Charles Henry Johnston (1879-1937)

Charles Henry Johnston

Son of Joseph Finis Johnston & Elizabeth Jane Boggess 

Charles Henry Johnston was born on February 2, 1879 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was the third of five children known to be born to Joseph Finis Johnston and Elizabeth Jane Boggess.  Charlie was raised on the family farm in Court House, Muhlenberg County. 

On October 27, 1901, Charlie married Mittie Estelle Boggess in Muhlenberg County.  He was 23 years old and she was 22 years.  Mittie was also born in 1879 in Kentucky, the daughter of George F. Boggess and Margaret Elizabeth Greenwood.  Charlie and Mittie had at least two children: 

                        Haylle             born 1905

                        Lawrence      born 1908

Charlie enlisted for service in World War I, on September 12, 1918.  He was of medium height and stout build, with grey eyes and dark brown hair.  At that time, he and his family were living on a farm on Route 3 in Greenville. 

Charles Henry Johnston died on January 30, 1937 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.  He was just three days shy of his 58^th birthday.  Mittie went on to live another 30 years after the death of her husband.  Mittie E. Johnston died at the age of 91, on August 10, 1970 in the same county.   

 

Notes for Charles Henry Johnston

Birth, Occupation, Military, Residence in 1918, Physical Description:  Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.

Marriage:  "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," index and images, FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V65W-RHC : accessed 8 February 2015), Charley Johnston and Mattie Boggess, 27 Oct 1901; citing p. 559, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 557,329.
Occupation, and Residence in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: West Courthouse, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T624_496; Page: 7B; Enumeration  District: 85; Image: 985.

Death:  Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Division of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems.

Notes for Mittie E. (maiden name unknown)

Birth:  Year: 1910; Census Place: West Courthouse, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T624_496; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 85; Image: 985.

Death:  Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.