Henry James Johnston was the eldest of the 11 children of Jonathan and Charity Johnston, of Columbia County, PA. His parents are buried in Jerseytown Cemetery there (listed as Johnson and Johnston). Henry married Amanda Ann Carnahan in Columbia County about 1854. The couple had 3 children there and moved to Miller County, Mo. about 1859.
Amanda and Henry were the parents of 8 children: Wellington G., Monroe, Mary Ada, Emma C., William Tecumsah Sherman, Amos Yeager, Charles Dildine, and John Franklin.
Henry served during the Civil War in Capt. Martin's Company (E) of the Osage County Regiment, Mo. Home Guard from June 22, 1861 to December 20, 1861 as a Sgt. He enlisted in the army again on Apr. 1, 1865 and was discharged Oct. 26, 1865 serving in the 14th Mo. Cavalry as noted.
Amanda died in 1886 and on Sept. 5, 1889 he married Isabel Ann (Setser) Dickerson, the widow of Henry P. Dickerson. Henry Johnston died of cerebral conjestion at his home, though he suffered from a number of ailments (including a major hernia, suffered when his horse fell while fording a stream near Vermillion, Kansas in 1865).
Amanda and Henry were the parents of 8 children: Wellington G., Monroe, Mary Ada, Emma C., William Tecumsah Sherman, Amos Yeager, Charles Dildine, and John Franklin.
Henry served during the Civil War in Capt. Martin's Company (E) of the Osage County Regiment, Mo. Home Guard from June 22, 1861 to December 20, 1861 as a Sgt. He enlisted in the army again on Apr. 1, 1865 and was discharged Oct. 26, 1865 serving in the 14th Mo. Cavalry as noted.
Amanda died in 1886 and on Sept. 5, 1889 he married Isabel Ann (Setser) Dickerson, the widow of Henry P. Dickerson. Henry Johnston died of cerebral conjestion at his home, though he suffered from a number of ailments (including a major hernia, suffered when his horse fell while fording a stream near Vermillion, Kansas in 1865).
Henry James Johnston was the eldest of the 11 children of Jonathan and Charity Johnston, of Columbia County, PA. His parents are buried in Jerseytown Cemetery there (listed as Johnson and Johnston). Henry married Amanda Ann Carnahan in Columbia County about 1854. The couple had 3 children there and moved to Miller County, Mo. about 1859.
Amanda and Henry were the parents of 8 children: Wellington G., Monroe, Mary Ada, Emma C., William Tecumsah Sherman, Amos Yeager, Charles Dildine, and John Franklin.
Henry served during the Civil War in Capt. Martin's Company (E) of the Osage County Regiment, Mo. Home Guard from June 22, 1861 to December 20, 1861 as a Sgt. He enlisted in the army again on Apr. 1, 1865 and was discharged Oct. 26, 1865 serving in the 14th Mo. Cavalry as noted.
Amanda died in 1886 and on Sept. 5, 1889 he married Isabel Ann (Setser) Dickerson, the widow of Henry P. Dickerson. Henry Johnston died of cerebral conjestion at his home, though he suffered from a number of ailments (including a major hernia, suffered when his horse fell while fording a stream near Vermillion, Kansas in 1865).
Amanda and Henry were the parents of 8 children: Wellington G., Monroe, Mary Ada, Emma C., William Tecumsah Sherman, Amos Yeager, Charles Dildine, and John Franklin.
Henry served during the Civil War in Capt. Martin's Company (E) of the Osage County Regiment, Mo. Home Guard from June 22, 1861 to December 20, 1861 as a Sgt. He enlisted in the army again on Apr. 1, 1865 and was discharged Oct. 26, 1865 serving in the 14th Mo. Cavalry as noted.
Amanda died in 1886 and on Sept. 5, 1889 he married Isabel Ann (Setser) Dickerson, the widow of Henry P. Dickerson. Henry Johnston died of cerebral conjestion at his home, though he suffered from a number of ailments (including a major hernia, suffered when his horse fell while fording a stream near Vermillion, Kansas in 1865).
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