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for three years; and waa second lieutenant in the tw'enty-ttfth Ohio volunteer battery light artillery. For six years he was proa uieinlitT of the bate judge of his county Ohio state senate for four years; and for ten ycATS was eommon pleas judge of tbe ninth judieinl di-tiict of ohin.

Johnston, Josiah Stoddard, hiwyer. legiscongressman, L nited States senator, was bom Nov.^a4,^784, in Salisbury, Conn. "* In 1805 he graduated from the Transylvalator,

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Adoniram Judson; Bright Threads; and Indian and Spanish Neighbors. Johnston, Louis R., business man, miner, public onieial, was born Feb. 4. 1K58, in Old Mines, Mo. He was educated in the public schools; and has had a varied expe-Life of

For many rienee in thf niiniiij^ linsim-ix. years he has been connected with the mining business; was mayor of Denver, Col.; and has filled other povitioni ..f ru-1 and honor. Johaston, Mis. Maiia Isabella, juurnalist, author, was bom May 3, 1835, in Frederick sinir-r. 'a. She is the author of a novel entitled Jane; The Freedwonian; The Siege of Viddrtnirg; and Hector. Johnston, Mary, litterateur, author, was She born Nov. 21, l-STo, in Uuchanan, Ya. 1

is tlu' antlior nf l'ri»i>ners of Hope; To Have and To Hold; a Tal«- of olonial Yirginia; Audrey; Sir Mortimer; and The Goddess of (

Reason. Johnston,

Nathan Robinson, cleigymaa,

Louisiana to the sevratcenth conifresa. In

missiiuiary, author, was born Oct. 8, 1820, was coIl«' in Harrison eounty, Ohi(t.

1824-33 lie v,i>^ n mendxT of the I'nittvl States senate irom Louisiana. He died May 19, 1833, in Red River, La.

worker with William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips in anti-slavery cause. In 1875 he went to Oakland, Cal.. a^ ini>>ionary to tbe Chinese. Ue is the author of Looking Rack From the Sunset Land.

Johnston, Josiah Stoddard, soldi" r urnauthor, was born Feb. 10, Ibli-i, in Orleans, La. He was educated at the j

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Western stitute

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Kentucky; graduated

n 1853 Yale i-ollege; from and in 1854 gradu-> ated from the Louis* university law ville i

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was a cotton planter in Arkaii-*as; and in lS5!>-r»2 was engiigt'd farming in Seott in

eonfeankfort. Ky. lu 1871 he was adjutant-general of Kentncfcy: and in 1875-7® was secretary of state. In ISTH In- was the ciuiilidate for the democratic nomination fur governor. In 1870-86 he was president of the Kentucky press assoeiation. In IHfiS SS h«' va^ rluir man of the democratic state committee; and in 1884 and 1888 was a delegate to the deniocr.itic niitional (•(niv{>iitins. In 190312 he was associate e<Htor of the Louisville Couri«-r .Journal. He was the author of

Memorial Ill-tory of Louisville, in two volumes; First Explorations ol Kentucky; and Confederate History of Kentucky. He died Oct.

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soldier, lawyer, jurist, 6, 17ti3, in Osborne's Landserved in the revoltttionary war. lie represented Prince Kdward county in the general as.sembly of V irginia; and was speaker of that iMidy at the time of the

Johnston, Peter,

was born Jan. ing,

Va.

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In of the resolutions rn March 8. 1S22, in Cotj^ia. he accepted the chair of literaiure in the university of (Georgia. He was the author of Life of .•lexander Stephens; Dukesliorough Tales; Old Mark Lanjr^ton: Two Gray ivillinjrslea Tourists; Mr. .Xbsaloin and Other Georgia Folk; Ogecchee Cross- Firings; Studies, Literary and Social; The Primes and Their Xeiphbors; Mr. I?illy Downs and his Likes; Widow Guthrie, a Novel; The Chnmieles of Mr. Bill Williams; Mr. Fortner's Marital Claiin-^: Little Ike Templin, stories for young iH>ople; and English Classics, a Historical Sketch. He died t>ef)t. 2.^. ISDS, in Baluinore. M.l. Johnston, Robert Daniel, lawyer, soldier, banker, was born March 19, 18.37. at Mount Welconn-. N.(". In 1801 he enlist«'d in the confederate .states army as a private soldier; pa>"ia^e

and was promoted to brigadier-general after the battle of Gettysburf;; servinp until the of the war. He bepm the ]»ractice of law at Charlotte. N.C. and in 1887 moved to nirminL'hain. Ala. He is president of the Hirmin^rham national bank and is now lo other promoting Investments on min< lands; being registrar of the Luited States

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Johnston, Julia Uarriette, c«(mposcr, auwas twm Jan. 21, 1849, in Salineville, Ohio. .Since 1888 she has written over three

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