Johnston, M.D. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 20 Dec 1841 - Canal Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
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           Died: 26 Mar 1906 - ? Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Oakwood Cemetery, Hannaville, Canal Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Alexander Johnston, Jr. (1818-1893) 1 2 5
         Mother: Delia A. Hammond (      -1885) 1 3 5

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       Marriage: 29 Aug 1865 4

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Wife Mary L. Curtis ⁴

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Children

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1 M Edward B. Johnston ⁴

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2 M Charles Johnston ⁴

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3 M Frank Alfred Johnston ⁴

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4 M Cecil Wallace Johnston ⁴

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           Born: 4 Oct 1886 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Alice Irwin (      -      ) 4

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5 F Grace Johnston ⁴

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         Spouse: Robert Harris (      -      ) 4

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6 F Hallie Adelia Johnston

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            AKA: Hattie Johnston 4
           Born: Abt 1877
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         Spouse: Arthur O'Neil (Abt 1875-      ) 4
           Marr: 5 Dec 1897 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 6

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7 F Mary Maud Johnston ⁴

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           Born: Sep 1874 7
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         Spouse: Frederick R. DeWoody (1873-1912) 4 8
           Marr: 30 Jun 1892 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 9

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General Notes: Husband - Franklin H. Johnston, M.D.

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He remained in Canal Township, Venango County, PA, until his enlistment for service in the Civil war, having such educational advantages as the neighborhood afforded. Becoming a corporal in Company G, 63d Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, which was recruited by Gen. Alexander Hays, he served his term and received an honorable discharge. Upon his return to his home county he turned to school teaching, taking his first school at Cooperstown in 1864, and he continued to follow this profession while engaged in the study of medicine. After his graduation from medical college he practiced at Cooperstown for a time with Dr. Robert Crawford, later following his profession successfully at Cochranton and Utica, and also in Butler County. Meantime he had been putting in his spare hours studying shorthand, being one of the first experts in this locality, and in 1882 he came to Franklin to take the position of stenographer with Joseph C. Sibley, president of the Signal Oil Company. He was so engaged until 1885, and during six months of that period also acted as Franklin correspondent of the Oil City Derrick. In 1885 he was promoted to the position of secretary of the Galena Oil Company, and at the same time became private secretary to Gen. Charles Miller, with whom he continued to be associated until his death, a record which carries the best comment upon the value of his services which could be made. In his sudden death, from apoplexy, on the morning of March 26, 1906, General Miller felt that he lost a valued friend as well as a competent, devoted assistant. During his twenty years in this incumbency he had the details of the Galena-Signal and other allied enterprises at his fingers’ ends, and he also acquired various interests of his own, being a director of the General Manifold & Printing Co. of Franklin, of the Dale & Reed Company of Franklin and of the Franklin Manufacturing Company (manufacturers of asbestos and asbestos novelties), and also treasurer of the latter. Few men achieve more popularity than Dr. Johnston enjoyed among his daily associates.
Dr. Johnston is remembered as much for his social services in Franklin as for his business connections. He was a leading member of the First Baptist Church of Franklin, and one of the deacons of that congregation. For several years he was a trustee of the State Hospital for the Insane at North Warren. He was a member of the Franklin school board for one term, but his work in behalf of public education extended over a much longer period, and he was especially interested in the success of the Miller Night School, which had the benefit of his advice and assistance for some fifteen years before his death, his labors in the shorthand department being particularly noteworthy. By reason of his Civil war service Dr. Johnston was a member of the G. A. R., belonging to W. B. Mays Post, No. 220, of Franklin, and serving several years as secretary of the Northwestern Association, Department of Pennsylvania. [CAB, 533]

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General Notes: Wife - Mary L. Curtis

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from Cochranton, PA

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1059.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 532.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 533.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 534.

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 557.

6 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #3855.

7 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 124.

8 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 122.

9 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #2062.