Company "A" 17th West Virginia Infantry
Researched & Compiled by Linda Fluharty
1850 Marshall County Census
WYKERT (530)
Nicholas...Farmer...$5,000...54-M...PA
Samuel...Constable...23-M...VA
Henry C...18-M...VA
Thomas B...10-M...VA
Thompson...8-M...VA
Marshall, Asberry...Laborer...23-M...PA
Johnston, Thomas...$2,000...41-M...OH
Phebe...35-F...VA
James...15-M...VA
John T...12-M...VA
William...7...VA
David B...5-M...VA
Franklin C...3-M...VA
Hanson...2-M...VA
Samantha E...3mo.-F...VA1860 Marshall County Census
JOHNSTON (348)
Thomas...50-wm...farmer...OH
Phebe...44-wf...VA
James...28-wm...farm laborer...VA
John T...21-wm...farm laborer...VA
William...18-wm...farm laborer...VA
David...15-wm...farm laborer...VA
Franklin...13-wm...VA
Hanson...11-wm...VA
Clarence...9-wf...VA
Wily N...6-wm...VA
Bruce R...4-wm...VA
Harriett C...1-wf...VASurname spelled as both “Johnson” & “Johnston.” - Service Record: At age 19, enlisted Aug. 30, 1864 at Wheeling; mustered in at Wheeling Sep 2, 1864. “Farmer. Born in Marshall County, Va.” “Death at Regt’l Hospital at Bulltown, W.Va. on Jan. 10, 1865, by reason of Typhoid Fever.”
David B. Johnson of this company, and earlier in Co. “L” 4th Cav. for 6 months, was his brother and received Franklin’s belongings upon his death. They were sons of Thomas Johnston/Johnson and Phebe Logsden/Logsdon, married in Ohio County on March 20, 1834 and found in the 1850 & 1860 Marshall County census records. Franklin’s siblings in 1860 were James, John T., William, David, Hanson, Clarence, Wily N., Bruce R. and Harriett C.
Phebe Johnston died in 1860 and she is buried on the property of the Moundsville Rifle & Pistol Club, along with two of her sons, Franklin and John T. Although Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904, indicates a tombstone was ordered for this soldier’s grave at Mt. Rose Cemetery, Moundsville, he may be interred at the aforementioned cemetery.
Brother, William, was Killed in Action in 1863 while serving in the 3rd W.Va. Infantry, which became the 6th W.Va. Cavalry after his death; brother, John T. served in the 6th W.Va. Cavalry.