Nathaniel Lyon Johnston

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• Residence: 1870, American, Sacramento, California, USA
• Residence: 1880, American, Sacramento, California, USA
• Residence: 1910, Chico, Butte, California
• Residence: 1920, Chico, Butte, California
• Residence: 1920, Chico, Butte, California
• Death: 7 Jun 1926, San Francisco, California

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From History of Butte County, pp. 1241-1242:

Among the energetic and successful ranchers of Butte County, Nathaniel Lyon JOHNSTON deserves recognition. He is a native son, born ten miles north of Sacramento, September 7, 1861. His father, William E., was of Scotch descent, but was born in the north of Ireland. After coming to the United States, he spent some years in the East as a flour miller. In 1849 he crossed the plains to Salt Lake, and thence in 1850 to California, where he mined for a while, and then engaged in the dairy business at Sacramento. Later he purchased railroad land north of that city, and added to his acreage until he had three hundred twenty acres devoted to dairying and stock raising. After a time he leased the place to his sons and returned to Sacramento, where he died at the age of eighty-three. N.L. JOHNSTON's mother, Margaret (HARGRAVE) JOHNSTON was a native of Belfast, Ireland, and came to the United States at the age of fourteen. She died in 1913, over eighty years of age. Of her twelve children, eight grew to maturity and six are living.

Nathaniel L. JOHNSTON was the fifth child in his parents' family. He received a public school education, and early in life was set to work learning ranching. He remained at home until twenty years of age, and then, in 1881, came to Butte County and worked during the harvest on the Rives, now the Phelan, ranch. Returning to his home, he and his brother, Robert E., rented their father's place and also land on Haggin Grant. They ranched for over fifteen years, and during this time, in addition to the twelve hundred acres, they bought the Steve Barwell ranch of eighteen hundred acres on Pleasant Grove Creek, Placer County, which they farm, also renting one thousand acres from James Keysburg, four thousand acres altogether, twenty-two hundred acres of which was in wheat. In putting in and harvesting their crops, they ran five-, eight-, and ten-horse teams; and in addition to their operations in grain they also raised cattle and mules. The purchased eighteen hundred acres of land from the Everts Brothers, near Wheatland. Later Nathaniel L. sold his interest to his brother, and came to Butte County in the spring of 1906, where he purchased the Robert Houseman place of two hundred acres, and later bought the Mrs. Korn place of one hundred sixty acres, on which he settled and engaged in the raising of grain, stock and sheep. The ranch lies eight miles north of Chico.

In Brownsville, Cal., on September 27, 1899, Nathaniel L. JOHNSTON was married to Miriam EVANS, a native of that place, and a daughter of James EVANS, an Eastern man of Welsh descent, who crossed the plains three times with ox teams.

Nathaniel married Miriam C. Evans on 27 Sep 1899 in Brownsville, Yuba, California, USA. Miriam (daughter of James Allison Evans and Helen Isabella Arnold) was born on 14 Oct 1876 in Frenchtown, Yuba County, California, USA; died on 2 Aug 1947 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; was buried in Colma, San Mateo, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Aleta Mildred Johnston
2. Vada Alfreda Johnston
3. Ethel Minerva Johnston
4. Arthur Nathaniel Johnston was born on 8 Aug 1906 in California, USA; died on 11 Mar 1965 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
5. Helen R Johnston was born on 17 Sep 1909 in Butte, California, USA.
6. Claudia Theodora Johnston

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• Residence: 1880, American, Sacramento, California, USA

William married Margaret Hargrave. Margaret was born on 15 Sep 1831 in Ardee, Louth, Ireland; died on 8 Apr 1913 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1880, American, Sacramento, California, USA