FROM THE BIOGRAPHY OF GREAT-GRANDSON ELI JOHNSTON'S BIOGRAPHY. Among the old and honored citizen of Linn county who have passed to their reward is Eli Johnston, who died in Mt. Vernon, December 7, 1898. He was born in Richland county, Ohio, April 19, 1827, and could trace his ancestry back for two centuries. His great-grandfather, ADAM JOHNSTON, and his wife, whose maiden name was (RACHEL) CROW, came to this country from IRELAND when the grandfather, William Johnston, was only four years old, and settled in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, but subsequently removed to Westmoreland county, that state, and still later to Butler county, Pennsylvania. They had five children, all of whom were born in America with the exception of William, the others being Francis, who died young leaving no issue; Adam, John and Benjamin, all of whom lived to be old and left families.(Source: The Biographical Record of Linn County Iowa, Illustrated, Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1901, pages 210-215. Submitted by: Carrie J. Robertson of Marion)
FROM THE BIOGRAPHY OF GREAT-GRANDSON ELI JOHNSTON'S BIOGRAPHY. Among the old and honored citizen of Linn county who have passed to their reward is Eli Johnston, who died in Mt. Vernon, December 7, 1898. He was born in Richland county, Ohio, April 19, 1827, and could trace his ancestry back for two centuries. His great-grandfather, ADAM JOHNSTON, and his wife, whose maiden name was (RACHEL) CROW, came to this country from IRELAND when the grandfather, William Johnston, was only four years old, and settled in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, but subsequently removed to Westmoreland county, that state, and still later to Butler county, Pennsylvania. They had five children, all of whom were born in America with the exception of William, the others being Francis, who died young leaving no issue; Adam, John and Benjamin, all of whom lived to be old and left families.(Source: The Biographical Record of Linn County Iowa, Illustrated, Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1901, pages 210-215. Submitted by: Carrie J. Robertson of Marion)
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