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JESSE S. JOHNSON, PH. B.,
superintendent of the schools of Salem, Ohio, is a
prominent educator in this section of the Sate, being
identified with all the leading educational associations
of Ohio. Mr. Johnson was born June 29,
1867, near Indianapolis, Indiana, and is a son of
Henry and Margaret (Sinks) Johnson.
The parents of Mr. Johnson are well known and
highly esteemed residents of Indianapolis. They
had a family of seven children, our subject being the
fifth member. His boyhood was passed on his
father's farm, and until about 17 years of age, when he
was not attending the local school, he was assisting in
the development of the homestead acres. He started
our very early in his profession, beginning to teach in
the district schools before he had attained his
majority. After two years so employed, he entered
De Pauw University at Greencastle, Indiana, where he was
graduated in 1892, receiving the degree of Ph. B.
Shortly afterward he was elected instructor in Latin in
the preparatory department and subsequently became the
head of the department, teaching also Freshman Latin
classes in the college, which position he held until
1896, when he went abroad. He spent one year in
study in the American schools at Rome, Italy, pursuing
his classical studies on historic ground. In 1897
he came to Salem in the capacity of teacher of Latin and
in the following year was elected principal of the Salem
High School. In the summer of 1899 he took a trip
through Europe, spending most of his time in Germany.
Mr. Johnson had charge of the high school for wo
years and then, in 1900, was elected superintendent of
all the city schools, for which position of great
responsibility he was eminently qualified. A
steady but constant growth has marked the progress of
the schools under the present administration. The
attendance at the High School has increased from 125
pupils to 146 and many additions have been made to the
school equipment in laboratories and books. A
great gain is shown in the quality of all the work and
the standard of scholarship is recognized as so
excellent that graduates are admitted without
examinations to al leading colleges. There are
five teachers in the High school, 28 grade teachers, one
instructor in music and one in writing and drawing and a
substitute teacher, who also serves as assistant in the
superintendent's office.
Mr. Johnson’s efforts are appreciated and are
met with the hearty cooperation of the progressive and
intelligent citizens of Salem, who take a just pride in
their fine schools.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 443 |
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C. E. JOHNSTON, M. D.,
one of East Palestine's well-known medical men, with
office of West Main street, was born in 1860 at
Baltimore, Maryland, and is a son of John A. and
Caroline (Rimer) Johnston.
Dr. Johnston's early years were clouded with the
black pall of war, for his father entered the army at
the first call for Union troops and became a veteran in
the 14th Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol. Cav. One of
his childish memories is that of the marching of troops
through the city streets. His father survived all
the disasters of war and now resides at Vandergrift,
Pennsylvania. He reared a family of nine children.
The beautiful city of his birth was the scene of our
subject's literary and medical studies, the late
Professor Lee of that city, being one of his
instructors. His medical course covered the period
between 1880 and 1884 and for one year he served as an
interne in Johns Hopkins Hospital, for one year was
resident physician of the Maryland General Hospital, and
then for a year filled the position of resident
physician at Johns Hopkins. After an experience of
six years in various city medical positions, he settled
at Marysville, Pennsylvania, and in 1890 located at
Unity, a village in Unity township, Columbiana County,
removing to East Palestine in 1895, where he controls a
large and lucrative practice.
Dr. Johnston was married in Pennsylvania
to Elizabeth Virginia Carpenter, a daughter of
Samuel Carpenter. She is a lady of many
accomplishments and formerly was a teacher in Indiana
County, Pennsylvania. Three children have been
born to this marriage, viz: Paul Duitt, Harry Charles
and Marcus Hanna.
Dr. Johnston is eligible through his
grandfather, William Johnston, to
membership in the Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 704 |
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DANIEL J. JOHNSTON,
The leading men of Columbiana County are for the greater
part those who have spent a lifetime here and were born
and reared within the confines of the county and take a
deep and abiding interest in her growth and general
prosperity. Among them none is more deserving of
special mention than the gentleman whose biography we
have the pleasure of now putting before our readers.
He Was born on the farm of 144 acres in section 30, St.
Clair township, upon which he still resides and is one
of the most successful farmers and stock-raisers in the
community. Three generations of his ancestors,
father, grandfather and great-grandfather, bore the name
of John Johnston.
His great-grandfather, John Johnston,
came from Ireland about 140 years ago, only to meet his
death at the hands of the redskins in 1781, near
Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
After the tragic death of his father, John Johnston,
the second of the name and the grandfather of Daniel
J., was bound out to a millwright and had a hard
life. In 1809 he came to East Liverpool, Ohio, in
a flatboat; at this time there were but a few cabins on
the site of the present thriving city; for several years
he owned and operated a grist-mill, located where the
West End pottery is now situated. Later he bought
land in St. Clair, Middleton and Liverpool townships and
died in 1853 on the “Rock” farm, overlooking the
Ohio River at Walker’s.
