Jul-28-2018
Husband: John Johnston Census name: John Johnson
Born: ca 1822 in Pennsylvania 1 Died: bef Jun 1870 2 Resided: at Franks Run, near Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 1 Father: Mother:
Wife: Elizabeth Yeater 4,5
Born: ca 1825 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 6 Resided: in Franks Run, near Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1870, 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Benjamin J. Johnston Also known as: Benjamin J. Johnson 7,8 Born: Feb- 3-1847 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 9,10,11,12 Died: Mar- 5-1918 in Robinson Fork, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV 13,10 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 9,14 Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 10 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 11 Wife: Barbara Ellen Glover b. Sep-18-1857 d. Oct-26-1926 Married: Sep- 5-1875 in Marion Co, WV 12,15
F Child 2: Mary Johnston Born: Dec- -1849 1 (see note 1) Died: Sep- 3-1930 in Doddridge Co, WV 16,17 Buried: in Mt. Zion (aka Morgan) Cemetery, head of Franks Run, Doddridge Co, WV 18,19 Census: 1920 in Franks Run, near Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 20 Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 10 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Perry G. Barker b. Aug-12-1854 d. Apr-25-1936 Married: Apr- 1-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 21
M Child 3: Henry Johnston Born: ca 1852 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 2,22 Died: bef Jan 1923 23 Resided: 1918 in Smithfield, Wetzel Co, WV 24 Resided: 1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 22 Census: 1870 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Mary E. Haught b. Dec-28-1851 d. Jan-13-1923 Census name: Mary A. Haught Married: Mar-22-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 22
M Child 4: Joseph Johnson Census name: Joseph Johnston Born: May- -1854 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 11,25 Died: bef Jan 1939 23 Census: 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1918 at Franks Run, near Center Point, Doddridge Co, WV 24 Census: 1870 80, 1900 10 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 11 Wife: Mary May Pitts b. Feb- -1868 d. Jan-30-1939 Also known as: Maggie 7 Married: May- 6-1886 in Doddridge Co, WV 25
F Child 5: Rachel Johnston Born: Jan- -1856 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 11,2,26 Census: 1900 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 26 Census: 1870 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Jasper Price b. Mar- -1854 Married: Oct-19-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 26
F Child 6: Martha Johnston Born: ca 1858 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 21 Census: 1870, 1880 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: William E. Glover b. ca 1852 d. bef Jun 1880 Married: Nov-18-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 21
Sources: (1) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (2) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan Twp) (3) Obituary of son. (4) Marriage record of sister. (5) Death record of daughter. (6) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). (7) Marriage record of daughter. (8) Birth record of son. (9) Obituary. (10) Headstone. (11) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (12) Marion County Marriage Records, Fairmont, WV. (13) Obituary - At home. (14) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (15) Obituary of husband. (16) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (17) Headstone (year only) (18) Findagrave.com. (19) Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm. (20) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). (21) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (22) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 200, Line 10 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791363&Type=Marriage. (23) Death record of wife. (24) Obituary of brother. (25) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789999&Type=Marriage. (26) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 214, Line 51 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792178&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone is 1848, and age at death calculates to a birth date of Dec 14 1848. But in the 1850 Census, her age was given as 8 months at the time of the Oct 2 1850 enumeration, putting her birth in Jan or early Feb 1850. The 1900 Census shows her birth date as Dec 1850, clearly an impossibility. With the recurring reporting of the December birth month, it's considered likely that her birth was actually in Dec 1849.Name Index