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Topic: Josiah Stoddard Johnston


  
  Albert Sidney Johnston
He was the youngest son of Dr. John Johnston, a country physician, a native of Salisbury, Connecticut Albert Sidney was graduated at the United States military academy, eighth in his class, in 1826, and was assigned to the 2d infantry, in which he served as adjutant until his resignation, 24 April, 1834.
General Scott called General Johnston's appointment "a god send to the army and the country." He remained in command of his regiment and the Department of Texas until ordered, in 1857, to the command of the expedition to restore order among the Mormons in Utah, who were in open revolt against the National government.
General Johnston wrote to his government: "To suppose, with the facilities of movement by water which the well-filled rivers of the Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennessee give for active operations, that they [the National forces] will suspend them in Tennessee and Kentucky during the winter months, is a delusion.
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 Crit
Besides, the gun delivered such a strong kick that Stoddard complained his shoulder was lame for a week after a morning's practice with the remodeled Springfield.
Lincoln and Stoddard walked over to the Mall, the grounds between the White House and the Washington monument where millions of Americans have reverently trod the neat, paved paths, and rested under the sheltering trees, or on the cool green lawns, since that summer morning so long ago.
Stoddard, who was about the same age as Spencer, quite certainly knew more about the President's quest for a better rifle than anyone else in Washington.
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 I51986: JOHN BACON I (1272 - ____)
On the verge of victory, Johnston was mortally wounded in an artery and bled to death.
Johnston enlisted in the Texas Army in 1836 after hearing Stephen F. Austin, who was on a recruiting mission for the young Republic of Texas, spoke in Louisville just one day after the fall of the Alamo.
Johnston resigned his military commission in 1834 because of his wife's illness, and farmed near St. Louis in 1835 before coming to Texas to enlist as a private in the Texas army.
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 Unitarianism In America
This is the real significance of the position taken by Solomon Stoddard, of Northampton, who taught that the Lord's Supper is a converting ordinance, and who in practice did not ask for a supernatural regeneration as preparatory to a limited church membership, though he regarded this as essential to full admission.
Stoddard appealed to the English practice in his defence of the broader principle which he adopted.
What Stoddard had taught and practised was as yet powerful there, and Edwards's opposition to his grandfather's teachings undoubtedly led to the failure of his local work.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext05/8unit10h.htm   (15257 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Albert Sidney Johnston-Pa: Books: Gary Gallagher,Charles P. Roland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Johnston was the grand-son of a New England industrialist and the son of a Medical Doctor who trained in Connecticut before heading south to Northern Kentucky.
Interestingly enough, two of Johnston's brothers, including Josiah Stoddard Johnston re-settled down in Northern Louisiana near Alexandria and although both became lawyer's and achieved prominenence in their community, Stoddard became a U.S. rep and then a U.S. Senator from Louisiana, and sponsored Sidney Albert into West Point.
Johnston was a contemporary of both future Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and P.T. Beauregard at Westpoint and although neither regarded his qualifications as a General, they both spoke highly of his character.
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 Dearborn, Frederick M. (Frederick Myers), b. 1876, collector. Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
MS.L. (unsigned transcript) to Joseph Eggleston Johnston; Richmond, 3 Jan 1862.
Stoddard Johnson; Glade Springs, Va., 6 Dec 1864.
Contains exerpt from letter of Joseph Eggleston Johnston concerning supplies for his army.
oasis.harvard.edu:10080 /oasis/deliver/~hou01500   (3371 words)

  
 The Filson Historical Society - Manuscripts & Photos -Guide 301-400
Also included are the Bible of John Pintard Johnston; papers of Harris Hancock Johnston; military papers, 1861-1864, of Gen. Meriwether Lewis Clark; military correspondence of generals Braxton Bragg and Henry W. Halleck; and papers of George Hancock (1798-1875), including letters and land papers regarding his property in Texas.
Johnston's career as a faculty member at Washington and Lee College, 1866-1877, as president of Louisiana State University, 1881-1883, and president of Tulane University, from 1883.
Johnston (typed 102 pp.); diary, 1880-1901, of George Anderson Robinson; genealogical data on the Barret, Brown, Covington, Duncan, Goldsborough, Hancock, Johnston, Patton, Poignand, Preston, Provoost, Robinson, and Yoder families.
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 History of Chenango and Madison Counties - Chapter 17.
He had two sons and a daughter, Josiah, who moved to the locality of Elmira, Carpenter, who is now living in Baltimore.
About 1834, Stephen Brown and Josiah B. Northrop commenced the tinsmith business, to which hardware and subsequently dry goods were added.
Josiah Rice was keeping an inn a little south of the rectory about 1810 or '11.
www.usgennet.org /usa/ny/county/chenango/books/1880-17.htm   (16118 words)

