After leaving you on Monday and proceeding about 5 miles this side of Dayton, I met a messenger going in pursuit of me, with the melancholy intelligence that my poor afflicted child, Rosanna, was dead. She went to bed as usual on Sunday night and was found lifeless in her bed in the morning. I suppose she must have perished in one of those spasmodic fits to which she has been of late years subject. God for wise and holy purposes has doubtless taken her from the trouble to come. Ever since the death of her dear and most excellent mother, she has led a life of misery. No one to look to her wants and watch over her imperfections. John Johnston to Jefferson Patterson Tuesday August 13, 1844
After leaving you on Monday and proceeding about 5 miles this side of Dayton, I met a messenger going in pursuit of me, with the melancholy intelligence that my poor afflicted child, Rosanna, was dead. She went to bed as usual on Sunday night and was found lifeless in her bed in the morning. I suppose she must have perished in one of those spasmodic fits to which she has been of late years subject. God for wise and holy purposes has doubtless taken her from the trouble to come. Ever since the death of her dear and most excellent mother, she has led a life of misery. No one to look to her wants and watch over her imperfections. John Johnston to Jefferson Patterson Tuesday August 13, 1844
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Daughter of John and Rachel Johnston
Born July 2, 1809
Died August 11, 1844
Family Members
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Stephen Johnston
1803–1848
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Rebecca Johnston
1805–1808
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Elizabeth Johnston Jones
1807–1878
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Juliana "Julia" Johnston Patterson
1811–1897
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Mary W. Johnston McLean
1813–1877
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CPT Abraham Robinson Johnston
1815–1846
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Rebecca Johnston Whiteman
1818–1844
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John H.D. Johnston
1820–1863
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Catherine Connelly Johnston Holtzbecker
1822–1843
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William B. Johnston
1824–1890
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Margaret DeFrees Johnston
1825–1849
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Harriet Jones Johnston
1827–1843
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