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Johnston, Charles C

congress- He was a member of congress from was man.

Virginia from 1831 to 1832. He was drowned June 18, 1832, near Alexandria, Va.

Johnston, Christopher

physician, was born Sept. 27, 1822, in Baltimore, Md. In 1864 he was professor of anatomy and physiology in the university of Maryland, in 1866 was professor of general, descriptive and surgical anatomy, and in 1870 filled the chair of surgery, becoming professor emeritus in 1880.

Johnston, David Claypoole

artist, was born March, 1797, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1830 he began the publication of Scraps, an annual of five plates. He died Nov. 8, 1865, in Dorchester, Mass.

Johnston, Gabriel

governor of North Carolina, was born in 1699 in Scotland. Emigrating to the United States about 1730 and settling in North Carolina, he was appointed governor of that colony. He died August, 1752, in Chowan county, N. C.

Johnston, Henry Phelps

educator, author, was born in 1842. He is a professor of history in the College of the City of New York; and the author of Loyalist History of the Revolution; The Campaign of 1776 around New York; The Yorktown Campaign; Yale and her Honor Roll in the American Revolution; and Observations on Judge Jones.

Johnston, James Hugo

educator, college president, was born July 29, 1858, in Richmond, Va. Since 1888 he has been president of the Virginia Normal and Collegiate institute of Petersburg, Va. was

Johnston, James Steptoe

missionary bishop of western Texas, born June 9, 1843, in Jefferson county, Miss. Under his supervision the work of the church in western Texas has made The bishop has pubgreat progress. lished various missionary reports, as well as sermons and addresses.

Johnston, James T

soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 19, 1839, in Putnam county, Ind. He served with valor during the civil war, and was promoted to lieutenant. He attained prominence as an able lawyer of Indiana; has been prosecuting attorney; a member of both houses of the Indiana state legislature; and served with distinction as a member of the forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses as a republican.

Johnston, John

soldier, artist, was born in 1752 in Boston, Mass. He served with credit in the revolution, and afterward settled in Boston, where he painted many portraits of public men of Massachusetts. He died Jan. 27, 1818, in Boston, Mass.

Johnston, John

pioneer, was born in 1763 in Ireland. He settled about 1794 in Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., where he was a frontier merchant for more than forty years, and established a small center of civilization in the midst of the savages. He died in 1834 in Sault Sainte Marie, Mich.

Johnston, John

educator, author, was born in 1806 in Maine. He was an educator who was for many years professor of natural science in Wesleyan university; and the author of Manual of Chemistry; Manual of Natural Philosophy; Primer of Natural Philosophy; and History of the Towns of Bristol and Bremen in Maine.

He died Dec. 2, 1879, on Staten Island, N. Y.

Johnston, John Taylor

capitalist, was born April 8, 1820, in New York city.

In 1848 he became president of the Central railroad of New Jersey. He is also president of the council of the university of the city of New York.