John Hezekiah Johnston

24 March 1870–15 August 1944 (Age 74)
Missouri, United States

The Life Summary of John Hezekiah

John Hezekiah Johnston was born on 24 March 1870, in Missouri, United States. He married Martha Emaline Mannon in 1889, in Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Blue Mound Township, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Mazie, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 15 August 1944, in Wagoner, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Wagoner, Wagoner, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Hezekiah Johnston
1870–1944
Martha Emaline Mannon
1869–1897
Marriage: 1889
Rebecca Pearl Johnston
1890–1979
Ellen Johnston
1892–1993
Elijah Johnston
1894–1982
Matilda Arizona Johnston
1896–1950

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World Events (8)

1872 · The First National Park
Age 2
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded
Age 13
The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.
1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice
Age 34
Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.

Name Meaning

(1997: 53969;2007: 99807; 2010: 131373)Scottish: habitational name, deriving in most cases from the place so called in Annandale, in Dumfriesshire. This is derived from the genitive case of the personal name John + + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn). There are other places in Scotland so called, including the city of Perth, which used to be known as Saint John's Toun, and some of these may also be sources of the surname.English: habitational name from Johnson Hall (Staffordshire), recorded as Johannestonc. 1233 and Joneston in 1314. The placename means ‘John's settlement’, from the genitive case of the Middle English personal name Johan, Jon (see John ) + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

John
Johnstone

Sources (10)

  • John H Johnson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • John Johnston, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • John H Johnson, "United States Census, 1920"

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