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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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WILLIAM FRANCIS JOHNSTON (deceased) was born March 8, 1830, in what was then Wilkins (now Penn) township. His grandfather, Charles Johnston, came from Ireland, and about 1815 bought a large tract of land along the northern turnpike. His son, William, born in Ireland, married Sarah Morrow, a native of Penn, and to them was born the subject of this sketch. William Johnston was a member of Beulah Presbyterian Church, and served as justice of the peace by appointment. He died of cancer in the stomach April 5, 1837, aged forty years. His widow died of cancer in the breast when a little over fifty years of age. William F. Johnston was reared on the farm, and attended Jefferson school. Nov. 1, 1866, he married Angeline Wilson, born in Penn, daughter of George and Mary (Morrow) Wilson, also natives of Penn township. He remained on the farm inherited from his father until 1883, when he opened a store between Mt. Hope and Hebron. He had formerly been employed largely at civil engineering, but was forced to give up active labor through the effects of a fever, which injured his constitution. He died of consumption March 3, 1887, a member of Hebron U. P. Church. He was a democrat, and served three years as assessor.
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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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