Dr. John Johnston (the father of Daniel J.)
and his brother, Dr. Joseph Johnston, moved to
Iowa after graduating from a medical school and engaged
in the practice of their profession for several years
until they were stricken with a fever from which
Joseph died. As soon as he was sufficiently
recovered, Dr.
John Johnston returned to Columbiana County and
bought the farm upon which he regained his health and
brought up his family. This was in 1859.
From this date until his death in 1894. at the age of 76
years, he was engaged in farming. He married
Sarah Croft, a daughter of John and Jane
(Stevenson) Croft, the former a native of England
and the latter of Madison township, this county.
They had but two children,—Mary and Daniel J.
Both children were given the advantage of college
educations, the daughter graduating from Mount Union
College. Mary married Rev. J. M. Keck,
of Ashtabula County, Ohio, who is now president of
Wesley Memorial College, Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee.
His ancestor, Henry Keck, came from
Germany to America in 1732 and settled at Allentown,
Pennsylvania. Henry Keck's grandson,
Michael, came to Ohio in 1806 and settled in
Springfield township, Columbiana County, now included in
Mahoning County. In 1815 Daniel Keck,
son of Michael, bought a tract of virgin forest
in Salem township, which is now owned by his grandson,
Rev. J. M. Keck.
Daniel J. Johnston is a graduate of Scio
College, Harrison County, Ohio, class of 1883. As
there was no one else to look after the farm, he
returned home, giving up the desire for a professional
life, and devoted himself to the duties before him.
The advance made by him both in stock-raising and
general farming shows that a college education is not
necessarily wasted on one who follows agricultural
pursuits.
In 1890 Mr. Johnston married Eva Wilson,
whose father, F. M. Wilson, is a retired farmer
residing at Hartford City, Indiana. Their children
are as follows: John R., born in 1891; Everett
W., born in 1893; Edith, born in 1896; and
Howard, born in 1903. They are liberal
supporters of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which
they are members. Mr. Johnston is a
member of the college fraternity Delta Tau Delta.
In politics he is a Republican.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 792 |
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WILLIAM JOHNSTON,
a retired farmer and leading business man of East
Palestine, was born at Darlington, Beaver County,
Pennsylvania, in 1858 and is a son of Silas and Eliza
M. (Crowl) Johnston. The ancestors of both
parents were among the early settlers, the names of
Johnston, Crowl, and Martin being intimately
associated with the early history intimately associated
with the early history of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
His great-grandfather Johnston had many
skirmishes with the Indians when he made his home in the
new country and had to flee from them for his life.
His son, James Johnston, owned the old homestead
which descended to Silas and upon which our
subject was born.
Silas Johnston came to Columbiana County, Ohio,
in 1871 and bought a fine piece of land in Unity
township. Most of this lies in section 1, but 96 acres
in section 12. The farm comprises 207 acres, all
in one piece, and is one of the finest farms in the
county. Silas Johnston married
Eliza M. Crowl, daughter of Peter Crowl, who
settled near Darlington, Pennsylvania. Five
children were born to them, namely: Mary Belle,
who died in 1870 at the age of 12 years; Mrs.
Elizabeth Scott, a resident of Enon Valley,
Pennsylvania, with whom the mother makes her home;
Annie M., who died in 1886; Franklin, an
attorney of New Waterford; and William. The
father died in 1897.
William Johnston has been a resident of
Columbian County since his third year and attended
college at Grove City and later the Ohio Normal
University at Ada, Ohio. He then engaged in
teaching for a period of eight years and was a very
successful educator, being principal of the Petersburg
(Mahoning County) schools. He then returned to the
farm, which was the home of his childhood and is now
owned by him, and attended to its cultivation until
1904, when he retired to the town of East Palestine,
where he now resides. He still owns and is proud
of this farm, which it has been his pleasure to improve
until it is second to none in the county. The
buildings are all modern and nearly new, while the barn
is such a model in its appearance and convenience that
its equal can scarce be found in Columbiana County.
Everything about the place is in keeping with the
buildings—trim fences, clean, well-kept yards and neat,
weedless fence corners, making the place an object to
arrest the attention of even the casual passer-by.
Mr. Johnston has by no means given up
active work, on account of taking up his residence in
town. On the contrary he is a very busy man.
He is vice-president and director of the First National
Bank; president of the Petersburg Creamery Company; and
secretary and manager of the Unity Township Telephone
Company.
Mr. Johnston was married in this county
to Olive Trotter, whose father, John
Trotter, now deceased, served in the Civil War.
They have three children: Arthur, aged six years;
Ruth, aged three; and an infant son.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnston are Presbyterians.
Our subject is a member of Laurel Tent, K. O. T. M., of
Petersburg.
Source: History of Columbiana County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens - Publ. by Biographical Publishing
Co. , Chicago, Illinois - 1905 - Page 833 |
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