Individual Details

Married Harry G. Johnston, 22 Feb 1888, Kankakee, IL

Social Security record of daughter Vera Johnston Lockwwod, states her mother's name as Melora A. Swaim.

1900 Census. Paducah Ward 4, McCracken, KY, Hh 158
Harry G. Johnston, b. Dec 1867, age 32, married 12 years, b. IL, parents b. PA, Railroad dispatcher
Lora, wife, b. Feb 1867, 33, 3 children, p. IN, parents b. IN
Vera, dau, b. Jun 1889, 10, b. IL
Spencer, son, b. Dec 1891, 8, b. IL
Harry R., son, b. Sep 1894, 5, b. IL
Harry A. Swaim, bro-in-law, b. Jun 1877, 22, b. IN, Railroad Clerk

1910 Census. Paducah Ward 3, McCracken, KY, Hh 111
Harry G. Johnston, 43, married 23 years, Train dispatcher, Railroad
Laura A., wife, 42, 3 children, Nurse
Vera L., dau, 21, Librarian, Public Library
Charles S., son, 19, Clerk, Railroad
Harry R., son, 17

1920 Census. Paducah, McCracken, Ky, Hh 72
South Sixth St
Harry G. Johnson, 55, Dispatche, Chief RR
Lora A., wife, 53.

1930 Census. Bruceton, Carroll Co, TN, Hh 44
Harry G. Johnston, 64, married at age 23, b. IL, Train Dispatcher, Steam Railraod
Lora, wife, 64, married at age 23, b. IN

Kentucky Death Certificate #26969
Lora A. Johnston, of Avondale Heights, died in Paducah, McCracken Co, KY on 21 Nov 1933 of ulceration of the stomach and pernicious anemia. She was married to H. G. Johnston who was the informant. Born Feby. 25 (no year). Father given as Trauget Swaim, b. NC; mother was Phel Harmon, b. Ohio. Buried Maple Lawn Cemetery on the 22nd of November.

1940 Census. Paducah, McCracken Co, KY, Taken 20 Apr 1940, Hh 301
300 N 35th Street - lived in same place in 1935
Lockwood, Vera J., 50, Widowed, b. IL
Marian, dau, 26, b. KY, Billing cler, Electric Power Plant
Howard, son, 19, b. TN (absent)
Nancy, dau, 10, b. KY
Harry G. Johnston, Father, 74, Widowed, c. PA

Kentucky Death Certificate #13073
Harry Grant Johnston died 25 May 1940 of paralysis following apoplexy (stroke) at his home 300 N. 25th St., Paducah, McCracken Co KY. He had lived there 45 years and was widowed. Born 14 Dec 1865 in Pennsylvania. He was a retired chief dispatcher for the NC & St.L. Railroad. His father was James Johnston; his mother Mary Kefner - both born in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Guy Lockwood of the above address was the informant. Buried Maple Lawn Cemetery, May 26th, Paducah.

Birth	25 Feb 1865	Boone County, Indiana
Death	21 Nov 1933	Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky

Father	Trougett Swaim (1829 - 1875)
Mother	Philadelphia Harmon (1837 - 1911)
Sibling	Mariah Belle Swaim (1857 - 1917)
Sibling	Jesse E. Swaim (1860 - )
Sibling	William Stanton Swaim (1862 - 1920)
Sibling	John Sherman Swaim (1866 - 1909)
Sibling	Charles Everett Swaim (1868 - 1942)
Sibling	James Swaim (1870 - 1945)
Sibling	Harry Orth Swaim (1874 - 1927)