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Hamilton Shields Johnston

Birth	:	14 Jun 1817 Giles County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	29 Jan 1899
Burial	:	Dibble Cemetery, Utica, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.8005000, -91.8240000
Inscription	:	H.S. JOHNSTON BORN JUNE 14, 1817 GILES CO. WEST VA. DIED JAN. 29, 1899 AGED 81 YRS. 7 MOS. 15 DYS. AT REST
Description	:	1878 Union Twp., Van Buren County, IA Biographical Directory of Citizens Johnston, J. S., far., S. 36; P.O. Utica; owns 176 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre; born June 14, 1817, in Giles Co., Ind., in the fall of 1827; in October, 1849, he came to Van Buren Co., Iowa, and settled on his present farm. Married Margaret Brownfield Oct. 17, 1844, in Indiana; she was born in 1822 in Fayette Co., Penn.; have six children living -- Robert M., Mary E., Lucretia A., Ida B., Charles W. and John F.; lost one -- James F.,... Read More	1878 Union Twp., Van Buren County, IA Biographical Directory of Citizens Johnston, J. S., far., S. 36; P.O. Utica; owns 176 acres of land, valued at $45 per acre; born June 14, 1817, in Giles Co., Ind., in the fall of 1827; in October, 1849, he came to Van Buren Co., Iowa, and settled on his present farm. Married Margaret Brownfield Oct. 17, 1844, in Indiana; she was born in 1822 in Fayette Co., Penn.; have six children living -- Robert M., Mary E., Lucretia A., Ida B., Charles W. and John F.; lost one -- James F., who was in Co. H, of the 2d I. V. I.; died at Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1863. Republican. Note: I believe the name above should be Johnston, H.S. due to the fact H. S. Johnston married Margaret Brownfield and the date of birth matches Hamilton Shields Johnston's date of birth. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM OF POLK COUNTY, IOWA CHICAGO: LAKE CITY PUBLISHING CO. 1890 Page 359 CHARLES W. JOHNSTON, attorney and counselor-at-law, dates his residence in Des Moines from 1879, and his admission to the bar of Polk County from 1881. He is a Hawkeye by birth. His father, H. S. Johnston, is numbered among the pioneers of Van Buren County, in 1849, and still resides in that community, his home being in the town of Utica. He was born and reared in the State of Indiana, where for many years he engaged in merchandising, but since his residence in Iowa he has devoted himself exclusively to agricultural pursuits. The Johnston family was founded in Giles County, Va., and was numbered among the early and well known families of that State, whence the paternal grandfather of our subject removed to Greensburg, Ind., where he lived until death. As before states, H. S. Johnston was born in Indiana, in 1818, and when he had attained to years of maturity married Miss Brownfield, of Greensburg, Ind., who died in 1852, and in 1856 he married Sarah Downard, who died at the age of thirty-five years, leaving four children, two sons and two daughters. Lucretia, the eldest, is the wife of George Miller, and resides on the homestead farm; Charles W., is the second in order of birth; Ida B. is the wife of John Topping, a grain merchant in Grundy Center, Iowa; and John F. is chief bill clerk of the freight office of the Chicago, Rock Island & pacific Railway Company at East Des Moines. The subject of this sketch was born march 3, 1858, and remained under the parental roof until the autumn of 1876, when he entered the Iowa State Normal School in Cedar Falls, which had just been opened. He was the second pupil enrolled at that institution and for two years he there pursued his studies, completing the second year's course, after which he engaged in teaching. Coming to des Moines in 1879, he became a student of law under Judge George G. Wright, in the office of Wright & Wright, and two years later was admitted to the bar of Polk County, and in 1887 gained admission to the federal Court. He is a young man of excellent literacy and legal attainments. He makes a specialty of commercial law and his energy and industry combined with the confidence imposed in his integrity have secured him a lucrative and constantly increasing practice. He has no outside ambitions, political or otherwise, but applies himself strictly to business and hopes to so continue. Mr. Johnston was married to Miss Martha Virginia Burton, daughter of John Burton, of Bentonsport, Van Buren County, Iowa, may 18, 1885. She is also a second cousin fo Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks and of A. C. Freeman, an eminent attorney of San Francisco, Cal., who edits the "American Decisions," which has been adopted as a standard legal work; also works on "Judgements," "Executions," etc. Transcribed by Karen Brewer

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Latitude: 40.8005000
Longitude: -91.8240000

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Margaret Brownfield Johnston

(1825 - 1855)

Sarah Ann Downard Johnston

(1828 - 1863)

Sarah Ann Downard Johnston

(1828 - 1863)

Siblings

Catharine Johnston Lusk

(1811 - 1912)

Children

James F Johnston

(1845 - 1864)

Mary Elizabeth Johnston Gall

(1849 - 1891)

Lucretia Johnston Miller

(1856 - 1909)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Dibble Cemetery
Utica, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8005000, -91.8240000

2. Trumbo Cemetery
Stockport, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8166943, -91.8418354

3. Stone Tree Cemetery
Harrisburg, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8055844, -91.7890558

4. Dunn Cemetery
Harrisburg, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7750294, -91.8060006

5. Blackmore Cemetery
Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7583600, -91.8251600

6. Fordyce Cemetery
Stockport, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8388000, -91.8556000

7. Rogers Cemetery
Mount Zion, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7916800, -91.8890600

8. Miller Chapel Cemetery
Mount Zion, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8045000, -91.8905000

9. Vale Cemetery
Bonaparte, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7695000, -91.7615000

10. Holsworth Cemetery
Bonaparte, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7489014, -91.7874985

11. Farnum Cemetery
Harrisburg, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7622000, -91.7521000

12. Railroad Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7680840, -91.9043370

13. Topping Cemetery
Stockport, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8500000, -91.8879670

14. Bentonsport Cemetery
Bentonsport, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7322006, -91.8514023

15. Columbus Cemetery
Bentonsport, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7416700, -91.8833300

16. Winchester Cemetery
Winchester, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8499985, -91.9047012

17. Spencer Cemetery
Stockport, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8792000, -91.8007965

18. Vernon Cemetery
Vernon, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7235000, -91.8600000

19. Anson Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7592500, -91.9171500

20. Parkerville Cemetery
Birmingham, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8666920, -91.9001710

21. Wallingford Cemetery
Harrisburg, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7567700, -91.7230000

22. Hillsboro Cemetery
Hillsboro, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8310400, -91.7145000

23. White Cemetery
Bonaparte, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7256012, -91.7566986

24. Forbes Cemetery
Keosauqua, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7730000, -91.9395000