  
 Breckinridge Family
Josiah Stoddard Johnston - born 10 Feb 1833 in New Orleans, LA; his wife was Eliza Woolfolk Johnson, daughter of Gov. George Woolfolk Johnson and Anne Viley.
Josiah and Eliza married in Scott County, KY, 13 June 1854.
Junius Richard Ward (born 16 Dec 1808) - married Matilda Viley, aunt of Warren Viley, Anne Viley Johnson, and John Rhodes Viley, and sister of Alethia Viley - mother of Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge, wife of Gen. JCB.
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was born in "of the Johnstone Clan", Scotland.
John Johnston, one of his younger sons, born about 1765, was married to Joyce Powell of Georgia, then moved to Pensacola Florida until four sons were born.
Joseph Johnston was the youngest and born in 1791.
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 The Lee Family of Hounsfield, N.Y.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
JOSIAH WESTCOTT [Jeremiah; Stukeley]; born Dec. 2, 1675 in Old Warwick, R.I.; died Nov. 11, 1721 in Cranston, R.I. He married Jan. 1, 1701, Hannah Gardiner, dau.
Josiah (a religious person) was a surveyor, and owned and operated a sawmill in Warwick.
GARDNER WESTCOTT [Caleb; Josiah; Jeremiah; Stukeley]; born Sept. 1, 1744 (perhaps in Kingstown; possibly in Johnston) R.I; m.
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 Amazon.com: "Josiah Stoddard Johnston": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Josiah Stoddard Johnston, eldest of the Johnston sons, had settled in Louisiana in 1805; John Harris Johnston had soon followed, and both were...
John H. Johnston to Josiah S. Johnston, November 30, I8z8, Josiah Stoddard Johnston Papers, HSP; Joseph G. Tregle Jr., "Thomas Bolling Robertson," in Joseph G. Dawson, ed., The Louisiana Governors: From Iberville...
This visit was attended with important consequences to the adventurous youth, changing the theatre of his ambition from sea, to...
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 Haverford College Libraries - Special Collections - Josiah W. Leeds Scrapbooks, 1872-1907
Josiah Woodward Leeds (1841-1908) was the son of Benjamin S. Leeds.
Twenty-two scrapbooks of correspondence of Josiah Woodward Leeds with persons involved in the social reform movements of the late 19th century as well as clippings from newspapers, periodicals and journals of articles and editorials written by Leeds and articles on topics of interest to him.
Additional Josiah W. Leeds material may be found in Josiah Woodward Leeds papers, 1875-1902 (part of Quaker Miscellany, Ms.
www.haverford.edu /library/special/aids/leeds   (1868 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Johnson-moore to Johnston-calati
Johnston, Alan Rogers (1914-1999) — also known as Alan R. Johnston — of Illinois.
Johnston, Finis Ewing (1843-1920) — also known as Finis E. Johnston — of California.
Johnston, James — of Ely, White Pine County, Nev. Democrat.
www.politicalgraveyard.com /bio/johnson-johnston.html   (1582 words)

  
 Mitchell's West Indian Bibliography
JOHNSTON, Josiah Stoddard - Speech of JS Johnston of Louisiana on the Bill to Regulate the Commercial Intercourse between the United States and the British Colonies Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 23, 1827.
JOHNSTON, Lewis FC - Sentence Pronounced in the Court of Vice-Admiralty, of the Island of Trinidad on 8th October, 1829, in the Matter of SM Clogstoun, versus the Sloop or Vessel Eliza Pratt, and two Slaves, John Wolker, and Hill and Charles Dodds, for Penalties.
JOHNSTON, Michael C, and James L RADAWSKI - Marine Archaeological Investigations of the Bay Islands and North Coast of Honduras, 1968-1975.
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 Pane-Joyce Genealogy
On 22 Sep 1686 Rachel married Josiah Marshfield, son of Samuel Marshfield (say 1628-8 May 1692) and Catherine Chapin (ca 1626-4 Feb 1712), at Hartford, CT.
Josiah died at Hartford, CT, on 15 Jun 1712.
Josiah resided in Springfield where he was admitted as freeman in 1690, but moved after 1700 to Hartford.
aleph0.clarku.edu /~djoyce/gen/report/rr03/rr03_095.html   (547 words)

  
 Ancestry.co.uk - The Johnstons of Salisbury : with a brief supplement concerning the Hancock, Strother and Preston ...
The Johnstons of Salisbury : with a brief supplement concerning the Hancock, Strother and Preston families, 1897.
Preston Johnston Albert Sidney Johnston and his family Family of John Harris Johnston Senator Josiah Stoddard Johnston and his family Dr. John Johnston and his descendants Archibald Johnston the second and his family James and Daniel Johnston and their families Annals.
Extracts from the records of the town of Salisbury, state of Connecticut The Johnstons of Salisbury.
content.ancestry.co.uk /iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=14984&offerid=0:7858:0   (263 words)

