William J. Johnston b. 1 Apr 1832 Indianapolis, Ind. d. 1881 Indianapolis, Ind.: Our Family History

1832 - 1881 (48 years)

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Name	William J. Johnston
Birth	1 Apr 1832	Indianapolis, Ind.
Gender	Male
Death	1881	Indianapolis, Ind.
Burial	4 May 1881	Crown Hill Cmty. Section: 20 Lot: 3
Person ID	I59467	Cecilie Family
Last Modified	30 Jun 2003

Father	Samuel Johnston, b. 29 Jan 1790, Ireland d. 8 Jul 1834, Indianapolis, Ind (Age 44 years)
Mother	Susannah Wallace, b. 1776, Ireland d. 22 Feb 1844, Indianapolis, Ind. (Age 68 years)
Family ID	F24983	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Francis E. Cummins, b. 1845-1846, Indiana d. Yes, date unknown

Children

1. Frederick Johnston, b. Abt 1863, Indianapolis, Ind.

d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F24998 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 22 Feb 2009

Event Map

Burial - 4 May 1881 - Crown Hill Cmty. Section: 20 Lot: 3

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Notes

In 1851, started in the stove business with Munson Bros., later Munson and Johnston, and then later Johnston Bros. with his brother Samuel (in 1870) Educated at the Pendleton Academy and Indianapolis public schools. Johnston Bros. was the largest stove and tinware dealer in Indiana, selling over $200,000 per year in 1886. Was living with the David Munson family in 1850. His widow, Mary M. lived at 64 S. ? in Indpls in 1887.

Listed as "Munson & Johnston, (C. H. Munson and W. J. Johnson,) wholesale and retail dealers in stoves, tin, copper and sheet iron ware, 62 East Washington." in 1862/83 Indiana State Gazeteer.

Census: 1870 (Marion County, Book 1 page 11)
name	age	occupation	born in
William Johnston	33	Stove Dealer	foreign born parents
Fannie Johnston	25	born in Indiana
Lizzie Johnston	27	born in Indiana
Sarah Wallace	50	born in Ireland
Oliver (?)	19	Indiana
Dewitt (?)	17	Indiana
Hattie Cummins	17	Indiana
Frederick (?)	3	Indiana
Christie Stalkhut(sp?)	14	Domestic Servant	Prussia

From the normal way of reading Census data, Oliver (?) and Dewitt (?) would be presumed to be named Wallace. However, we believe Sarah Wallace was unmarried and that Oliver and Dewitt are actually named Johnston. (Since an Oliver Johnston 1853-1878, and a Dewitt Johnston who died 1913 are buried in the Johnston plot in Crown Hill.) By the same logic, Frederick (?) should be a Cummins. However, the 1880 census shows a Frederick Johnston, age 13, living with this family and marked as a son.

1880 Census Indianapolis, Indiana
name	relation	age	born in	occupation	father born	mother born
William J. Johnston	self	45	IN	Stoves & Tin Ware	SCOT	IRE
Fannie C. Johnston	wife	34	IN		LA	IN
Frederick C. Johnston	son	13	IN
Frances A. Cummins	m-law	59	IN	Boarding	PA	IN
Elizabeth Stokley	other	24	VA	Servant	VA	VA

See Resources: Sketch of Samuel A. and William J. Johnston.

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