Individual Details

The records of the National Archives and Records Service, the Library of Congress and the United States Postal Services show that a Martha Johnson (without "t") was appointed postmaster at Hazard, Perry County, KY on Oct. 21, 1897. Her name was changed by marriage to Martha Stacy on August 12, 1898. She served until the appointment of her successor on January 23, 1903. The United States Official Registers show that for 1899 her salary was $228.98, and for 1901 her salary was $285.59. Researched by A. Hecht, PO Box 4324, Takoma Park, MD 20912, Oct. 1981.

This is also in the book, Perry County Kentucky A History by Hazard Chapter of the DAR. Page 264.

Even though Martha remarried after I.D.'s death, she is buried next to him and with the name Johnston.

Obituary not found at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov, genealogybank.com or newspaperarchive.com, June 7, 2018.

Birth	17 Nov 1869	Kentucky
Marriage	Abt 1886	Isaac D. Johnston
Marriage	11 Jul 1898	Hazard, Perry Co., Kentucky - Shadrick D Stacy
Death	15 Jan 1905	Perry Co., Kentucky
Burial		Martha Johnson, Johnson Cemetery, Buckhorn, Perry Co., Kentucky

Spouse	Isaac D. Johnston (1865 - 1897)
Child	Myrtle Johnston (1887 - 1923)
Child	Roscoe Conklin Johnston (1891 - 1945)

Spouse

Shadrick D Stacy (1873 - 1955)

Father	John T. Johnston (1845 - 1886)
Mother	Polly Amis (1850 - 1929)
Sibling	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Johnston (1868 - 1941)
Sibling	Robert A. Johnson (1871 - 1950)
Sibling	Hannah Johnston (1874 - 1886)
Sibling	Justis A. Johnston (1876 - 1876)
Sibling	Luther A. Johnston (1877 - 1950)
Sibling	Mary Amis Johnson (1879 - 1965)
Sibling	Asbury B. Johnston (1885 - 1928)