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CHARLES LEHMER JOHNSTON, clerk, Wilkinsburg, is a grandson of George R. Johnston (see sketch of James L. Johnston), and was born in Wilkinsburg, Oct. 31, 1851. His father, George Johnston, was born in Wilkinsburg in March, 1827, and married Margaret Elder, who was born in the same year at Ligonier. Mrs. Johnston’s parents, Robert and Eliza Elder, were of Irish and German descent. George Johnston and wife now reside in Wilkinsburg, Mr. Johnston being employed as usher at the Pennsylvania railroad station in Pittsburgh. They had seven children, viz.: Charles L., Joseph W., Sarah Ann, James, George Harvey, Lida L. and Maggie J.; the third and fourth are deceased. Charles L. Johnston was educated in the common school and academy at Wilkinsburg, and when fifteen years old. went into the store of David L. Johnston, his uncle, in Wilkinsburg. Three years later he entered the employ of A. Stoner, who is still in mercantile business there, and remained with him thirteen years, having charge of the post office as his deputy during a part of that time. In 1883 he entered the ticket office of the Pennsylvania railroad in Pittsburgh, where he still remains. Next year he built the residence he occupies on Rebecca street. He is an attendant of the Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs. Johnston is a member, and in politics is a republican. Mr. Johnston married, Oct. 21, 1880, Miss Kate Howard, a native of Allegheny City, and a daughter of Samuel and Eliza Howard, of Ireland. Charles Bruce and Margaretta, the first and last of four children born to them, remain with the parents; Joseph Emerson and Albert Reed are deceased.