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Philip Pelatiah Johnston 1854 – 1910 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: September 19, 1854

Birth Location: Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, USA

Death Date: June 29, 1910

Death Location: Waynesboro, Burke, Georgia, USA

Father: George Johnston

Mother: Maria Whitehurst

Spouse(s): Lena Shewmake

Children(s): John Johnstone, Nona Johnston, Lena Johnston, Philip Johnston, Adelle Johnston

According to available records, Philip Pelatiah Johnston Sr was born in 1854 in Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, USA, the child of George Clark Smoot Johnston and Maria Hindle JOHNSTON Whitehurst. Following those early years, Philip Pelatiah Johnston Sr married Lena Penelope JOHNSTONE Shewmake, and their family grew to include John Shewmake Johnstone, Nona J Johnston, Lena Shewmake PARKER Johnston, Philip Pelatiah Johnston and Adelle "Tin" Johnston. In the later years of life, Philip Pelatiah Johnston Sr died in 1910 in Waynesboro, Burke, Georgia, USA.

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Parents

George Johnston
1805 – 1878
Birth Location: Saint Johns Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland
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Maria Whitehurst
1815 – 1866
Birth Location: , , Georgia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Lena Shewmake
1858 – 1934
Birth Location: Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, USA
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Children(s)

John Johnstone
1884 – 1925
Birth Location: Georgia, USA
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Nona Johnston
1886 – 1964
Birth Location: Burke County, Georgia, USA
NJ
Lena Johnston
1888 – 1925
Birth Location: Burke County, Georgia, USA
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Philip Johnston
1890 – 1893
Birth Location: –
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Adelle Johnston
1890 – 1982
Birth Location: Burke County, Georgia, USA
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: September 19, 1854
    Event Place: Tallahassee, Leon, Florida, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: June 29, 1910
    Event Place: Barnesville, Lamar, Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: June 29, 1910
    Event Place: Waynesboro, Burke, Georgia, USA
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