From Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. Husband of the late Elizabeth S. Johnston. A California Pioneer. Grand Master F&AM of California. Franklin Lodge #143 member. Died at the age of 76 years, 5 months, 13 days. Cause of death not stated.
William Johnston was united in marriage near Sacramento in 1854 to Elisabeth S. Hite, a native of Macon county, Ohio, born March 11, 1833.
San Francisco Call, Volume 98, Number 169, 16 November 1905: "Death Calls Another Pioneer. SACRAMENTO, Nov.15— William Johnston, one of the oldest and best-known of California's pioneers, died at his home near Courtland, south of this city, this evening. He was a noted agriculturist, a prominent granger and Mason, and served Sacramento County, both in the Assembly and the Senate, and in 1883 was elected a member of the State Board of Equalization. He was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1829, and came to California in 1849."
Sacramento County Biographies Hon. William Johnston
William Johnston was united in marriage near Sacramento in 1854 to Elisabeth S. Hite, a native of Macon county, Ohio, born March 11, 1833.
San Francisco Call, Volume 98, Number 169, 16 November 1905: "Death Calls Another Pioneer. SACRAMENTO, Nov.15— William Johnston, one of the oldest and best-known of California's pioneers, died at his home near Courtland, south of this city, this evening. He was a noted agriculturist, a prominent granger and Mason, and served Sacramento County, both in the Assembly and the Senate, and in 1883 was elected a member of the State Board of Equalization. He was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1829, and came to California in 1849."
Sacramento County Biographies Hon. William Johnston
From Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. Husband of the late Elizabeth S. Johnston. A California Pioneer. Grand Master F&AM of California. Franklin Lodge #143 member. Died at the age of 76 years, 5 months, 13 days. Cause of death not stated.
William Johnston was united in marriage near Sacramento in 1854 to Elisabeth S. Hite, a native of Macon county, Ohio, born March 11, 1833.
San Francisco Call, Volume 98, Number 169, 16 November 1905: "Death Calls Another Pioneer. SACRAMENTO, Nov.15— William Johnston, one of the oldest and best-known of California's pioneers, died at his home near Courtland, south of this city, this evening. He was a noted agriculturist, a prominent granger and Mason, and served Sacramento County, both in the Assembly and the Senate, and in 1883 was elected a member of the State Board of Equalization. He was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1829, and came to California in 1849."
Sacramento County Biographies Hon. William Johnston
William Johnston was united in marriage near Sacramento in 1854 to Elisabeth S. Hite, a native of Macon county, Ohio, born March 11, 1833.
San Francisco Call, Volume 98, Number 169, 16 November 1905: "Death Calls Another Pioneer. SACRAMENTO, Nov.15— William Johnston, one of the oldest and best-known of California's pioneers, died at his home near Courtland, south of this city, this evening. He was a noted agriculturist, a prominent granger and Mason, and served Sacramento County, both in the Assembly and the Senate, and in 1883 was elected a member of the State Board of Equalization. He was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1829, and came to California in 1849."
Sacramento County Biographies Hon. William Johnston
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