Stephen S. JOHNSTON

1813 - 1841  (28 years)

• Name	Stephen S. JOHNSTON
  Birth	1813  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Obituary	Abt Jun 1841  [1]
  Death	Jun 1841	Milford, Penobscot, Maine, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I2300	Stanwood Family
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2021

  
  

  Family	Sarah Tibbetts DAY,   b. 31 Dec 1810, Starks, Somerset, Maine, United States d. 26 Jun 1883 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	25 Oct 1835	New Sharon, Franklin, Maine, United States   [2, 3]
  Children	1. Stephen S. JOHNSTON,   b. 1841, Maine, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Stephen S. Johnston was most likely the son of Benjamin and Sally (Moore) Johnston. According to Percy Johnston, who wrote the the years of birth and names of spouses for the children of Benjamin and Sally (Moore) Johnston, the pair had a son named Stephen born in 1814 and who married Sarah [-?-]. Sawtelle’s Medford Revisited includes a biography of Elijah Johnston, Stephen’s presumed brother, and it states Elijah’s parents moved to Kilmarnock (now Medford), Maine in 1808. This is consistent with census records, in which Benjamin, son Elijah and Benjamin’s brother Rufus B. Johnston are enumerated in Kilmarnock in 1820. Rufus B. Johnston is buried in Upper Ferry Cemetery, where Aaron and Martha (Tibbetts) Day are also buried. Rufus was one of the founding members of the Milo Free-Will Baptist Church in Milo, Maine, along with Aaron Day. Rufus and Benjamin’s grand uncle, Ephraim Ballard, was husband to Martha (Moore) Ballard, the midwife who kept the diary. Ephraim and Martha lived in Hallowell, Maine. For more research on the Johnston’s, see: c:\genealogy\persons\day\DAY_Aaron_b1783\reports\FANs\JOHSTON_Rufus_B.docx.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1107] NEWS: Portland Advertiser, Died; 22 June 1841; Stephen S. Johnston, p. 2; 11 September 2016. “In Milford, Mr. Stephen S. Johnston, 28." JOHNSTON_Stephen_b1813_obit_001 [S252] Maine, Franklin, New Sharon, Town and Vital Records, 1806-1891, unpaginated and ordered chronologically, marriage of Stephen S. Johnston and Sarah T. Day, 1835, FHL microfilm 11,578, item 1., FHL microfilm 11,578. JOHNSTON_Stephen_b1813_marr_001 [S247] United States, "Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937", Miss Sarah S. Day of New Sharon to Stephen S. Johnston of Millford, 25 October 1835, citing Maine State Archives Pre-1892 Delayed Returns, roll no. 58.