History of Chautauqua County, New York, from its first settlement to the present timeWith numerous biographical and family sketches . 5, 1867. In 1848, he establishedthe Bank of Westfield, of which he was president, and John N. Hungerford,his brother, cashier. In 1864, he, with others, organized the First NationalBank of Westfield. He was for six years, successively, supervisor of thistown. He was untiring in his efforts to sustain the government during thelate war, devoting much time, gratuitously, to furnishing men and the policy suggested by him, the town escaped the pressure of a
History of Chautauqua County, New York, from its first settlement to the present timeWith numerous biographical and family sketches . 5, 1867. In 1848, he establishedthe Bank of Westfield, of which he was president, and John N. Hungerford,his brother, cashier. In 1864, he, with others, organized the First NationalBank of Westfield. He was for six years, successively, supervisor of thistown. He was untiring in his efforts to sustain the government during thelate war, devoting much time, gratuitously, to furnishing men and the policy suggested by him, the town escaped the pressure of a heavywar debt. In 1865, he represented this assembly district in the several trusts confided to him by his fellow-citizens, were discharged withfidelity and to the general acceptance. He was for many years a rulingelder in the Presbyterian Church, and aided in sustaining the institutions ofthe church, and of religious and benevolent institutions generally, by personaleffort and liberal pecuniary contributions. By his will he bequeathed to thePresbyterian Board of Home Missions and the Theological Seminary, about. i WESTFIELD. 603 $15,000, and sums of considerable amount to other benevolent left no children to inherit his estate. John Johnston, from the north of Ireland, in 1826, setded one mile westof the village of Westfield, on the old James McMahan farm, the first farmcleared in the county, and now owned by Wm. Vorce. Mr. Johnstons sonswere William, Hugh, Alexander, John, James, Robert, and Francis; hisdaughters, Agnes and Elizabeth. In 1836, William, Hugh, and James com-menced the mercantile business in the village, in partnership. In 1851, Hughretired, and in 1866, William and his son, John W., removed their businessto the West; and after two or three years stay in Dubuque, Iowa, and Ypsi-lanti, Mich., returned to Westfield in 1869, where John W., son of William,still continues the mercantile business. In 1853, William, Hugh, and Alex-ander
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