Richard Malcolm Johnston

Background

Johnston, Richard Malcolm was born on March 8, 1822 in Oak Grove, near Powelton, Georgia, United States. Son of Malcolm and Catherine (Davenport) Johnston.

Education

Graduate Mercer U., Penfield (now Macon), Georgia, 1841.

Career

Bar, 1842; partner with Eli Baxter, Sparta, Georgia, 1842-1844, with Linton Stephens, 1851-1857. Taught school, 1844-1851. Professor rhetoric and belleslettres U. Georgia, 1857-1861.

Conducted school for boys, Rockby, Georgia, 1862-1867, later established Pen Lucy School, Baltimore. Clerk United States Bureau Education, Washington, District of Columbia, 1896-1898. Lecturer Catholic Summer School, Plattsburg, New York, 1895-1898.

Wrote stories set primarily in prewar Georgia (idealized Southern life). Author: The English Classics, 1860. Dukesboro Tales, 1871.

(with William H. Browne) English Literature, 1872. Life of Alexander H. Stephens, 1878. Old Mark Langston, 1884.

Two Gray Tourists, 1885. Ogeechee Cross-Firings, 1889. Widow Guthrie, 1890; The Primes and Their Neighbors, 1891.

Mr. Billy Downs and His Likes, 1892. Mr. Fortner’s Marital Claims, 1892. Little Ike Templin, 1894.

Old Times in Middle Georgia, 1897. Autobiography of Colonel William Malcolm Johnston, 1900.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: The English Classics, 1860. Dukesboro Tales, 1871. (with William H. Browne) English Literature, 1872.
    
    Life of Alexander H. Stephens, 1878. Old Mark Langston, 1884. Two Gray Tourists, 1885.
    
    Ogeechee Cross-Firings, 1889. Widow Guthrie, 1890

  • The Primes and Their Neighbors, 1891. Mr. Billy Downs and His Likes, 1892.
    
    Mr. Fortner’s Marital Claims, 1892. Little Ike Templin, 1894. Old Times in Middle Georgia, 1897.
    
    Autobiography of Colonel William Malcolm Johnston, 1900.

Connections

Married Mary Frances Mansfield, 1844, several children.

Father:

Malcolm Johnston

Mother:

Catherine (Davenport) Johnston

Spouse:

Mary Frances Mansfield