William JOHNSTON

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• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1900, Living in Woodinville, King Co., Washington
• Census: 1910, Living in Woodinville, King Co., Washington

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William Johnston was First Sergeant at muster of the reorganized Company H, 78th Pennsylvania Infantry; enlisted 9 Feb 1865, muster in 23 Feb, reported to unit 4 Apr, served several months in occupation duty, and muster out 11 Sep 1865 at Nashville. Following the war he became a dairy farmer in Woodinville, was an early member of Stevens Post 1 GAR at Seattle, and was a forming member of Bothell Post 108 at Bothell. His dates are Sep 1844? or 1846? to 3 Feb 1919, and he died at Bothell. His widow, Sarah Jane Bittinger, was the sister of Adam John Bittinger buried elsewhere in the Bothell Cemetery.

JOHNSTON--At Bothell, Wash., February 3, 1919, WILLIAM JOHNSTON, aged 73 years, beloved husband of Sarah J. Johnston. Member of G.A.R. John Bothell Post. Enlisted with Company H, Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania infantry.
Funeral services Wednesday, February 5, at 2 p.m. from the residence in Bothell, in charge of Home Undertaking Company, Ninth avenue and Union street.

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Co H 78 PA Inf

William married Sarah Jane BITTINGER in 1885. Sarah was born on 28 Feb 1856 in Pennsylvania; died on 18 Oct 1940 in Bothell, King Co., Washington; was buried in Bothell Pioneer Cemetery, Bothell, King Co., Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military Service: Army - Civil War
• Census: 1850, Living in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1860, Living in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1870, Living in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania

David married Margaret WALKER in 1830. Margaret was born on 29 Nov 1802 in Pennsylvania; died in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Armstrong, Indiana Co, Pennsylvania
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Armstrong, Indiana Co, Pennsylvania
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Armstrong, Indiana Co, Pennsylvania

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• Also Known As: The Pioneer

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Moses Johnston was born on the Johnston homestead, Armstrong township, in 1826, and was a son of William and Susannah Johnston, nee Miller. The former was a son of David Johnston and Nancy Armstrong. The former was a native of county Donegal, Ireland, and the latter of Scotland. David Johnston, in 1790, migrated to Franklin county, in 1793, to Westmoreland count, and in 1712, to what is now the Thomas Morgan farm, Chestnut Flat. He died at the age of seventy-five; his wife, seventy years of age....

David married Nancy ARMSTRONG about 1790 in Franklin, Pennsylvania. Nancy was born about 1771 in Scotland; died in 1839 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 1769, Ireland