Background
Johnston, John Thomas Morris was born on March 17, 1856 in Ashland, Missouri, United States. Son of John T. M. and Minerva (Waters) Johnston.
Johnston, John Thomas Morris was born on March 17, 1856 in Ashland, Missouri, United States. Son of John T. M. and Minerva (Waters) Johnston.
Graduate Ashland High School, 1872, Jones Commercial College, Saint Louis, 1873. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1885-1887. (Doctor of Divinity, Southwest College, 1890).
Ordained Baptist ministry, 1887. Pastor 1st Church, Jefferson City, Missoury, 1887-1897. Chaplain Missouri State Senate, 1887-1897, Missouri State Prison, 1895-1897.
Pastor Delmar Avenue Church, Saint Louis, 1897-1907.
Professor biography and history, William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, 1907, 08. An organizer, 1910, and president, 1910-1914, National Reserve Bank, Kansas City.
Trustee William Jewell College, Stephens Baptist College Delaware at large Democratic National Convention, Saint Louis, 1916.
Mason, K. of Philisophy.
Married Florence Brooks, October 15, 1879.