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David C. Johnston
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biography
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DAVID C. JOHNSTON
was born on the Johnston homestead, in Pine township, Mercer county,
Pennsylvania, March 17, 1844, and is a son of John
and Elizabeth (Crawford) Johnston, who married in 1837. His
father was a native of Pine township, Mercer county, born in 1815, and
by his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander
Crawford, he was the father of ten children, as follows: Albert
G.C.; Elizabeth; Jane; Catherine; David C.; Ruth; Margaret; Hannah;
Kennedy K., and John N. The father died in the spring of 1864;
his widow resides with her daughter, Catherine,
at Grove City. The subject of this sketch was reared upon the homestead
in Mercer county, and received a common school education. He enlisted in
Company H, Two Hundred and Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was
mustered into service at Camp Copeland. His company proceeded to
Washington, D.C., and then went into service on the Alexandria railroad,
where they remained eight months, then returned to the forts at
Washington, thence to Camp Copeland, where Mr. Johnston was mustered out
of service June 22, 1865. Returning to Mercer county he was engaged in
the lumber business until 1869, when he embarked in oil producing at
Parker City. From there he came to Butler and operated in the Thorn
Creek field, and has continued the business up to the present. Mr. Johnston
married Mary M., daughter of James
McConnell, of Mercer county, June 4, 1868, to which union were
born six children: Edwin E., deceased; Lester
E.; Willna W.; Celia A.; Lizzie C., and John N. Mr. Johnston is a
member of A. G. Reed Post, G.A.R., is a Republican in politics, and was
one of the confreres that nominated John M. Greer
for State Senator in 1876. In 1875 he was a candidate for treasurer in
Armstrong county, and received every vote but three in Hovey township,
were he lived, and every vote in his precinct. Though he had been a
resident of Armstrong county only five years, he was fourth in the
contest for nomination. History of Butler County, 1895, pages 1140-1141 |
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