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Family
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  1. Blanche Johnston: Birth: abt DEC 1879 in Iowa. Death: 1940


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Sources
1. Title:   1900 census
Page:   Indian Terr., Chickasaw Nation, ED# 153, im 14/105
2. Title:   1920 census
Page:   Oklahoma, Grady, Chickasa, ED# 172, im 20/33
3. Title:   Gravestone
Page:   Rosehill Cemetery, Chickasa, Grady Co., OK
4. Title:   Cemetery records
Page:   http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/grady/cemeteries/rose08.txt
5. Title:   FindAGrave.com
Page:   Find A Grave Memorial# 14766342
6. Title:   1930 census
Page:   Iowa, Jasper, Newton, Dist 23, im 26/37
7. Title:   newspaper
Page:   Newton Iowa Journal, 15 Sep 1909
8. Title:   Cemetery records
Page:   Rosehill Cem., Chickasa, Grady, OK

Notes
a. Note:   In 1930, Daniel M Johnston is living in Newton, Jasper, Iowa, married to Minnie and stepchildren named George Hill, Jr., Marjorie, Eugene and Mary Hill. Minnie b Nebr. From http://files.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/newspapers/rosehill.txt The Chickasha Express-Star 3 September 2003
 Dr. Johnston was born at Mt. Vernon, Iowa, in 1856. He studied medicine at Ann Arbor, Mich., and attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk Iowa. While there, on March 4, 1878, he married Estella Rees.Mrs. Johnston was born at Newton, Iowa, on Sept. 2, 1859, and attended school at Hazel Dell Academy in Newton, Iowa.
 The couple moved to Roskwell City, where their only daughter, Blanche, was born. In 1888, the family moved to Purcell, Okla., and Dr. Johnston practiced medicine in Erin Springs. When the Rock Island Railroad extended through what became Grady County, the Johnstons moved first to Pensee and finally to Chickasha, in April 1892. Mrs. Johnston is reportedly the first white woman to have settled on the Chickasha townsite.
 Dr. Johnston opened his practice in Chickasha on the day that it officially became a town. His wife opened a floral business in 1863.
 Mrs. Johnston was also active in several organizations, including the first women's society in town, the Women's Presbyterian Society, the Women's Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, and the Rebecca Lodge - on both a local and state level.
 The couple had two grandchildren, Maude and Jana Jo Dews. Mrs. Johnston died of pneumonia on Feb. 26, 1922.
 Dr. Johnston later remarried, and finally passed away following a lengthy illness on June 23, 1949.

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