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Dr John Johnston

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Dr John Johnston

Birth
Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
25 Oct 1832 (aged 70)
Old Washington, Mason County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Old Washington, Mason County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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My assumption that he is buried here is based on "Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast" indexed by Ancestry. The 12 November 1832 edition of the Hartford Times (Connecticut) reported his death. The index reports the death place as Washington, Kentucky, and says he was the father of Josiah S. Johnston, U.S. Senator from Louisiana, a native of Connecticut, and moved to Kentucky in 1789. Of course he was also the father of Albert Sidney Johnston, who 30 years after his father's death would become a famous General in the Confederate Army.

The following addition was suggested by contributor Anne (# 48456023):

The first wife of John Johnston was Mary Stoddard. They were the parents of Judge Josiah Stoddard Johnston (1784-1833)

Judge Johnston's two full brothers, Darius and Orramel, settled in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, as did two of his half brothers, John Harris and Lucius. All became men of distinction there. Their graves may be seen in the Rapides cemetery in Pineville. Judge Johnston had an only son, William Stoddard Johnston, who also became district judge there. He died in the prime of life and was buried in the Rapides cemetery.

Albert Sidney Johnston was the youngest of Judge Johnston's half brothers. In 1819, he visited his distinguished brother in Rapides and spent an entire winter with him.

My assumption that he is buried here is based on "Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast" indexed by Ancestry. The 12 November 1832 edition of the Hartford Times (Connecticut) reported his death. The index reports the death place as Washington, Kentucky, and says he was the father of Josiah S. Johnston, U.S. Senator from Louisiana, a native of Connecticut, and moved to Kentucky in 1789. Of course he was also the father of Albert Sidney Johnston, who 30 years after his father's death would become a famous General in the Confederate Army.

The following addition was suggested by contributor Anne (# 48456023):

The first wife of John Johnston was Mary Stoddard. They were the parents of Judge Josiah Stoddard Johnston (1784-1833)

Judge Johnston's two full brothers, Darius and Orramel, settled in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, as did two of his half brothers, John Harris and Lucius. All became men of distinction there. Their graves may be seen in the Rapides cemetery in Pineville. Judge Johnston had an only son, William Stoddard Johnston, who also became district judge there. He died in the prime of life and was buried in the Rapides cemetery.

Albert Sidney Johnston was the youngest of Judge Johnston's half brothers. In 1819, he visited his distinguished brother in Rapides and spent an entire winter with him.



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