Robert F. JOHNSTON

Male 1843 - 1930  (86 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert F. JOHNSTON was born on 10 Nov 1843 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania; died on 13 Apr 1930 in Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania; was buried in Oakland Cemetery and Mausoleum, Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military Service: Was in company A, 135th Pennsylvania volunteers for nearly one year; In company D, 54th Pennsylvania militia, for forty-five days, and in company K 14th Pwnnsylvania cavalry, for eighteen months
    • Census: 1850, Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1860, Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1880, Living in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1900, Living in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1910, Living in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1920, Living in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania

    Robert married Lena Ann ADAMS in 1872. Lena was born on 6 Feb 1852 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania; died on 2 Sep 1940 in Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania; was buried in Oakland Cemetery and Mausoleum, Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. William JOHNSTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jul 1873 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania; died on 11 Jul 1939 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.
    2. 3. Elizabeth Genevra JOHNSTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Jan 1875 in Armstrong, Indiana Co.,Pennsylvania; died on 20 Sep 1967 in Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania; was buried on 23 Sep 1967 in Oakland Cemetery and Mausoleum, Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.
    3. 4. David Ira JOHNSTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Aug 1876 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania; died on 22 Oct 1958 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma; was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma .
    4. 5. James Edward JOHNSTON, Sr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Aug 1878 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania; died on 2 Jul 1960 in East McKeesport, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania; was buried on 5 Jul 1960 in Grandview Cemetery, Eat McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
    5. 6. Vernie Manelva JOHNSTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jul 1882 in Shelocta, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania; died on 10 Aug 1972 in Swissvale, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania; was buried in Oakland Cemetery and Mausoleum, Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William JOHNSTON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 26 Jul 1873 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania; died on 11 Jul 1939 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania; was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1880, Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Genevra JOHNSTON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 3 Jan 1875 in Armstrong, Indiana Co.,Pennsylvania; died on 20 Sep 1967 in Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania; was buried on 23 Sep 1967 in Oakland Cemetery and Mausoleum, Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1880, Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1900, Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1910, Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1920, Living with husband in Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1930, Living with husband in Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1940, Living with husband in Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania

    Family/Spouse: James Clark FLEMING. James was born on 21 Feb 1874 in Armstrong, Indiana Co.,Pennsylvania; died on 10 Sep 1954 in Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania; was buried on 13 Sep 1954 in Oakland Cemetery and Mausoleum, Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  David Ira JOHNSTONDavid Ira JOHNSTON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 18 Aug 1876 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania; died on 22 Oct 1958 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma; was buried in Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma .

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1880, Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1900, Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1910, Living in Oklahoma, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma
    • Census: 1920, Living in Oklahoma, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma
    • Census: 1930, Living in Oklahoma, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma
    • Census: 1940, Living in Oklahoma, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma

    Notes:

    Name:
    Born near Shelocta PA

    Education: Indian Normal School, University of Michigan Law School

    Obituary, The Okahoman, Oct 23, 1958:
    D I Johnston, 82, an Oklahoma City attorney since 1903 died Wednesday at his home, 300 NW 17, after an illness of several months. Funeral is to be Friday at 10 am in the First Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member. Interment is to be in Rose Hill Abbey under direction of Street & Draper funeral home.

    A native of Indiana Co PA, Johnston came to Oklahoma City upon graduation from the University of Michigan with an LLB degree in 1903. He had been a member of the law firm of Keaton, Wells and Johnston since 1906.

    Active in educational and religious matters, he was president of the Board of Trustees of Henry Kendall College--now the University of Tulsa--from 1913 to 1917, and from 1913 to 1914 was a member of the state board of education.

    For thirteen years, he was superintendent of his church's Bible school, and he also served as chairman of the board of trustees of the Oklahoma State Sunday School Association.

    In 1943 he was regional vice president of the National Association of Manufacturers. He was also vice president of The North American Oil Refining Corp and secretary of The Pippin Manufacturing Co.

    He was also a leader in the YMCA, YWCA, Red Cross, Chamber of Commerce and other civic organizations.

    Johnston has been listed in "Who's Who" since 1927. A 32nd Degree Mason, Johnston belonged to the Union League of Chicago, the Lawyers Club of the University of Michigan, the Oklahoma Club, the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, and the Men's Dinner Club.

    He is survived by his wife, Katherine, of the home; two daughters, Mrs Hampton Tucker Jr, 1420 NW 20 and Mrs Donald Gordon Smith of San Antonio TX; a son, David C Johnston, 4915 N Kelley; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

    Posted on Find A Grave created by: Janet LaMotte, MHR

    David married Winifred COPLEY on 18 Jun 1903 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., Michigan. Winifred was born in 1877 in Michigan; died in 1927; was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Nicholsville, Cass Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Elaine JOHNSTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1905 in Oklahoma.
    2. 8. David Copley JOHNSTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Jul 1906 in Oklahoma, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma; died in Apr 1969.
    3. 9. Lois JOHNSTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1909 in Oklahoma.

    Family/Spouse: Katherine Fay TULLIS. Katherine was born in 1888 in Arkansas; died in Jun 1964 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma; was buried in Abbey Mausoleum. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  James Edward JOHNSTON, Sr. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 18 Aug 1878 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania; died on 2 Jul 1960 in East McKeesport, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania; was buried on 5 Jul 1960 in Grandview Cemetery, Eat McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1880, Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1940, Living in East McKeesport, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania

    James married Elizabeth J. GRAHAM on 21 Oct 1903 in Alleghany Co., Pennsylvania. Elizabeth was born in Sep 1878 in Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. James Edward JOHNSTON, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Sep 1909 in Pitcairn, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania; died on 15 Jul 1984.
    2. 11. Robert Graham JOHNSTON  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Dec 1917 in Murrysville, Pennsylvania.

  5. 6.  Vernie Manelva JOHNSTON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born on 14 Jul 1882 in Shelocta, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania; died on 10 Aug 1972 in Swissvale, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania; was buried in Oakland Cemetery and Mausoleum, Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1910, Living with husband in Pitcairn, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1920, Living with husband in Johnstown, Cambria Co., Pennsylvania
    • Census: 1940, Living with husband in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania

    Vernie married John Verner MCGAUGHEY on 18 Sep 1907 in Indiana Co., Pennsylvania. John was born on 29 Feb 1880 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania; died on 19 Apr 1954 in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania; was buried in Oakland Cemetery and Mausoleum, Indiana, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]