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- JOHNSTON, Joseph Forney, governor of Alabama, was born in Lincoln County, N.C., March 23, 1843; son of William and Nancy (Forney) Johnston; grandson of Col. James Johnston, of the Revolutionary army; great2 grandson of Gilbert Johnston, who espoused the cause of the Pretender, was wounded at Culleden, fled to America and settled in North Carolina in 1745, his brother Gabriel (q.v.) being the royal governor of the province. Joseph Forney Johnston was educated in the public schools, and at the outbreak of the civil war left the high school, joined the Confederate army, and served as private and officer, 1861-65, reaching the rank of captain and being four times wounded. After the war he was admitted to the bar and practised at Selma, Ala., 1866-84, when he removed to Birmingham, Ala. He was president of the Alabama national bank, 1884-94, and first president of the Sloss Iron and Steel company, 1887. He was elected, as a Democrat, governor of Alabama in 1896, serving 1897-1901.
Source: Johnson, Rossiter (editor). Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Vols. 1-10. Boston, MA: The Biographical Society, 1904.
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