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From: Jacqueline Watkins <>
Subject: [JOHNSTON] Your Johnston Line
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 15:17:33 -0800

Posted on: Johnston Queries
Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/joh/Johnston/360

Surname: Hornback, Johnston, Biser, Branum
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I have no idea if there is a connection with our lines, but some of the
children of our two gggrandfathers have names that repeat the adults' names.
Your gggrandparents John and Catherine Johnston had a daughter named Kissiah
and a son named William. My gggrandparents were named Kissiah and William.
They in turn had a son named John and a daughter named Kate. My William
Johnston and Kissiah Hornback were married in Platte City, MO in November
1853, and lived near Smithville in Clay County, MO until relocating to
the area around western Bates and Vernon Counties, MO in 1856. They were
then listed in the 1860 census in Cherokee Neutral Territory, Kansas. By
the 1870 census they were back in Bates County, MO. La Cygne, KS is not
far from that area. I suppose it's probably just coincidence, but the names
of the children make me hopeful. My gggf William Johnston was born about
1797 in Ireland, and died in 1887, after having served as a scout for Federal
forces in the Civil War. I have no idea when he came to the U.S. or what
life path he followed to arrive Missouri by 1853, but I think we should
stay in touch with each other and see if this leads anywhere.

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