. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . JOHN JOHNSTON.—1802. AGE OF 37. Not long after this event his widow sold the farm and re-moved to Chambersburg, in order that her two youngersons should be brought up to useful occupations, as neitherfelt inclined to pursue the life of a farmer. William, the second son, was apprenticed to the tan-ning business, and John learned clock-making. 6 The Eldest Son Enlists for War. Eobert enlisted in the Continental armj, in a Pennsyl-vania regiment. He was present at the battle of LongIsland, and it was his fortune to be taken priso
. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . JOHN JOHNSTON.—1802. AGE OF 37. Not long after this event his widow sold the farm and re-moved to Chambersburg, in order that her two youngersons should be brought up to useful occupations, as neitherfelt inclined to pursue the life of a farmer. William, the second son, was apprenticed to the tan-ning business, and John learned clock-making. 6 The Eldest Son Enlists for War. Eobert enlisted in the Continental armj, in a Pennsyl-vania regiment. He was present at the battle of LongIsland, and it was his fortune to be taken prisoner and tobe one of the few survivors of the long and inhumanconfinement in British prison-ships in New York MARY REED JOHNSTON.—1802, AGE OF 35. His release occurred upon the evacuation of New York,when he returned to his home, barefooted and with scarcerags enough to cover his body, and these infested withvermin. Returning to the army, after a brief furlough,he remained with it until the close of the war. My grandfather, John Johnston, the third and young- John Johnston Marries—Moves to Pittsburg. 7 est son of Eobert, was born near Castle Derg, Ireland,on Sunday, June 16, 1765, and was in his fourthyear when his fathers family removed to America. Ihave already related the facts as to the family home nearto, and later in, Chambersburg. It was at the latter placethat John served an apprenticeship to the watch- andclock-making business. In 1787, John was married to Mary Reed, and in thesame year they removed to and established their homein Pittsburgh. Mary Reed was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania,Friday, August 14, 1767. Her father, Samuel Reed,was also a native of the same county,
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