Background
Johnston, Josiah Stoddard was born on February 10, 1833 in New Orleans. Son of John Harris and Eliza (Davidson) Johnston.
Johnston, Josiah Stoddard was born on February 10, 1833 in New Orleans. Son of John Harris and Eliza (Davidson) Johnston.
Orphaned at 5; reared by maternal relatives in Kentucky. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1853. Bachelor of Laws, Louisville University, 1854.
George West. (afterward governor) Johnson, June 13, 1854. Cotton planter in Arkansas, 1855-1859. Farmer in Scott County, Kentucky, 1859-1862.
On staffs Generals Bragg, Buckner and Breckinridge, C.S.A., 1862-1865.
Practiced law at Helena, Arkansas, 1866-1867. Editor Frankfort (Kentucky) Yeoman, 1867-1886.
Associate editor Louisville Courier-Journal, 1903-1908. Consulting geologist, since 1908.
Adjunct general of Kentucky, 1871.
Secretary of state, 1875-1879. Candidate for Democratic nomination for government, 1875. Secretary or chairman Democratic State Committee (the latter most of the time), 1868-1888.
Delegate Democratic National conversations, 1884, 1888.
President Kentucky Press Association, 1870-1886, Yale Alumni Association of Kentucky, 1890-1902. Vice president Filson Club, since 1893.
Author: Memorial History of Louisville (2 volumes), First Explorations of Kentucky, 1898. Confederate History of Kentucky, 1898.
Address: Louisville, Kentucky.
Married Eliza West., daughter