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Col. William Preston Johnston
Facts and Events
Name[1] |
Col. William Preston Johnston |
Gender |
Male |
Birth[1] |
5 Jan 1831 |
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky |
Education? |
1852 |
Yale University, New Haven, New Haven County, ConnecticutGraduated |
Marriage |
7 Jul 1853 |
New Haven, Connecticut(his 1st wife) to Rosa Elizabeth Duncan |
Census[3] |
1860 |
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky |
Census[4] |
1870 |
Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia |
Census[5] |
1880 |
Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia |
Marriage |
24 Apr 1888 |
Avery Island, Iberia Parish, Louisiana(his 2nd wife; no issue) to Margaret Henshaw Avery |
Death[1][2] |
16 Jul 1899 |
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky |
Burial[1] |
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Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky |
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. The son of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston, he graduated from Yale University in 1852, and from the University of Louisville Law School in 1853. He practiced law in Louisville until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he entered the Confederate Army. He served as Major of the 1st Kentucky (CSA) Infantry until the mustering out of that regiment. In May 1862, he became aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel to President Jefferson Davis. He served in that position until the end of the war and was captured with President Davis near Irwinville, Georgia, 10 May 1865. Released after several months confinement in the Prison at Fort Delaware, he resided in Canada for nearly a year following his release before returning to his law practice in Louisville. In 1867 he was invited by Robert E. Lee, then president of Washington University in Lexington, Virginia, to become a professor of history and English literature. He accepted and remained at what became Washington and Lee University until 1877. During that time he wrote a biography of his late father, The Life of Albert Sidney Johnston (1878). In 1880, he became president of Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. In 1884, he became the first president of Tulane University in New Orleans. He was the author of several volumes of poetry and was a contributor to numerous periodicals. He died in 1899 at the home of his son-in-law, Henry Tucker, in Lexington, Virginia.
Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1860 census:[3]
- Johnston, W. P. 30 yrs Farmer (real estate = $125,000; personal estate = $15,000) b. Kentucky
- Rosa 28 yrs b. Louisiana
- May 5 yrs b. Kentucky
- Henrietta 4 yrs b. Kentucky
- Rosa 2 yrs b. Kentucky
- Duncan, Mary 35 yrs b. Louisiana
- Lawson 25 yrs b. Louisiana
- Alex 23 yrs b. Louisiana
- Johnston, Henrietta 26 yrs b. Kentucky
- Young, Eliza 40 yrs Servant b. Ireland
- Black, Charlotte 18 yrs Servant b. Kentucky
Rockbridge County, Virginia, 1870 census:[4]
- Johnston, W. P. 39 yrs "Professor at Washington College" (real estate = $8,000; personal estate = $2,500) b. Kentucky
- Rosa D. 38 yrs Keeping House b. Louisiana
- Mary D. 15 yrs At Home b. Kentucky
- Henrietta P. 14 yrs At Home b. New York
- Rosa D. 11 yrs At Home b. Kentucky
- Albert S. 9 yrs b. Kentucky
- Margaret W. 6 yrs b. Virginia
- Caroline P. 4 yrs b. Kentucky
- Duncan, J. N. 43 yrs Laborer b. Louisiana
- Lawson 36 yrs Laborer b. Louisiana
- Johnston, G. 13 yrs Attending School b. Texas
- [+ 6 other unidentified persons, possibly members of Rosa's family, and 5 servants]
Rockbridge County, Virginia, 1880 census:[5]
- Johnston, William P. 49 yrs Professor b. Kentucky (parents, b. Kentucky)
- Rosa D. 48 yrs Wife Keeping House b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana/New York)
- Mary D. 25 yrs Dau b. Kentucky (parents, b. Kentucky/Louisiana)
- Rosa D. 21 yrs Dau b. Kentucky (parents, b. Kentucky/Louisiana)
- Margaret W. 15 yrs Dau At School b. Kentucky (parents, b. Kentucky/Louisiana)
- Caroline H. 13 yrs Dau At School b. Kentucky (parents, b. Kentucky/Louisiana)
- Duncan, John N. 54 yrs Bro/law b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana/New York)
- Lawson L. 46 yrs Bro/law b. Louisiana (parents, b. Louisiana/New York)
- Johnson, Sarah [BLACK] 26 yrs Servant Cook b. Virginia (parents, b. Virginia)
- Brooks, Charlotte [BLACK] 24 yrs Servant House Servant b. Virginia (parents, b. Virginia)
- Harry [BLACK] 5 yrs Servant b. Virginia (parents, b. Virginia)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Find A Grave.
- ↑ Kentucky, United States. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com [database on-line], 2007).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 931, dwelling/family 1401/1401.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rockbridge, Virginia, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
p. 503A, dwelling/family 483/483.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rockbridge, Virginia, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
ED 65, p. 42C, dwelling/family 583/633.
- U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865.
Enlisted [date not given]. Mustered out, 14 May 1862 at Richmond. Commissioned an officer, Co. S, 1st Kentucky Infantry. Apparently a lieut. colonel at end of the War.
- Cincinnati Daily Inquirer
p. 3, 4 Aug 1865.
Release of Colonel William Preston Johnston from Fort Delaware -- But Two Prisoners Remaining
Fort Delaware has ceased to be a prison for the incarceration of "rebels," as all of these unfortunate men, excepting two, have been released. Last week Colonel William Preston Johnston, aid [sic] of Jefferson Davis, was released by order of the President, and there remains now in prison only Colonel Lubbock, of Texas, also an aid, and Burton N. Harrison, private Secretary of Mr. Davis. Colonel Preston Johnston is a son of General Albert Sidney Johnston, and is a native of Kentucky. He has been an aid and confidential friend of the President of the late Confederate States since 1862. He is now at the Clifton House, Canada. ---N.Y. Daily News, July 28.
- New York Commercial Advitiser, 18 Jul 1867, p. 4:
p. 4, 18 Jul 1867.
---Among the Yale commencement visitors to New Haven is William Preston Johnston, one of the staff of Jeff. Davis, and a son of Gen. A. S. Johnston, who was accounted the ablest general in the rebel army. Colonel Johnston was graduated in 1852, and is now Professor of English Literature in Washington College, Lexington, Va. He is "reconstructed."
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