Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Johnston, Roy W. 1876 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

ROY W. JOHNSTON.

Roy W. Johnston, who is a representative of important manufacturing interests in
Ottumwa, was one of the organizers and promoters of the Johnston & Sharp
Manufacturing Company and the Johnston Pressed Gear Company. He was born in
Ottumwa, July 18, 1876, and is a member of one of the old and prominent families
here. He is a son of Allen and Elizabeth (Wiley) Johnston, of whom extended
mention is made in another part of this work.

After attending the Ottumwa schools, Roy W. Johnston spent a year in the Chicago
Polytechnic School and was subsequently employed by the Johnston Ruffler Company
and the Ottumwa Iron Works, serving his apprenticeship with these enterprises.
He then engaged in business for himself, his firm developing into the Johnston &
Sharp Manufacturing Company. He subsequently also became one of the promoters of
the Johnston Pressed Gear Company. In business affairs be has proven himself
farsighted and sagacious and has shown an extraordinary amount of executive
force in all his transactions. Moreover, he has a great capacity for detail and
keeps in touch with all matters which affect his business. In building up two
important industries he has largely added to the prosperity of Ottumwa and has
become a factor in its growth. All the articles manufactured by his firms are
made under their own patents, and the business has now reached gratifying
proportions and is steadily growing.

On the 26th of October, 1906, Mr. Johnston was united in marriage to Miss Jessie
Mabel Fair, who was born in Agency, Wapello county, a daughter of E. D. and
Sarah (Giltner) Fair. Her father was formerly connected with the Fair, Williams
Company, bridge builders, but is now living retired in Agency. Mrs. Johnston
holds membership with the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Politically Mr. Johnston is a republican where national issues are involved, but
casts an independent local ballot, taking into consideration only the
qualifications of a candidate and not his party affiliations. Both he and his
wife are members of the Presbyterian church, in which he is serving as one of
the trustees, and of whose choir Mrs. Johnston is a member. He is popular in the
Country and Wapello Clubs, in which he has many friends. His entire life has
been passed in Ottumwa, where he has gained many warm friendships in recognition
of his substantial qualities of character.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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