John Yates JOHNSTON

1839 - 1916  (76 years)

• Name	John Yates JOHNSTON
  Born	20 Oct 1839	Loudon Co. TN
  Gender	Male
  _UID	1C82AEC890E5486EBC04C7F72104EAFFCB2B
  Died	14 Aug 1916	Knoxville, Knox Co. TN
  	Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955 Name: Jno. Y. Johnston Event Type: Death Event Date: 14 Aug 1916 Event Place: Knoxville, Knox Co., Tennessee Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Age: 76 Birth Date: 20 Oct 1839 Birthplace: Loudon Co., Tennessee Father's Name: Ebenezer Johnston Mother's Name: Hannah Huff Address: 421 West Main St. Residence Place: Knoxville, Tennessee Cemetery: Old Gray Burial Date: 16 Aug 1916
  Buried	Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox Co. TN
  	Grave location, portrait, biography, and tombstone photo: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60777018
  Notes	CENSUS RECORDS 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Yates Johnson [John Yates Johnston] Age: 40 Birth Year: abt 1840 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1880: Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Self (Head) Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Susan Johnson Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Occupation: Freight Agt Household Members: Yates Johnson 40 Susan Johnson 30 Jane Johnson 4 Joe Johnson 2 1900 United States Census Name: Jno Johnston Gender: Male Age: 58 Birth Date: Oct 1842 Birthplace: Tennessee Marital Status: Married Home in 1900: Civil District 1 Knoxville city Ward 7, Knox, Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household: Head Years Married: 25 Marriage Year: 1875 Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Household Members: Jno Johnston 58 Susan A Johnston 51 Janie Johnston 24 Sue Johnston 20 Bridget Conner 30 [Servant] Ella Conner 36 [Servant] Henry Fuller 70 [Servant] 1910 United States Census Name: John Yates Johnston Gender: Male Age: 70 Birth Year: abt 1840 Birthplace: Tennessee Marital Status: Married Home in 1910: Knoxville Ward 2, Knox, Tennessee District: 81 Relationship to Head of Household: Head Father's Birthplace: South Carolina Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Household: 253 Household Members: John Yates Johnston 70 Susan Johnston 60 Sue Johnston 25 Ebenezer H Saunders 40 [Son-in-law] Janie Saunders 33 [daughter] Henry Fuller 70 [Servant] Mary Thompson 40 [Servant] Patience Griggs 26 [Servant] Lixo Cox 30 [Servant] BIOGRAPHY Confederate Veteran, Volume 24, by Confederated Southern Memorial Association (U.S.), Sons of Confederate Veterans (Organization), United Confederate Veterans, United Daughters of the Confederacy, November 1916, page 513. Capt. John Yates Johnston. John Yates Johnston died on August 14, 1916, at his home, in Knoxville, Tenn. He was born at Annandale, the family home, in Loudon County, October 20, 1839. He was a son of Ebenerer and Hannah Huff Johnston, who reared one of the most estimable and representative families of Loudon County and East Tennessee. His early years were spent in the community of his nativity, where he accepted the limited educational opportunities offered by the before-the-war schools and also developed in commercial and agricultural endeavors. When the civil strife began, John Y. Johnston, then on the threshold of young manhood, entered the cavalry arm of the Confederate service as a trooper in Col. Henry M. Ashby's command. Subsequently, and while in his twenty-first year, he raised a company of infantry and was made its captain, a distinction that was notable because of his early years. His company was a part of Colonel Rowan's 62nd Tennessee Regiment of Infantry. While in Mississippi Captain Johnston was captured by Federal soldiers and was held a prisoner for a period of two years. The circumstances of his capture reflected the character of the man. One of his brothers, also a Confederate soldier, had fallen a victim of the enemy's dragnet for prisoners and was injured. Seeing the brother in the throes of the Federals and fearful of his fate, Captain Johnston deliberately crossed into the enemy's lines in order that he might be with his injured and captured brother, and himself was taken a prisoner, making this personal sacrifice for the sake of administering unto the brother. Both were held as prisoners of war. The brother now survives, whereas but for this act of fraternal heroism he might have died a prisoner of war. After the war Captain Johnston went to Griffin, Ga., and engaged in the cotton trade. After a few years at that place he went to Rome Ga., and was in business there for a number of years. From Rome he went to Knoxville. Later he obtained a connection with the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad, and by his strict attention to duty and far-seeing business capacity he won promotion until he held a responsible position with that railroad system, then the largest single railway organization in the South. He held this position of trust and responsibility for many years in fact, until his retirement from active daily business pursuits. Having been successful in investments and business ventures, he became a man of diversified interests in that he had many large financial investments. He was one of the most successful capitalists of Knoxville and was recognized as a shrewd and safe business man. In young manhood Captain Johnston was married to Miss Susie Ayres, of Virginia, who survives. To them were born two daughters, Mrs. E. Hepburn Saunders and Mrs. David C. Chapman (both of whom reside in Knoxville), and a son, Joseph Jacques Johnston, who died in his eighth year. He is survived by two brothers, J. V. Johnston, of Macón, Ga., and J. H. Johnston, of Loudon. One sister survives, Mrs. E. J. Cooke, of Macón. Preceding him to the grave were two brothers, J. M. and William McEwen Johnston, and as many sisters, Mrs. R. T. Wilson and Mrs. S. M. Reynolds
  Person ID	I722	Master File
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2014

  
  

  Family	Susan (Susie) AYRES,   b. 26 Aug 1849, Virginia ,   d. Aug. 1927, Knox Co. TN  (Age 77 years)
  Children	1. Jane Jaques (Janie) JOHNSTON,   b. 30 Apr 1876, Knoxville, Knox Co. Tn ,   d. 21 Nov 1950, Knoxville, Knox Co. TN  (Age 74 years)   2. Joseph Jaques JOHNSTON,   b. 17 Feb 1878, Knoxville, Knox Co. Tn ,   d. 03 Oct 1885, Knoxville, Knox Co. TN  (Age 7 years)   3. Susan Ayers (Sue) JOHNSTON,   b. Nov 1880, Knoxville, Knox Co. Tn
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2014
  Family ID	F243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart