This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... 1831--1899 BRANDT VAN BUREN DIXON "IXflLLIAM PRESTON JOHNSTON, born in Louisville, Kentucky, January 5, 1831, the eldest son of Albert Sydney and Henrietta (Preston) Johnston, of Scotch-Irish descent, numbered among his ancestors many men of distinction--soldiers, statesmen, jurists, and others whose ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... 1831--1899 BRANDT VAN BUREN DIXON "IXflLLIAM PRESTON JOHNSTON, born in Louisville, Kentucky, January 5, 1831, the eldest son of Albert Sydney and Henrietta (Preston) Johnston, of Scotch-Irish descent, numbered among his ancestors many men of distinction--soldiers, statesmen, jurists, and others whose work and influence in the upbuilding of this country have been noteworthy. From the period of early settlement, in colonial times and the Revolution, and down to the present, the names of Johnston, Preston, Stoddard, Hancock, Clark, Wickliffe, Strother, and others of his kindred, recur constantly in the records of state or nation, men of strong and sterling quality, fit for leadership and achievement. It was therefore natural and fitting that, as child and man, the subject of this sketch should have felt an intense family pride which acted as a determining influence throughout his life. At the age of four years he lost his mother, and shortly afterward his father removed to the new Republic of Texas, so that he was left to the care of his maternal relatives in Louisville, Mrs. Josephine Rogers, and, afterward, General and Mrs. William Preston. He was educated in the primary schools of Louisville, the Academy of S. V. Womack of Shelbyville, Center College of Danville, and the Western Military Institute of Georgetown, Kentucky. In 1850, after a somewhat desultory attempt to read law, he went to Yale College, where he entered the class of 1852 in its junior year. Here he soon took a leading position in scholarship, won the Townsend prize for English composition, and in the final competition won the Clark prize for an essay on "Political Abstractionists." After graduation he resumed the study of law, receiving his diploma from the Law School of...
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