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Obituary for Thomas T or John Thomas Johnston
17 March 1876 - 4 July, 1934
From The Caldwell News-Tribune,
dated Thursday, 5 July, 1934
Contributed by Dennis McIndoo
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MIDDLETON MAN
DIES INSTANTLY
IN AUTO CRASH
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J.
Tom Johnston, 60, Killed
With Car Overturns on
Middleton - Nampa Highway
Wednesday Evening.
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J. Tom Johnson, 60,
Middleton was instantly killed Wednesday evening about 7:15 on
the Nampa-Middleton road when he apparently lost control of
his car and it overturned. Johnson was thrown through
the car top, i5 feet ahead of the automobile. He landed
in an irrigation ditch. Head injuries, a possible broken
neck and a broken jaw were causes of his death. No one
was with him when the accident occured.
Johnston was returning to Middleton from Nampa, where
he had purchased ice cream for a Middleton drug, when he
apparently lost control of the car as it crossed a bridge
which was slightly lower than the bed of the road. From
that point the car swayed back and forth in the road with both
wheels on the right side of the car in the barrow pit.
To right the machine, Johnson apparently turned the steering
wheel sharply in the opposite direction. The abrupt turn
caused the car to overturn completely once and a half again.
Coroner William Talley was called to the scene of the
accident, which was near the junction of the Middleton and
Franklin roads. He stated Thursday morning that death
was almost instantaneous and that head bruises and a broken
jaw were apparently the injuries from which death resulted.
Johnston was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hyrcanus Johnston,
early residents of Dixie community and a nephew of the three
pioneer Johnson brothers whose pioneer cabin now stands in
Memorial Park. He was born in Missouri March 17, 1876
and came to Caldwell and the Dixie community with his parents
in 1879. Like his uncle Tom Johnston for whom he was
named, the younger Tom never married. His only survivors
are a brother, J. J. Johnston of Notus and a sister, Mrs.
Laura B. Jones of Middleton. He has made his home in
Canyon county since his arrival here in '79 and has lived at
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FUNERAL RECORDS
CASE FUNERAL HOME
CANYON COUNTY - CALDWELL, IDAHO
11 OCTOBER 1925 to JANUARY 1939
Transcribed from original records in 1977 by
the Idaho Genealogical Society, Boise, Idaho.
Name of Father - James Johnston, born in Ohio
Name of Mother - Rhoda Moore, born in Iowa
Full-sized headstone photo
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