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129. Agnes
Mae Manning was born on 2 Nov 1892. She died on 24 Aug 1974
in Watertown, Jefferson, NY. Her obituary appeared on 24 Aug 1974
in the Watertown Daily Times of Watertown, Jefferson, NY, as follows:
"Woman, 81, Expires. Redwood -- Mrs. Agnes Mae Johnston, 81, died at 6
a.m. today in the Samaritan Keep Home in Watertown, where she had been a patient
one year.
"The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Quincer-Frederick Brothers
Funeral Home, Rev. Edgar Hunter, Methodist minister, officiating. Burial will
be in Redwood Cemetery.
"Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
"Mrs. Johnston is survived by a son, Carson, New York City; a daughter,
Mrs. Carol Denner, Theresa; six grandchildren; a brother Carl Manning, Redwood
and a sister, Miss Kate Manning, Redwood.
"Born Nov. 2, 1892, she was one of eight children of Charles and Caroline
Buker Manning of Theresa. she attended rural schools and was married to Walter
Johnston in 1911.
"They farmed in the Rossie section until Mr. Johnston's death in 1954,
when Mrs. Johnston moved to Redwood. She lived here until her illness a year
ago.
"She was a member of the Rossie Presbyterian Church." She was buried
in Redwood cemetery, Redwood, Jefferson, NY. Agnes Mae Manning and
Walter M. Johnston were married in 1910 in Theresa, Jefferson, NY.
Walter M. Johnston (son of Joseph W. Johnston and
Caroline Smith) was born on 5 Nov 1881 in New York City. He died
on 14 Jul 1953 in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence, NY. His obituary appeared
on 15 Jul 1953 in the Watertown Daily Times of Watertown, Jefferson, NY, as follows:
"W. M. Johnston, Aged 71, Expires. South Hammond Man, Long Ill, Dies in
Ogdensburg Hospital. Hammond, July 15.--Walter M. Johnston, 71, South Hammond,
died in an Ogdensburg hospital yesterday morning about 9, following an illness
brought on by a stroke two years ago. He has been seriously ill for the past
two weeks.
"Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Eustis funeral
home, Hammond. Rev. Donald A. Visscher, pastor of the Rossie Presbyterian church,
will officiate. Burial will follow in Redwood cemetery, Redwood.
"Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Agnes Manning Johnston; a daughter, Mrs.
Lawrence (Carol) Denner, LaFargeville; a son, Carson Johnston, Ossining; a brother,
Joseph Johnston; two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Swan, Alexandria Bay, and Mrs. Arthur
Seaker, Gouverneur, and five grandchildren.
"Mr. Johnston was born in New York city, Nov. 5, 1881, a son of Joseph
and Caroline Smith Johnston. He came at an early age with his parents to Macomb.
He served as a first mate on several ships sailing the Great Lakes from 1900
to 1910. In 1910 he married Miss Agnes Manning at Theresa. The couple has been
engaged in farming at South Hammond for the past 37 years.
"He was a member of the Oxbow grange, an elder of the Rossie Presbyterian
church and a justice of the peace at Rossie for several years." He was
buried in Redwood cemetery, Redwood, Jefferson, NY. Agnes Mae Manning
and Walter M. Johnston had the following children:
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