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Frank C. Johnston


FRANK C. JOHNSTON,  engaged in the livery business in Sharpsville, was born in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, October 30, 1877, a son of Alexander and Elizabeth (McGee) Johnston, natives respectively of Philadelphia and Jefferson township, Mercer county. They were married in this county and their union was blessed by the birth of a daughter and son, the former being  Ida May, the wife of  Michael Stretch, of Philadelphia.  Alexander Johnston has lived in Mercer county since early manhood, his home being now in Jefferson township, and after ten or twelve years of work at his trade of carriage painting he turned his attention to farming in Jefferson township. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and his politics are Democratic.

Frank C. Johnston, the younger of the two children born to Alexander and Elizabeth Johnston. attended the schools of Jefferson township and the Clarksville high school, and later he attended the Y. M. C. A. night school in Philadelphia and also served as night clerk in the Aberdeen Hotel of that city. Returning to Mercer county in 1899 he assisted his father in farming until he embarked in the livery business in Sharpsville in 1906. He is now the proprietor of one of the best equipped barns in the city.

On the 23d of May, 1901, Mr. Johnston was united in marriage to Alice Koonce, who was born in Hickory township, Mercer county, August 23, 1880, a daughter of Mathew Henry and Selina E. (Clark) Koonce. The only child of this union is Theresa Grace. Mr. Johnston is a member of Adoniram Lodge No. 739, I. 0. 0. F., and his political affiliations are with the Democratic party. He is also a member of the Presbyterian church.

Twentieth Century History of Mercer County, 1909, page 642


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