OBIT: Alexander JOHNSTON, 1872, Westmoreland County, PA
  
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  JOHNSTON - Alexander Johnston, father of ex-Gov. Johnston, died in 
  Westmoreland county on Monday week, at the advanced age of ninety-nine 
  years. He was the oldest known Mason in the United States.
  
  The Register, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, July 24, 1872