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MERRINOSHAW'S L.IURARY OF AMERICAN of

pre]i.i

1

ratMiiial iit^lwn

|iht)tngruphic i'l(i)>its of eitll uijik, imialilv that of llu- Wash* iil;

1

])iil>lic

s,li(uil>:

('ajli>U'

N iijriiiia;

-i

Mani]iti)ii iiitilililU'

Imul

of

rfiiiiHyivailitti

..f

till- 'ruslii-^<M> x-liuul oi Alabama. Jol.nston, Gabriel, colonial governor,

and dignity,

Nii

lii'.Mt

ill

ill

lo

Ihu liiited Staifh about 17341 uiid Hi'tilcU in Nortli lamKna; and in 1734-53 wati governor of tliiit roloiiy. ll« dictl Auguat, 17o2, N.C ill C howuii I'uuiit^ ' JohBstOBt 0«OfS«, soldier, author, poet, in l'hil;i.M|i|iia. Pa. wa:^ iMini May I."). In IbTU he iMrcaniv cuniu-rti-*i uitli llie Cecil Whig; and in 18K1 publinhod thp HiHtury of Mtl.. for wliifli hi- was (riiiily. il flfilftl a iiifMilwr i)f tile liisidi iial >o<ii>if> of Pennsylvania. Di-lauarc. Marylainl aiKl Wisfiiiiwin. Ill IHS7 In- |inhli-!i.i| '<>v-^ aixl Poetry c»f ("i>oil Cuiiiil^, Marylainl; and he iannH>r of oiIht works. ,

(

i

(

i

George

Joknston,

Benjamin,

educator,

Huig»H)n. fomidi-r. wa-i horn .July

Iiltytsieian.

pro 11*l>e>-ii lia-> 26f 1853, in X'irginia. fvaaor of g;}-necoloxy and of abduiiiinal surllu fffry at the Medical oollpee of Virginia, lioa

been

and

presi*Ii-iit

of tin

g>'necological

"^outlu-rn

Hiir;>{ical

and

u»Hueiutiou-,

presi-

dent of the American aurgical omociation. of the founders of the Old DoII*- va> OIK minion hu.spital. Jobastoii, George Doherty, educator, boI« •lier,

wan horn May ISUl

]H:,

.10.

lIill-*l»oro,

in

entered the confederate lieutenant in the ISiM 1h> atr'^inifnt in

N.C.

in

KtateM fourth

amiy a* Hceond

lie

Alaliania taim-.i the rank ol l»i ij^nlifi-fjcncral ; and In l!M)U HCrved until the clo««' of the war. 111was <"lf«ted to the Alal>a!ii!i state senate.

Johnston,

Harold Whetstone,

author, 1859. in Kusliville,

|iliiloIoi;is|

.

was


i

lie

at

.lacksoii-

at

and

recvi Vinl the

Ph.D. and Kcnyon Lh.l). from college and the degree of IX. D. from thelllid«nrte

MMsily

IS,

in 1870 lie graduated from the Illinom

111.

collef*!'

f

educator,

March

horn

of

In ISSn-

nois colh-i^e.

he wan instructor nn<l profeftKor of latin in

tin-

min

i-

>

i-lh'tje;

and

sinci IM).') has been pi ofi-ssor of latin in til)' Indiana uni

r.looiiiiii;iion.

lie

wan

i-ditor-iii-

the Intercollegiate Latin Series; and editor of ( ii-vro's Orations anri Letters, velei'tions. He is the author of Latin .Man Tlic nscri[>ts; Melrii-al Licenses of 'ir;;il l*rivate Life <»f the llomann; ('a?sar's ComuientarieH on the Cnllic War: and other works. Johiwtoii, Mrs. Harriet Lane, was born in 1R33 in MercerRlnirg, Pa. During the adminimi ration of her unt ie. President -lames ituchanan, she was inistress of the White House, over which she presided with grace

eliief

Other distin-

jjuests. the Prince «)f paiiy. In isiiti she niarritd lohiiston of Marylainl.

Wales and his Henry KlHolt

Jobnatoi^ Henry Phelps, educator, author,

waa

Hi- «ini;iinlr«l

Si'Ktlainl.

343

among

guished

aii<l

li

lilOGKAFllV.

receiving,

of

tvuM liorn in 1H4:!. a pntfexHur of hisHe it of N't « ^ olk. loi V in llle <'<dle<'e of the Loyalisi Uintury uf Ihv lie is the authur of Kevohition; The Cainpai^'ii of 177M around ( '.iiiip.ii;;i> lie ^'orktown ^ ah.Sew N ork I

I

.

.

and her

iluitur Uoll in the Aiuericuu Uevolution: and (MiMert'ationH on Jutlg.' Jones. Johnston, Howard Agnew, rler^yniiin, auIKIHI, in (Greene (hcu', vas hum .luiie Sinee IHH4 he lias been a county, Ohio. rlei;,n inan of the |iresl» teriaii eliurch; and in lHt>U lilo.) was pastor of .Madison avenue church of New York t'ity., lie is the author of Hible Criticism and the .veragi' Man; .^studies for Persunul Workers; Nciciitiiii Faith; and Brief Studies Through the Itilde.

Johnslun, Hugh, (lerj^yman. authur, was Since 1S5)8 he has in IS4(» in ( anadj. puritur of the lirnt methodist episGO|Nil He is the author eliureli of naltiinore, Md. iHirn

Ihh'ii

of Toward the Sunrise. ^Uiiili.- of irael •Shall We or ill Kurope and the holy land; Sim II We Not?; and A Merchant Prince, a of .lolili M.H .loiiiiid. John&tJD, James Hugo, educator, college was liorn July 29, 1858, in RichSinee IHHS he has hecn president iiioiiil, 'a.

life

president,

the 'irgiiiiu normal and collegiate institute of Petersburg. Va.; and is a conductor itid teacher in fourteen aumnier nonnals

of

lor

teachers.

Johnston, James Steptoe, clergyman, mishisliop. was horn -Tune i». IS-t.'L in Clmreli Hill. Miss. I nder his supi-rvision the work of the ehurch in western Te.as has made great progress; and Hiiiee 1888 he has lieen missionary bishop of the protestant episcopal church. He is the author <if various missionary reports, as well as sioiiarx

sermons and addresses. Johnston, James T., Iaw> r. s<ddier. lonwas horn Jan. lU, IH'M, in Putcounty. Tnd. In 1861 he liegnn the praeiice of ]a In IStl'i he eMli--li d as a private Moldier in the iii.xth regiment Indiana cavalry; and served until 1864 as second lieutenant in the eigma Tennessee cavilry. He afterward served a» comnii»»ttryaergeant of the one hundred and thirt]^*

greHsiuau,

nam

.

tliird

IndiaiiH infantry: iiienant and a'^si-.tiinl

reu'inient

missii)iieil

li.

was

eoni-

nuarler-

master; and uas mustered out in ISti."!. In ISiiCi was admitted to the |>raetici' of law; and lor two years was proseeiuing attorney. In 1868 was a niemher of the Indiana ^^ite leirislature and in 1874-78 was a incmher

of the ..tate seiifite. epresriit at ive from I

nintli

In

188."»

Indiana

and Kftieth eongresHes.

1!»04. in Hockvillc.

89 he wa- a tli< mrfvHe died in

to

Tnd.

Johnston, James Wesley, ch-i-jryman. auSince 10U2 he haa been pastor of the

thor.

John

street church of

New York

City.

He

uiyiiiziod

by

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