Johnston, John
JOHNSTON
Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/9/2021 at 12:19:26
History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.629
JOHNSTON, JOHN, White Breast Township, lives on Sec. 15; born March 10, 1825, in Ross-shire, Scotland; he emigrated to the United States and settled in Ohio in 1852; he came to Iowa and this county in 1854; he began the improvement of his present farm in 1855; is one of the oldest settlers in the township; laid the foun[d]ation for his present home, where he has 365 acres of fine land, at work on the railroad in Ohio, for 87-1/2 cents per day and boarded himself; cattle were his principal teams while making his improvements; has had many a chase after the deer as they ran across the vast prairie by which he was surrounded; was married February 14, 1861, to H. Elizabeth, daughter of Henry O. Way, of Boone county, Indiana; have eight children: Mary a., Roderick H., Elmer J., Maggie H., Malinda J., William D., Lillie M., and Clara E., all living, except Maggie, who died in infancy.
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