James Johnston and Jane Kennedy

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Husband James Johnston ¹

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           Born: 9 Jun 1813 ? - Centre Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Dec 1896
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 2

       Marriage: 

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Wife Jane Kennedy ¹

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           Born: 17 Sep 1816 - northern Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Sep 1901
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA 2

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Children

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1 M James H. Johnston ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1919
         Buried: 

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2 M David Kennedy Johnston ^{3 4}

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           Born: 26 Oct 1851 - Erie Co, NY 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1914
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Catherine "Kate" Eckman (      -Bef 1914) 5
           Marr: 1881 5

         Spouse: Bessie M. Murdoch (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1917 - ? Venango Co, PA

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3 M Clark F. Johnston ¹

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            AKA: Clark P. Johnston 3
           Born: 14 Jun 1854 - Erie, Erie Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin

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4 M George E. Johnston ¹

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           Born: 14 Jun 1854 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Catherine Friggle (1873-      ) 6
           Marr: 1899 - ? Venango Co, PA

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5 F Nancy J. Johnston ¹

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           Born: 21 Aug 1874
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Nov 1900
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - James Johnston

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He was born in Center County, Pennsylvania, and located in Erie County before his marriage. He moved to the Venango County region during the early part of the excitement over the oil discoveries, and engaged in the production of oil in the vicinity, up Oil creek and along the Allegheny River. He was also one of the first men to undertake the refining of oil, and met with substantial success in his efforts, remaining in Oil City until his death, at the age of eighty-three years.

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General Notes: Wife - Jane Kennedy

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She was a native of the North of Ireland, of Scotch ancestry, and came to America in childhood. She survived him one year, reaching the same age, eighty-three years.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 888.

2 Various, Grove Hill Cemetery Transcription (Oil City, PA: Privately published, ~1985).

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 902.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 838.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 839.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 889.