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Husband: Addison A. Johnston Also known as: Addison Johnson 1 Born: May-26-1811 in Loudoun Co, VA 2 Died: Apr- 8-1855 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 3 Buried: in Johnston Family Cemetery, Sunnyside, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Cause of death: fever 3 Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 5 Father: D. Atwell Johnston (1788 - 1825) Mother: Rhoda Fry (1788 - 1818) Notes
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Rust 6,1 Also known as: Elizabeth Rust 1 Married: Dec-12-1839 in Frederick Co, VA 7 Born: Feb-11-1818 4 Died: Feb- 9-1892 4 Buried: in Johnston Family Cemetery, Sunnyside, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1880 in Barbour Co, WV (see note 1) Census: 1870 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
F Child 1: Mary M. Johnston Born: 1836 8 Died: 1913 8 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Census: 1870, 1880, 1910 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: John Robert Shannon b. 1830 d. Jan-24-1916 Married: ca 1859 10
M Child 2: John T. Johnston Also known as: J. T. Johnston 4 Born: Nov- 4-1840 in Frederick Co, VA 11,12,13 Died: Nov-14-1901 4 Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9 Census: 1900 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 12,14 Wife: Mary L. Maulsby b. Sep-10-1842 d. Nov-28-1928 Also known as: Oletha Maulsby 15 Married: Nov-25-1862 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 13
F Child 3: Hannah Virginia "Jennie" Johnston Census name: Virginia Johnston Born: Oct-19-1842 in Frederick Co, VA 16,17,18 Died: May-24-1930 in Wood Co, WV 19 Buried: in Riverview (aka K of P) Cemetery, Williamstown, Wood Co, WV 16 Census: 1910 in Washington District, Pleasants Co, WV Resided: 1906 in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 20 Census: 1880 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1866 in Doddridge Co, WV 17 Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Simon Bolivar Reed b. Feb-25-1827 d. Feb-25-1892 Census name: S. Bolivar Reed Married: Oct- 9-1866 in Doddridge Co, WV 21 Husband: Eli S. Sheets b. Jan-13-1847 d. Sep- 5-1914 Married: Jun-24-1906 in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV 22
F Child 4: Anna Elizabeth Johnston Census name: Ann E. Johnston Born: Jan-26-1845 in Frederick Co, VA 4,23,17 Died: Nov-12-1926 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 24 Buried: in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV 24,16 (see note 2) Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 24 Resided: 1915 in Roane Co, WV 25 Census: 1900 in Sherman District, Calhoun Co, WV Census: 1870, 1880 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Daniel C. Ruley b. May-22-1840 d. Mar- 6-1898 Census name: Daniel Ruly Married: Mar-23-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 17
F Child 5: Henrietta C. Johnston Born: ca 1848 in Frederick Co, VA 13 Died: Jul- 7-1916 in Spokane, Spokane Co, WA 26 Census: 1910 in Spokane, Spokane Co, WA Census: 1880 in Barbour Co, WV Resided: 1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1870 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Thomas Pirnell Douglass b. Mar-16-1853 d. May- -1923 Census name: T. P. Douglass Married: Dec-31-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 13
M Child 6: Avery A. Johnston Born: Jun-11-1851 11 Died: Jun-23-1872 4 Buried: in Johnston Family Cemetery, Sunnyside, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1870 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 7: Nellie A. Johnston Census name: P. A. Johnston Born: Apr- 2-1854 11 Died: May-14-1873 4 Buried: in Johnston Family Cemetery, Sunnyside, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1870 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, WV
Sources: (1) Death record of daughter. (2) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (3) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (4) Headstone. (5) 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (6) Marriage record of son. (7) Virginia Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (8) Headstone (year only) (9) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (10) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (11) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. (12) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) (13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (14) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union Twp). (15) Obituary of son. (16) Findagrave.com. (17) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (18) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (19) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (20) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (21) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Simon B. Reed, single, farmer, 38, b. Harrison Co, res. Marion Co, son of Robert & Sarah Ann Reed; and Hannah V. Johnston, single, 24, b. Frederick Co Va, res. Doddridge Co, dau of A. A. & M. E. Johnston. Married Oct 9 1866 in Doddridge County, officiated by William Strickling. MR p. 258, line 2 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792022&Type=Marriage. (22) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as Eli Sheets, widowed, 59, b. Harrison Co, res. St. Marys; and Jennie Reed, widowed, 55, b. Ritchie Co, res. Ellenboro. Married Jun 24 1906 at Ellenboro, officiated by M. S. Smith, Pastor of Ellenboro M. P. Church. Informant for marriage license: Eli Sheets. (NOTE: Wife's birthplace is incorrect, based on her previous marriage record and the known birthplaces of her two adjacent siblings, all of which show a birthplace of Frederick County, Virginia.), MR p. 164 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10247030&Type=Marriage. (23) 1900 Census, Calhoun County, WV. (24) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (25) West Union Herald, 11/11/1915. (26) 1920 Census. Event Notes Note (1) in household with daughter Henrietta and son-in-law Thomas P. Douglass. Note (2) Although there is a marker for her with her husband at Ruley Cemetery in Doddridge County, her burial was actually in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (formerly IOOF Cemetery), as indicated in her death record and by her own grave marker there.




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