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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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HENRY JOHNSTON, gardener, post office Chartiers, was born near Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland, in 1824, son of Edward and Margaret Johnston. He came to America in 1845, and settled in Allegheny county, Pa., the same year. He was employed as a gardener several years, and in 1849 leased some land for the same purpose, but in 1852 met with serious losses by flood. In 1866 he purchased forty-eight acres of land where he now resides, and has added to it so that he owns seventy-five acres in a high state of cultivation; has also six dwelling-houses. He is one of the most extensive gardeners in Allegheny county, having over one thousand hotbeds on his place, and has had a stand in the market at Pittsburgh since 1849. He retired to private life in the fall of 1888.
Mr. Johnston married, in 1847, Eliza A., daughter of Charles and Mary Pugh, and they have thirteen children, of whom the living are William F., Anna Mary (wife of Edward Johnston), Charles P., Margaret (wife of William College), Melissa, J. Harry, Robert C. and Ira W. In politics Mr. Johnston is republican; in religion, English Lutheran. He has been school director in Chartiers township, and is one of the most industrious, successful and substantial citizens.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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