  
 JOHNSTON, Josiah Stoddard (1784-1833) Guide to Research Papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
JOHNSTON, Josiah Stoddard (1784-1833) Guide to Research Papers
Louisville, KY Papers: Correspondence in Johnston family papers, 1798-1943.
Natchitoches, LA Papers: Legal papers relating to a claims case involving his widow in Safford collection, 1810-1890s.
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 HSP Manuscript Guide: 300-399
Josiah Stoddard was raised in Kentucky and moved to the Louisiana Territory in 1805.
He was a lawyer, member of the territorial legislature, state judge, Congressman, 1821-1823; and United States senator until his accidental death in 1833.
A large portion of the material relates to political affairs in Louisiana, the building of roads and canals, land claims, memorials to Congress, cotton, slavery, requests for governmental positions, election to office.
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JOSIAH RICHARDSON CEMETERY =============================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material.
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This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by:D.A.Stoddard-Nash, Johnston Wake Co NCGenWeb =============================================================== Wake County, NC Surveyed by Bill Kemp on 11-24-1997 Directions: 4.5 miles down Morpheus Road starting at south Wakefield Street in Zebulon.
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 Jack - Juxon: photographs and portraits of individuals
Johnston, Eddie See groups: Bicycle Endurance Contest, winners
Johnston, Mary See: McCrea, Mary (Johnston) Dunlop, -1960
Johnston, Robert D. Johnston, Z. Jones ie., Mrs.
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 Amazon.com: "William Preston Johnston": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
See all pages with references to William Preston Johnston.
Davis sent his aide Colonel William Preston Johnston with only verbal instructions on a secret mission to southwest Virginia to see the commander of that military department, Major...
William Preston Johnston, Johnston's biographer-son, insisted that this had been his father's desire from the outset.
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 Henry Clay Family Papers (Library of Congress)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Henry Clay regularly corresponded with three individuals who may well be regarded as his political confidants: Francis Brooke, James Brown, and Josiah Stoddard Johnston.
The series also includes occasional memoranda, notes, and speeches, as well as correspondence with Francis Brooke and Josiah Stoddard Johnston copied by Clay's biographer, Calvin Colton.
Also included is a circular by Susan Maria Jacob Clay, "Slavery in Politics: A Plea for the Negro." The Writings File contains religious and fictional writings of Lucretia Hart Clay and poetry copied and written by Clay family members.
www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/clay.html   (5655 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Politicians Killed in the Civil War
U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1860-61; died in office 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Josiah McNair Anderson (1807-1861) — also known as Josiah M. Anderson — of Fairview,
January 1, 1867, to Bettie Buckner Young and W. Johnston.
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 Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors, Delaware County, NY - 1832   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Ordered that Martin Keeler, Jr., Stoddard Stevens, George H. Sands be a committee on Justices and Constables accounts.
Those who voted in the Negative are James Cowan, Alexander Cole, Hiram B. Goodrich, Stoddard Stevens, Edward Graves, Samuel Baldwin, George H. Sands and Peter Pine.
The Board then proceeded to the appointment of a sealer of Weights and Measurers for the county.
www.dcnyhistory.org /lindaboardbook3.html   (3283 words)

  
 Politics and Government : Historical Society of Pennsylvania
For early political history, see the guide to the Creation of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth and the United States.
The Society holds papers of President James Buchanan, Vice President George Mifflin Dallas, Senators Joseph Sill Clark and Josiah Stoddard Johnston, and cabinet members Salmon P. Chase, Joel Roberts Poinsett, Wayne MacVeagh (MacVeagh Family Papers), William B. Wilson, and (on microfilm) Albert Gallatin and William Wirt.
There are small but rich collections of correspondence of Congressman John Martin Broomall of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and Senator Pierce Butler of South Carolina.
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 Parish History
A building committee was formed and the funds were raised and a lot was donated by
Stoddard owned most of the original town lots in the new town and he is credited with the naming of Abilene.
The Church of the Heavenly Rest, Episcopal was off and running.
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 Miami Indians Bibliography, Indiana Division
Title: John Johnston and the Indians in the Land of the Three Miamis.
Title: The hidden community microform : the Miami Indians of Indiana, 1846-1940.
Title: General Josiah Harmar's command [microform] : military policy in the Old Northwest, 1784-1791.
www.statelib.lib.in.us /www/ISL/indiana/miamiindians.html   (1097 words)

  
 Index; Matthew Grant
Atwater, Josiah Wolcott and Clara Case (11 Jun 1846)
Atwater, Josiah Wolcott and Mahala Case (12 Sep 1843)
Hutchins, Waldo III and Agnes Johnston Swan (18 Oct 1894)
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