An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company,
Spokane, WA. 1905, pages 268-269.

SAMUEL B. JOHNSTON, one of five brothers, progressive men and leading citizens
of Wasco county, sketches of whom appear in other portions of this work, resides
two and one-half miles west of Dufur. He was born in Centreville, New Brunswick,
April 20, 1870. Biographical articles concerning his ancestry appear elsewhere.       

Mr. Johnston came to the Pacific coast in 1891, the last of the family to remove
thither. On leaving school he conducted the old home farm in Centreville, New
Brunswick. In Wasco county he purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land
and began the cultivation of the same. The extensive farming operations of the
family are described in other sketches. At present the subject of this article
is in charge of all the farming lands of the five brothers.     

July 27, 1896, Mr. Johnston was united in marriage, at Dufur, to Miss Annie
Neal, born at Hood River, the daughter of Milton and Margaret J. (Ward) Neal.
Mrs. Johnston has one brother and one sister, Richard, a farmer, near Boyd,
Wasco county, and Clem, wife of Charles Acker, of Portland, Oregon. To Mr. and
Mrs. Johnston two children have been born, Kate and George, aged seven and two
years respectively. Politically the affiliations of Mr. Johnston are with the
Republican party, although he takes no very active part in the various
campaigns, and is by no means a partisan. Personally, he is a public-spirited
citizen, liberal minded and progressive, and one who has won the confidence of a
host of friends.



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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.