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David H. JOHNSTON

David H. JOHNSTON

Male 1838 - 1931  (93 years)

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  • Name David H. JOHNSTON  [2, 3] 
    • Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, he served as a Private in Company K, 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, enlisting in Warsaw County, Illinois. He would go on to be awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Vicksburg, Mississippi on May 22, 1863. His citation simply reads "Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party." On the day in question 150 men were called to volunteer to make a "forlorn hope" diversionary charge on the Confederate position known as the Stockade Redan ? a charge that was intended to draw fire away from the real planned attack, and a charge no one was expected to return from (to this end, only unmarried men were accepted as volunteers). After charging an open plain in full view of the Confederates, the withering fire was such that most of the volunteers were cut down, and those that made it through the fire sought shelter in a ravine under the Redan. There they stayed and fought until nightfall, when the survivors made their way to return to the Union lines, Private Johnson being one of them (85 percent of the men who made the charge did not make it back). He was awarded his Medal on August 16, 1884, twenty one years after he played his part at Vicksburg.

      Bio by: RPD2 [1]
    Birth 19 Aug 1838  Shelocta, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1860  Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1880  Living in Mead, Merrick Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1900  Living in Mead, Merrick Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1910  Living in Mead, Merrick Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 1920  Living in Mead, Merrick Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 1930  Living in Mead, Merrick Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Military Service Was in Company K, 8th Missouri volunteers, for three years Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 12 Sep 1931  Central City, Merrick Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial Bureau Cemetery, Clarks, Merrick Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I32318  Main Tree
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2021 

    Father David JOHNSTON,   b. 13 Dec 1802, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1878 (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Margaret WALKER,   b. 29 Nov 1802, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1878 (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 1830  [3] 
    Family ID F11865  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy J. MCWILLIAMS,   b. Feb 1849, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1934 (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1871  [6] 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Elizabeth JOHNSTON,   b. 6 Feb 1873, Tama, Tama Co., Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1965, Arnold, Custer Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Margaret I. JOHNSTON,   b. 7 Nov 1874, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1925 (Age 51 years)  [Birth]
     3. Robert Franklin JOHNSTON,   b. 19 Jan 1877, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1959, Central City, Merrick Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Birth]
    +4. Minnie Pearl JOHNSTON,   b. 25 Mar 1879, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1964 (Age 85 years)  [Birth]
    +5. Nettie M. JOHNSTON,   b. Oct 1881, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1908 (Age 26 years)  [Birth]
     6. William Henry JOHNSTON,   b. 21 Feb 1885, Central City, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1964 (Age 78 years)  [Birth]
     7. David Walker JOHNSTON,   b. 18 Mar 1888, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1976, Central City, Merrick Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Birth]
    +8. John Samuel JOHNSTON,   b. 28 Oct 1891, Central City, Merrick Co., Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1981 (Age 89 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F43325  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2021 

  • Photos
    David H. Johnston    		David H. Johnston
    David H. is the son of David Johnston and Margaret Walker.


    Photo added by: Jerry L. Lipppincott

    Headstones
    David H. Johnston Headstone    		David H. Johnston Headstone
    David H., son of David Johnston and Margaret Walker, is the husband of Nancy J. McWilliams. he is buried in the Bureau Cemetery in Clarks, Merrick Co., Nebraska.

    Maintained by: Find A Grave
    Originally Created by: Bill Walker
    Photo added by: d webb

  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S9121] 1850 Census Armstrong, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

    3. [S3128] J.A. Caldwell, Newark, Ohio 1880, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania 1745-1880.

    4. [S9122] 1860 Census Armstrong, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

    5. [S12903] 1880 Census Mead, Merrick County, Nebraska.

    6. [S12863] 1900 Census Mead, Merrick County, Nebraska.

    7. [S12866] 1910 Census Mead, Merrick County, Nebraska.

    8. [S12901] 1920 Census Mead, Merrick County, Nebraska.

    9. [S12902] 1930 Census Mead, Merrick County, Nebraska.


  

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