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JOHNSTON A. CONNER, farmer, post office Upper St. Clair, was born in Upper St. Clair township in 1830. His grandfather, John Conner, who was of Irish parentage, purchased, about 1794, from the government 256 acres of land for £18. 2s. 6d., the tract being then in Washington county, now in Upper St. Clair township. He married Elizabeth Adams, and by her had nine children. John, the fourth son, born in 1798 and died in 1873, married Sarah Ann, daughter of William Adams, and became the father of eleven children, six of whom are now living. John was a carpenter by trade, but later in life was a schoolteacher. Johnston A., the subject of this sketch, was reared on the farm he now owns, and has devoted his time chiefly to agriculture. He married, in 1857, Nancy, daughter of William Ramsey, of this county, and five children blessed their union: William W., Josiah A., Sarah A., Mary Emma and George M. Mr. Conner now owns forty-two acres of land, part of the tract purchased by his grandfather. He has served on the school board; is a member of the Presbyterian Church; politically a republican. He enlisted, in 1863, in Co. K, 76th P. V., and May 7, 1864, he received a severe wound in his left foot, confining him to hospital for one year and thirteen days.