Marin-Yuba-Siskiyou County CA Archives Biographies.....Johnston, Thomas M. 1833 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. Publishers (1880)

  Thomas M. Johnston. Was born in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, on September 8,
1833. When quite young his parents moved to Carroll county, Ohio, and in 1847
removed to Van Buren county, Iowa. Here Mr. Johnston was educated. In 1854 he
crossed the plains with ox-teams to this State and first settled in Marysville,
but only remained about five months; thence to Siskiyou county; then to Shasta
and Trinity, and back to Siskiyou. He also moved to British Columbia, and then
to Oregon, and returned to Placer county in this State. He sometime afterwards
moved to Sonoma county, and from that place to Marin county in 1871, and to his
present residence about one year previous to this writing. Married Mary E.
Frisbie on May 30, 1876. She was born in Otsego county, New York, on May 16,
1842. She has two children by a former marriage, to wit: Sarah Ella and Mercie
Emma. Mr. Johnston has one child, Hattie Catherine.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORY OF MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA;
INCLUDING ITS
Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatography;
TOGETHER WITH
A Full and Particular Record of the Mexican Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the most Authentic Sources; Names of Original Spanish
and American Pioneers;

A Full Record of its Organization; A Complete Political History, including a
Tabular Statement of Office-holders since the Formation of the County;

Separate Histories of Bolinas, Nicasio, Novato, Point Reyes, San Antonio, San
Rafael, Saucelito, and Tomales Townships;

Incidents of Pioneer Life, and Biographical Sketches of its Early and Prominent
Settlers and Representative Men;
ALSO
An Historical Sketch of the State of California,
In which is embodied the Raising of the Bear Flag

ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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