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 Co., N. Y., where he purchased- a farm, on which he lived ten years, then returned to York Co., Penn., and married Miss Eleanor Duncan in 1811 ; afterward re- sided in Ontario Co., N. Y., until 1824, when he came to Richland Co. and located on a farm three miles west of Mansfield, where he lived until 1845 ; he then came to Mansfield, where he resided with his daughter, Mrs. T. J. Robinson, until his death, which occurred March 28, 1864, at the advanced age of 80 years. John John- son and Eleanor Duncan Johnson were the parents of one child — Sarah S., born Nov. 19, 1817 ; she was mar- ried in this county April 11, 1839, to T. J. Robinson, a prominent business man of this city ; one child by this marriage — Ella J.; she is the wife of .J. P. Vance, of Cincinnati. John Johnson was an elder brother of the Rev. James Johnson, whose biography appears elsewhere.

JOHNSON, JAMES, REV., D. D. (deceased) ; the first minister of the U. P. Church in Mansfield ; he was born in York Co., Penn., in the year 1786 ; he was of Scotch-Irish descent; at the early age of 17 years, he commenced his ministerial education, in Beaver Co., with his uncle, David Johnson, and afterward graduat- ed in the regular course at Jefferson College, Cannons- burg, Penn., and completed his theological studies in New York City, under the instruction of Dr. Mason, then a noted divine of the U. P. denomination resident there ; for a number of years, he taught school in Brownsville, Penn., where he afterward began his min- isterial work. In 1821, he came to Mansfield, and assisted in laying the foundation of the present build- ing occupied by that denomination, on the corner of Third and Mulberry streets. Three years later, when visiting a brother and sister in Ontario Co., N. Y., he there met Miss Mary St. Clair McCall, whom he mar- ried on the 4th of July, 182.5, and who came with him to this city, the whole journey occupying fifteen days, being made in one of the cumbersome buggies of that period. He preached, the first Sabbath after reaching Mansfield, in the then unfinished church, the congrega- tion bringing chairs and stools with them in lieu of other accommodations; he continued his ministry without interruption in this place until his death, which occurred in 1858. He was a man justly beloved by his people and respected by all for his upright life and conduct ; for a number of years, he had regular congregations and appointments in Troy and Monroe Townships during his pastorate here. He was the father of three children, two sons and one daughter ; Mathew St. Clair died in this city, aged 17 years ; Rob- ert William was a soldier in the Mexican war, and died in Mexico, was brought home and buried ; Mary, the only daughter, died in 1852, aged 21 years.

JOHNSTON, J. K., dealer in furniture ; he was born Oct. 11, 1850, at Mansfield ; is a son of Eleazer Johns- ton, who came to Mansfield in 1848, and came to his death in the army. He engaged with John Skeggs and learned the carpenter business; in 1873, engaged in the cabinet business, devoting his whole attention to this branch of trade ; in the spring of 1877, he formed a copartnership with M. P. Shambs in the furniture business, which continued till January, 1878; then formed a copartnership with D. H. Earnest ; they still continue. He was married, Oct. 24, 1872, to Miss

��Anna M. C. Weatherby ; she was born in Mansfield ; they have two children — Margaret A., born May 15, 1874, and Maud A., Dec. 29, 1878.

JOHNSTON, D. R., wholesale and retail druggist; he is a regularly graduated physician, and practiced medicine twelve years. He was for several years, as a physician, connected with the U. P. Mission in Egypt. In 1876, he purchased the Markward Drug Store, below the Wiler House ; he carries a large stock, and does an extensive business.

KANAGA, AMOS R., attorney at law ; the subject of this sketch was born Nov. 14, 1854, in Jefferson Township ; he attended the high school of Bellville from the age of 16 to 20 years, and afterward at the West Salem public schools, and then at Oberlin Col- lege ; he studied law first with Thomas Keeler, of West Salem, and completed his studies with Dicky & Jenner, of Mansfield ; he was admitted to the bar in Ashland, Ohio, .lune 19, 1878, and is now engaged in this city in the practice of law; he now has a good, paying prac- tice ; the public will find him ready to attend to such business that may be placed in his care, with prompt- ness and dispatch.

KEYS, A. E., M. D., physician and surgeon. The subject of this sketch was born in Eagle Co., N. Y., Aug. 2, 1825; his parents were natives of Vermont, where they afterward resided until his 10th year, when they again removed to Western New York ; here young Keys received a good common-school education ; having chosen medicine as his profession, he com- menced reading under the instruction of an uncle in Huron Co., Ohio; at the age of 19 years, he attended his first course of lectures at the old Erie Street School in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1846 ; some years later we find him in partnership with his uncle in the practice of medicine, with whom he remained until the spring of 1856, when he attended his second course of lectures at the Berkshire Medical College, Mass., and again in the winter of 1856, the Homeopathic School of Philadelphia ; after this long and thorough course of study, the Doctor commenced the practice of medicine and surgery in Buffalo, N. Y., but a year later removed to Jamestown, in the same State, where he continued in practice until the beginning of the war in 1861, when he en- listed as surgeon in the army ; the Doctor remained in the army two years, when he resigned and again com- menced general practice in Ravenna, Ohio; in 1869, he came to Mansfield, where he has since resided, having a large and lucrative practice, and is looked upon by his brethren of the profession as a skillful surgeon and physician. He is a prominent member and officer of the Masonic Order and Knights of Honor.

KING, JEROME J., grocer. He comes from a fam- ily long resident in Troy Township, where he was born May 4, 1842; he received his elementary education principally at the Lexington Union Schools; when 17 years of age, he left the homestead and embarked in life for himself; for two years thereafter he was em- ployed as a salesman of dry goods in Jeromeville, Ash- land Co.; he came to Mansfield in 1861, and continued in the same business in the store of P. & A. W. Remy unjtil April 1, 1865, when he entered into partnership with A. W. Remy in the retail grocery trade, which terminated Jan. 10, 1865; since that time he has been

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