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Harry Benton Johnston 1866–1950 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Feb 1866

Birth Location: Green, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 24 Jul 1950

Death Location: Authy Greenwood, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: William Johnston

Mother: Elizabeth Buterbaugh

Spouse(s): Minnie Wiley

Children(s): Victor Johnston, Leedill Johnston, Della Johnston, William Johnston, Eliza Johnston, Zada Johnston, Alice Barrett, Dula Johnston

The story of Harry Benton Johnston began in 1866 in Green, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States. Harry Benton Johnston married Minnie Frances Wiley, and had children including Alice Mae Johnston Barrett, Della Nancy Johnston, Dula Johnston, Eliza Cuba Johnston, Leedill J Johnston, Victor Clarke Johnston, William Harry Johnston, Zada Irene Johnston. Harry Benton Johnston passed away in 1950 in Authy Greenwood, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Harry Benton Johnston began in 1866 in Green, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • Harry Benton Johnston married Minnie Frances Wiley, and had children including Alice Mae Johnston Barrett, Della Nancy Johnston, Dula Johnston, Eliza Cuba Johnston, Leedill J Johnston, Victor Clarke Johnston, William Harry Johnston, Zada Irene Johnston.
  • Harry Benton Johnston passed away in 1950 in Authy Greenwood, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Johnston
1842–1925
Birth Location: Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Elizabeth Buterbaugh
1843–1928
Birth Location: Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Spouses(s)

Minnie Wiley
1872–1940
Birth Location: Greenwood Twp, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Children(s)

Victor Johnston
1892–1974
Birth Location: Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Leedill Johnston
1895–1967
Birth Location: Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Della Johnston
1903–1952
Birth Location: Greenwood Twp., Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA
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William Johnston
1905–1988
Birth Location: Greenwood Twp., Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA
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Eliza Johnston
1898–1987
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Zada Johnston
1893–1990
Birth Location: Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Alice Barrett
1899–1993
Birth Location: Greenwood Twp., Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA
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Dula Johnston
1904–
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Harry Johnston's Ancestors

Self
Harry Johnston
1866–1950
Birth Place: Green, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
William M Johnston
1842–1925
Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Elizabeth (Christine "Eliza") Buterbaugh
1843–1928
Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Samuel Johnston
1807–1845
York County, Pennsylvania, USA
Catharyn Henry
1818–1880
Pennsylvania
Frederic Buterbaugh
1814–1900
Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States
Margaret (Nicholas) Langham
1822–1899
Greenfield, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Johnston
1778–1859
Rosanna Clarke
1784–1871
Andreas Henrich
1784–1857
Maria Freitag
1787–1840
William Sr
1778–1859
Katherine RATHGE
1773–1859
William Langham
1787–1853
Margaret Nicholas
1794–1878
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Johnston
1748–1803
Mary Johnston
1743–1821
James Sr.
1749–1825
Johann Sr
1735–1800
Elizabeth *
1736–1820
Elias Rodkey
1745–1829
Rosanna Esteffero
1754–1807
William Langham
1761–1805
Mary Baxter
1762–1823
David Nicholas
1761–1846
Massa Grimes
1774–1850

