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hetiveen the States (1874), which had a large cir- culation and became an acknowledged author- ity; and the following articles in '• Battles and Leaders of the Civil War ": Responsibilities of the First Bull Run (Vol. I., p. 240); Manassas to Sev- en Pines (Vol. II., p. 202); Jefferson Davis and tJte Mississi23piCani2^aign{Yol. III., p. 472); Opjposing Sherman's Advance to Atlanta (Vol. IV., p. 260). He died in Washington. D.C., March 21, 1891.

JOHNSTON, Joseph Forney, governor of Alabama, was born in Lincoln county, N.C. , March 23, 1843; son of William and Nancy (Forney) Johnston; grandson of Col. James John- ston, of the Revolutionary army; greaf^-grandson of Gilbert Johnston, who espoused the cause of the Pretender, was wounded at Culloden, fled to America and settled in North Carolina in 1745, his brother Gabriel (q. v.) being the royal governor of the province. Joseph For- ney Johnston was educated in the public schools, and at the outbreak of the civil war left the high school, join- ed the Confederate army, and served as private and officer, 1861-65, reach- ing the rank of captain and being four times wounded. After the war he was admitted to the bar and practised at Selma, Ala., 1866-84, when he removed to Birmingliam, Ala. He was pre- sident of the Alabama national bank, 1884-94, and first president of the Sloss Iron and Steel com- pany, 1887. He was elected, as a Democrat, gov- ernor of Alabama in 1896, seiwing 1897-1901.

JOHNSTON, Josiah Stoddard, senator, was born in Salisbury, Conn., Nov. 24, 1784; son of Dr. John and Mary (Stoddard) Johnston, He was half-brother of Gen. Albert Sidney John- ston. His parents removed to Mason county, Ky. , in 1790, where his father practised medicine and where his mother died in 1793. He attended a preparatory school in New Haven, Conn., 1796- 1801, and was graduated at Transylvania uni- versity, Ky., in 1805. He then studied law and removed to the territory of Orleans, locating in the frontier town of Alexandria. He was a member of the territorial legislature, 1807-12; district judge of Louisiana, 1812-20; representa- tive in the 17th congress, 1821-23; U.S. senator to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator James Brown in 1823 to accept the mis- sion to France, and by re-election in 1825 and 1831, serving, 1823-33. He was chaii-man of the committee on commerce and a member of the finance committee. He acted as second to Henry Clay in his duel with John Randolph; support- ed the administration of John Quincy Adams; was a close personal friend of Gen. Winfield Scott, and raised a regiment of volunteers for

service in the war of 1812, which was not called into active .service until too late to take jmrt in the battle of New Orleans. He married Eliza, daughter of Dr. John Sibley, of Louisiana, and left one son, William Stoddard, who dying left one son of the .same name, a resident of Philadel- phia, unmarried. He was killed in the exi)losion of the Lioness on the Red river, La., May 19, 1833,

JOHNSTON, Josiah Stoddard, editor, was born in Rapids parisli. La., Feb. 10, 1833; son of John Harris and Eliza (Davidson) Johnston. His par- ents died when he was quite young and he was brought up in Kentucky, where he was prepared for college. He was graduated at Yale in 1853 and in law at the University of Louisville, 1854, and was a cotton planter in Arkansas, 1855-60, He was married, June 13, 1854. to Eliza, daughter of George W, Johnson, provisional governor of Kentucky, killed at Shiloh. He was a staff officer to Generals Bragg and Buckner, cliief of staff of Gen, J, C, Breckinridge, and pall bearer of President Davis, He took part in twenty battles and skirmishes during the progress of the war, and was editor of the Kentucky Yeoman, Frankfort, Ky., 1807-86. He was secretary of the Democratic state central committee, 1866-86, and also served as its chairman; was adjutant- general of the state, 1870-71; was secretary of state of the connnonwealth, 1875-79; president of the state press association, 1870-86; a candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, 1875, and was elected vice-president of the Filson Historical club. He became a writer of established reputa- tion, and is the author of: Memorial History of Louisville (2 vols., 189G); First Explorations of Kentucky, with Journals of Dr. Thomas Walker, 1750, and Christopher Gist, 1751 (1898); Confed- erate History of Kentucky (1900).

JOHNSTON, riary, author, was born at Bu- chanan, Botetourt county, Va., Nov, 21, 1870; daughter of Maj, John W. and Elizabeth (Alex- ander) Johnston; granddaughter of Jbhn Nash and Eliza (Bell) Johnston; great-granddaugh- ter of Andrew and Anna (Xash) Johnston, and greats-granddaughter of Peter Johnston, who came to Virginia from Scotland in 1727. He was a man of wealth and influence in the colony and was the donor of the lands on which Hampden- Sidney college was built. Her father was a lawyer, served in the civil war as a major of artillery in the Confederate army and was presi- dent of the Georgia Paciflc railroad, which he built. She was educated chiefly at home under governesses, and in her father's library she be- came familiar with the early colonial history of Virginia, on which subject she based her first two books. She removed with her parents to Bir- mingham. Ala., in 1886; and later resided for four years in New York city. After her mother's