Brief Life History of Daniel Howe
When Daniel Howe Johnston was born on 4 November 1870, in Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia, United States, his father, Judge David Emmons Johnston, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Pearis, was 28. He had at least 2 daughters with Pearle Bee McCreery Johnston. He lived in East River, Mercer, West Virginia, United States in 1880 and Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, United States in 1900. He died on 10 February 1938, in Brevard, Florida, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, United States.
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- D H Johnston, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Daniel Howe Johnston - Government record: Census record: birth: November 1870; West Virginia, United States
- Daniel Howe Johnston, "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939"
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1872 · The First National Park
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.
1878 · St. Mary's Episcopal Church is Built
The Episcopal Diocese of Florida organized a mission church in 1878 to provide a location that could serve seasonal guests. Visitors and residents from Green Cove Springs raised over $1000 to build the church. On March 10, 1879, the Church held its first service. This location is notable because it would eventually be added to U.S. National Register of Historic Places (February 17, 1978).
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
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’.
History: As far as can be ascertained, most Scottish bearers of this surname are descendants of John, probably a Norman baron from England, who held lands at Johnstone in Annandale from the Bruce family in the late 12th century. His son Gilbert was the first to take the surname Johnstone and their descendants later held the earldom of Annandale.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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