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Obituary:
Joseph Allen Johnston, 21, 606 Lions Head Lane, died Thursday (April 20, 1978) in St. Vincent Hospital after a one-car auto accident early Tuesday morning. Police reported that Mr. Johnston was driving west in the 4000 block of East 82nd Street at 1 a.m. Tuesday when his car left the road on the south side. The auto traveled 350 feet off the road, struck an abutment & rolled 67 feet before coming to rest. Mr. Johnston was taken to St. Vincent Hospital.

He was born in Crawfordsville & lived most of his life in Indianapolis. He attended Howe Military School & graduated from Park Tudor School, where he received honors for athletics & leadership. He attended Franklin College & Indiana-Purdue University, Indianapolis.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Second Presbyterian Church. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Leppert & Copeland Mortuary.

Survivors include his mother, Mrs. William H. Church; a brother, Charles W. Johnston; 2 sisters, Mrs. Barry R. Fritsch & Miss Amy B. Johnston, all of Indianapolis; & his grandmother, Mrs. William C. Montgomery of Pittsboro.

Mr. Joseph A. Johnston, age 21, son of Mrs. William H. (Norma) Church & the late William B. Johnston, brother of Mrs. Barry R. (Debbie) Fritsch, Miss Amy B. Johnston & Mr. Charles W. Johnston, grandson of Mrs. William C. (Nell) Montgomery, passed away Thursday (April 20, 1978). Funeral services 1 p.m., Saturday at Second Presbyterian Church, 7700 N. Meridian St. Friends may call at the Leppert & Copeland Mortuary, 740 E. 86th St. Contributions may be made to Park Tudor School.
Ref: Indianapolis Star Newspaper, pub. 4.21.1978. - - -

Buried:
(K of P Cemetery), Lizton, Indiana.

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Buried:
Plot Sec 58, Lot 92, Indianapolis.

Roscoe married Hannah Mary BRADFORD. Hannah (daughter of Chester BRADFORD and Ruby Sarah CLAYPOOL) was born in 1893 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana; died in 1963 in Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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. Chester, eldest surviving son of Charles Gamaliel & Mary Prentiss Bradford, was born in St. Albans, Maine, May 3, 1852. Beginning with the common schools, he was otherwise self-educated. He followed various pursuits until he was 24 years of age, when he began his professional work a a solicitor of patents, devoting his spare time to the study of law, more particularly patent law. He was soon admitted to the bar, & in 1892 to the bar of the supreme court of the U.S. He has practiced his profession constantly, & is now senior member of the firm of Bradford & Hood, with offices in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is a charter member of the Columbia Club of Indianapolis, which was organized as a political club to further the interests of the late General Harrison during his presidential candidacy, but which was developed into a permanent organization, & is now probably the leading club in the state.
In religion he is a member of the Second Presbyterian church.
He married, at Indianapolis, Indiana, Dec. 29, 1891, Ruby S. Claypool, born near Terre Haute, Indiana, March 14, 1866. Her father, Judge Solomon CLAYPOOL, born Aug. 17, 1829, died March 19, 1898, was a member of the Indiana legislature at the age of 27 & circuit judge at 28, serving on the bench 7 years. He married Hannah M. Osborne;
. Children: i. Anna C. ii. John W. iii. Hannah M. iv. Ruby S. (wife of Chester Bradford), v. Mary Alice, vi. Lucy G. vii. Elizabeth C.
. Children of Chester & Ruby S. (Claypool) Bradford:
1. Hannah May, born Nov. 19, 1893.
2. Ruby Claypool, born Oct. 11, 1895.
3. Ernestine Elizabeth, born Feb. 22, 1901. - - -
 

Died:
verify location.

Buried:
Indianapolis. Plot Sec. 14, Lot 13.

Chester married Ruby Sarah CLAYPOOL on 29 Dec 1891 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana. Ruby (daughter of Solomon CLAYPOOL and Hannah Moore OSBORN) was born in Mar 1865 in Harrison Twp., Vigo Co., Indiana; died on 29 Oct 1945 in Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana; was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
Plot: Sec: 14, Lot: 13.