Obit: Dan B. Johnston, Grant parish La
Submitted by: Houston Tracy, Jr.

The Colfax Chronicle
November 5, 1898

Former librarian, Helen Sorrell, at the Grant Parish Library had gone through
some of the microfilm of the newspaper files of the Chronicle and made copies
of obituaries and/or news items, which led to death.
These were found in a folder on the book shelf at that library on a research
trip there 13 February 1999.
Copies were made and then extracted to post here in the LaGenWeb archives for
Grant Parish.
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Johnston 

     In West Alexandria, La. in the afternoon of October 29, 1898, Prof. Dan
B. Johnston, a native of Montgomery, Ala., departed this life, aged about 27
years.  His death resulted from yellow fever.
     Prof. Johnston was married to Miss Smith of Robeline (Natchitoches
Parish), who survives him with two small children (not named)
     He was a teacher in the public schools of Alexandria, and two years ago
was the principal of Pollock Institute (Grant Parish).  
     He was an exemplary young man, and bid fair to be of great usefulness. 
His life was insured in the Mutual Life of New York for $2000, so his family
is not left entirely destitute.

     NOTE:  From the book, Gone-But Not Forgotten, Cemetery Inscriptions of
Rapides Parish, Louisiana Volume IV, by Mary Parker Partain and Jane Parker
McManus, 1996. p. 195 - Rapides Cemetery, located immediately on the northside
of the Red River from the City of Alexandria (West Alexandria having been
absorbed by the former) and northside of Main Street in the City of Pineville.
               Exactly as it appears in the book.

     Wilhelmena Smith Johnston, wife of D.B. Johnston - 21 Aug 1874 / 3 Dec
1943 Mother
     Daniel Bascom Johnston - 4 May 1874  Pelham, Ala / 30 Oct 1898
          Their graves are covered by concrete slabs.  His headstone has
initials only, while the slab bears his 
          full name as shown here.