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Rev. Robert Foster Johnston[1]

Male 1854 - 1925  (71 years)


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  • Name Robert Foster Johnston 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Born 2 Feb 1854  Dyersburg, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Apr 1925  Clearwater, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Clearwater Municipal Cemetery, Clearwater, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1639  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2014 

    Father Robert Ewing Johnston,   b. 25 Jan 1816, Sumner Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1890, Newbern, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Lucy Mildred Boisseau,   b. 16 Feb 1825, Simpson Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1902, Dyersburg, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 18 Jan 1844 
    Family ID F525  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eve Boydstun,   b. 8 Feb 1865, Neshoba County, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1966, Palm Beach County, Florida Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 101 years) 
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2014 
    Family ID F526  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Deborah Lozano, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25323016.
      Birth: Feb. 2, 1854
      Dyersburg
      Dyer County
      Tennessee, USA
      Death: Apr. 4, 1925
      Clearwater
      Pinellas County
      Florida, USA

      Rev. Robert Foster Johnston, a son of Robert Ewing Johnston and the former Lucy Mildred Boisseau, was born in the bounds of Dyersburg, Tennessee. Robert received his master's degree from National Normal University (later Lebanon University) in Lebanon, Ohio. Robert was an ordained Presbyterian minister and pastor of churches in Erwin, Tennessee and Water Valley, Mississippi.

      Rev. Johnston was married to Miss Eva Boydston, a daughter of Rev. James G. & Martha F. Boydston of Meridian, Mississippi. With his wife, he was a missionary for the Presbyterian Church Board of Missions in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee.

      During the last 12 years of his life he lived in Clearwater; where he was director of Sabbath Schools under the Presbyterian Sabbath School Board. Rev. Robert Foster Johnston departed this life on the 4th of April 1925 in the 71st year of his age.



      Family links:
      Parents:
      Robert E. Johnston (1816 - 1890)
      Lucy M. Johnston (1825 - 1902)

      Spouse:
      Eva Boydstun Johnston (1865 - 1966)*

      Siblings:
      Robert Foster Johnston (1854 - 1925)
      Robert Wilson Johnston (1881 - 1882)*
      Marie F. Johnston (1883 - 1886)*

      *Calculated relationship


      Burial:
      Clearwater Municipal Cemetery
      Clearwater
      Pinellas County
      Florida, USA


    2. [S4] Deborah Lozano.