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CHARLES FREDERIC JOHNSTON
MR. PRESIDENT: Your committee, appointed to prepare a suitable memorial commemorating the life, character, and public service of the late Honorable Charles Frederic Johnston of Sheffield, Iowa, begs leave to submit the following report:
Charles Frederic Johnston was born in Franklin county near Hampton, Iowa, January 17, 1866, the son of James J. and Elizabeth Bradfute Johnston. He attended rural school and graduated from Hampton high school in 1887; located at Sheffield and established a real estate business dating from September 26, 1888. At the same time he took up law in the office of D. W. Henley in Hampton and the Iowa State University. He was admitted to the bar in 1891. June 29, 1892, he was married to Delle Haecker of Hampton, who survives him. He is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. R. H. Krause, of Rockford, Michigan, and a son, Chas. F. Johnston, Jr., of Dixon, Illinois.
Senator Johnston served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives in sessions of 1896, 1897 and 1898, and of the Iowa Senate in 1924 and 1926. His record in the legislature was distinguished and outstanding.
Senator Johnston served as delegate to both state and national Republican conventions; served as mayor of Sheffield; the local school board and other local committees and organizations. He traveled for seven years as an internal revenue collector.
Senator Johnston, with his brother, George Johnston, established the Citizens Bank in Sheffield. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and several fraternal organizations, and spent his entire life a resident of Franklin county. He died at his home at Sheffield, Iowa, November 26, 1945.
Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Fifty-second General Assembly of Iowa, That in the passing of Senator Johnston the state mourns the loss of a valuable and honored citizen; a man who devoted many years of his life to public service.
Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this memorial resolution be printed in the Journal of the Senate and that the Secretary be directed to send enrolled copies to the members of the family of the deceased.
H. M. KNUDSON,
DUANE DEWEL,
LEO ELTHON,
Committee.
The resolution was unanimously adopted.