Samuel Carter Johnston, Jr.

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His Memorial page at FindAGrave, created by Maryanne McCracken Highley and maintained by Dave Johnston, has the following brief biography of Samuel:

S. C. Johnston, Jr. was the husband of Mary McGuire/McGwier. They were married 23 Jan 1859 in Lawrence Co., TN. He was a soldier (CSA) of the Civil War, serving in Co D, 32nd Tenn Infanty. He was captured along with his brother William K at the battle of Ft. Donelson, taken by train to a POW camp in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, and was transferred to Camp Morton, Indiana. He signed a loyalty oath and walked home to his home on the TN/AL state line. He was very prolific, with 12 children born to his first wife, and 4 by his second wife, Amanda Comer. He lived on his father's farm on Second Creek and the AL/TN State line, which he got once the Mr. Gibson who had purchased it from his dad became delinquent on his payments.

Samuel married Mary Malise McGwier on 23 Jan 1859 in Lawrence County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of William Robert McGwier and Elizabeth E. Allen) was born on 2 Jan 1844 in Alabama; died on 31 Dec 1888 in Lawrence County, Tennessee; was buried in Saint Truitt Cemetery, Lawrence County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her Memorial page at FindAGrave, created by Maryanne McCracken Highley and maintained by Dave Johnston, notes that they were the parents of 12 children, and have many descendants living in Alabama and Tennessee. There are links to memorial for eight of these children, along with a photo of Mary and Samuel, at that website.

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