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Female Maria Jane Johnston Click to view Maria Jane Johnston in the family tree

Maria Jane was born in 1864 in Texas.1   Maria Jane's father was William E. Johnston and her mother was Elizabeth Miles Allen.  Her paternal grandparents were John L. Johnson and Eliza McGee; her maternal grandparents were Miles Norton Allen and Mary Penelope Dodson. She had three brothers and four sisters, named James Woodall, Leander, William Franklin, Francis May McGee, Alice Lizzie, Penelope Elizabeth and Eliza. She had a half-brother named William Franklin.  She died at the age of 62 on October 12th, 1926 in Eagle Lake, Colorado Co., Texas.1 


Maria Jane's family with John Steel Gowen

‌Maria Jane and John Steel were married in a religious ceremony on November 26th, 1883 in Austin Co., Texas.1   They had three sons and five daughters, named John Linder, Eddie Steel, Jesse Eugene, May Bell, Marie L., Mattie, Irene Redden and Florence Adella.

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Further source/citation:
1880 United States Federal Census

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