Harry Johnston's Descendants

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Harry (Benton) Johnston (16 Feb 1866–24 Jul 1950) m. Minnie (Frances) Wiley (20 Oct 1872–9 Mar 1940)
  1. 1. Victor (Clarke) Johnston 1892–1974 m. Arlene ((Lena) B) Johnston 1893–1973
    1. 1. Francis (Paul) Johnston 1925–2007
    2. 2. Harold (Clark) Johnston 1918–1975
    3. 3. Carlton (Victor) Johnston 1916–1996 m. Jenaine (Gloria) Czulinski 1913–1988
    4. 4. Walter (Frampton) Johnston 1920–2011
  2. 2. Leedill (J) Johnston 1895–1967 m. Goldie (Witherite) Johnston 1899–1993 m. Christine (Ida) Johnson 1881–1960
    1. 1. Mary (J Johnson) Yoder 1920–2012 m. Raymond (Jacob) Yoder 1917–1985
      1. 1. Ann (Carol Yoder) Reppert 1940–2017 m. Gerald (David) Reppert 1941–2022
      2. 2. Donna (M) Yoder 1945–2025 m. William (H) Bausher 1946–2007
      3. 3. David (Leedill) Yoder 1943–2023
    2. 2. Erla (Jane) Johnston 1918–1984 m. Wilbur (Fisher) Byram 1902–1972 m. Keith Boone 1896–1956
    3. 3. Turie (Frances) Johnston 1917–1917
    4. 4. Barbara (Ann Johnston) Haulton 1933–2003 m. Orville (Richard) Haulton 1929–2004
  3. 3. Della (Nancy) Johnston 1903–1952 m. Walter (Lynn) Hipps 1901–1978
    1. 1. Marie Adams 1932–2021
    2. 2. Harry (Lynn) Hipps 1926–2000
      1. 1. Baby (Girl) Hipps 1946–1946
    3. 3. John (J) Hipps 1938–2020
    4. 4. Barton (Theodore) Hipps 1936–
    5. 5. Joyce (Hipps) McCracken 1930–2016
  4. 4. William (Harry) Johnston 1905–1988 m. Margaret (Pink) Dickey 1906–2000
    1. 1. Merrill (William) Johnston 1925–2000 m. Mary (Avonelle) Hatten 1929–2006
    2. 2. Jackson (Roy) Johnston 1933–2010 m. Thelma (M.) Pyle 1935–2015
    3. 3. Carl (Rupert) Johnston 1931–1996 m. Dorris Hempstead 1932–2019
  5. 5. Eliza (Cuba) Johnston 1898–1987
  6. 6. Zada (Irene) Johnston 1893–1990 m. Otis (Roland) Lines 1896–1972
    1. 1. Minnie (Louise) Lines 1923–2001 m. Melvin (Ernest) Heaps 1917–1998 m. Clair (Ivan) Henry 1918–1956
      1. 1. Arashay (C) Borden 1950–2007
    2. 2. Nellie (M) Lines 1919–2009 m. Francis (Arthur) Best 1914–1977 m. Theodore (Willard) Clyde 1919–2007
      1. 1. Carol (Irene) Best 1939–2019 m. James (Ronald “Red”) Spencer 1938–1998
    3. 3. Joseph (Dayton) Lines 1921–1986 m. Luella (Ruth) Warrell 1924–2010
      1. 1. Barbara (A) Lines 1948–2025
    4. 4. Marion (E) Lines 1917–2009 m. William (Lester) Winebold 1915–1988 m. Joseph (Warner) Wall 1917–1963
      1. 1. Joseph (L) Winebold 1940–2021
      2. 2. Robert (C) Winebold 1939–2021
    5. 5. Esther (Frances) Lines 1915–2010 m. Herbert (Rex "Pap") Derrick 1915–2004
      1. 1. Delores (Jean) Derrick 1940–2010 m. Charles (Harry) O'Dell 1942–2022 m. Roy (Lemuel) Tripp 1930–2009
      2. 2. Sanda (L) Derrick 1946–2025
    6. 6. Josephine (Alice) Lines 1928–1993 m. George (R.) Saxe 1921–1967
      1. 1. James (O.) Saxe 1948–2018
    7. 7. Robert (Glenn) Lines 1925–1929
    8. 8. William (Otis) Lines 1925–2002 m. Marion (Elizabeth) Lines 1924–2017
    9. 9. Richard (Rowland) Lines 1930–1989
  7. 7. Alice (Mae Johnston) Barrett 1899–1993 m. Walter (Henry) Barrett 1899–1970
    1. 1. Dwinell (Marie "Dewey") Barrett 1929–1965
    2. 2. Edward (Joel Barrett) Sr 1922–2009
      1. 1. Gloria (Ann “Gigi' ' Glo”) Barrett 1948–2023
    3. 3. Eliza (Jane "Sis") Barrett 1924–2017 m. Kenneth (Albert) Welker 1918–1978 m. Bruno (Anthony) Fontanella 1918–2002
      1. 1. William (Curtis) Welker 1942–2018
    4. 4. Richard (Harry) Barrett 1941–2020
    5. 5. William ("Billy" Nelson) Barrett 1925–2018 m. Ethel (Elizabeth "Betty") Kitchen 1921–2000
      1. 1. Cheryl (Jean) Barrett 1943–1979 m. James (Allen) Buterbaugh 1943–2000
    6. 6. Doris (Jean "Dolly") Barrett 1926– m. Richard (W) Schul 1927–2004
    7. 7. Alvin ("Al" Walter) Barrett 1933–2022
    8. 8. Phyllis (A.) Frye 1936–2024
  8. 8. Dula Johnston 1904–

Harry Johnston's Timeline

2 Records

1866
16 Feb 1866
Birth of Harry Benton Johnston in Green, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States
Green, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States
1950
24 Jul 1950
Age 84
Death of Harry Benton Johnston in Authy Greenwood, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA
Authy Greenwood, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Feb 1866
    Event Place: Green, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Jul 1950
    Event Place: Authy Greenwood, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA
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