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1838 - 1931 (93 years)
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Name |
David H. JOHNSTON [2, 3] |
- Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, he served as a Private in Company K, 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, enlisting in Warsaw County, Illinois. He would go on to be awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Vicksburg, Mississippi on May 22, 1863. His citation simply reads "Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party." On the day in question 150 men were called to volunteer to make a "forlorn hope" diversionary charge on the Confederate position known as the Stockade Redan ? a charge that was intended to draw fire away from the real planned attack, and a charge no one was expected to return from (to this end, only unmarried men were accepted as volunteers). After charging an open plain in full view of the Confederates, the withering fire was such that most of the volunteers were cut down, and those that made it through the fire sought shelter in a ravine under the Redan. There they stayed and fought until nightfall, when the survivors made their way to return to the Union lines, Private Johnson being one of them (85 percent of the men who made the charge did not make it back). He was awarded his Medal on August 16, 1884, twenty one years after he played his part at Vicksburg.
Bio by: RPD2 [1]
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Birth |
19 Aug 1838 |
Shelocta, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1850 |
Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania [2] |
Census |
1860 |
Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania [4] |
Census |
1880 |
Living in Mead, Merrick Co., Nebraska [5] |
Census |
1900 |
Living in Mead, Merrick Co., Nebraska [6] |
Census |
1910 |
Living in Mead, Merrick Co., Nebraska [7] |
Census |
1920 |
Living in Mead, Merrick Co., Nebraska [8] |
Census |
1930 |
Living in Mead, Merrick Co., Nebraska [9] |
Military Service |
Was in Company K, 8th Missouri volunteers, for three years [3] |
Death |
12 Sep 1931 |
Central City, Merrick Co., Nebraska [1] |
Burial |
Bureau Cemetery, Clarks, Merrick Co., Nebraska [1] |
Person ID |
I32318 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
16 Dec 2021 |
Family |
Nancy J. MCWILLIAMS, b. Feb 1849, Pennsylvania d. 1934 (Age 84 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1871 [6] |
Children |
+ | 1. Mary Elizabeth JOHNSTON, b. 6 Feb 1873, Tama, Tama Co., Iowa d. 15 Jan 1965, Arnold, Custer Co., Nebraska (Age 91 years) [Birth] |
+ | 2. Margaret I. JOHNSTON, b. 7 Nov 1874, Iowa d. 20 Nov 1925 (Age 51 years) [Birth] |
| 3. Robert Franklin JOHNSTON, b. 19 Jan 1877, Nebraska d. 17 Apr 1959, Central City, Merrick Co., Nebraska (Age 82 years) [Birth] |
+ | 4. Minnie Pearl JOHNSTON, b. 25 Mar 1879, Nebraska d. 22 Jul 1964 (Age 85 years) [Birth] |
+ | 5. Nettie M. JOHNSTON, b. Oct 1881, Nebraska d. 1908 (Age 26 years) [Birth] |
| 6. William Henry JOHNSTON, b. 21 Feb 1885, Central City, Nebraska d. 1964 (Age 78 years) [Birth] |
| 7. David Walker JOHNSTON, b. 18 Mar 1888, Nebraska d. Nov 1976, Central City, Merrick Co., Nebraska (Age 88 years) [Birth] |
+ | 8. John Samuel JOHNSTON, b. 28 Oct 1891, Central City, Merrick Co., Nebraska d. 16 Sep 1981 (Age 89 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F43325 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
16 Dec 2021 |
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Photos |
| David H. Johnston David H. is the son of David Johnston and Margaret Walker.
Photo added by: Jerry L. Lipppincott |
Headstones |
| David H. Johnston Headstone David H., son of David Johnston and Margaret Walker, is the husband of Nancy J. McWilliams. he is buried in the Bureau Cemetery in Clarks, Merrick Co., Nebraska.
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Bill Walker
Photo added by: d webb |
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Sources |
- [S02329] Find A Grave Website.
- [S9121] 1850 Census Armstrong, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
- [S3128] J.A. Caldwell, Newark, Ohio 1880, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania 1745-1880.
- [S9122] 1860 Census Armstrong, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
- [S12903] 1880 Census Mead, Merrick County, Nebraska.
- [S12863] 1900 Census Mead, Merrick County, Nebraska.
- [S12866] 1910 Census Mead, Merrick County, Nebraska.
- [S12901] 1920 Census Mead, Merrick County, Nebraska.
- [S12902] 1930 Census Mead, Merrick County, Nebraska.
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