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James B. Johnston

Banker

Centurion, 1859–1887

Full Name James Boorman Johnston

Born 30 December 1822 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 26 September 1887 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

Proposed by J. Howard Wainwright

Elected 4 June 1859 at age thirty-six

Archivist’s Note: Brother of John T. Johnston

Supporter of:

Century Memorial

Edward L. Youmans, C. N. Black, William D. Morgan, C. Wyllys Betts, Charles L. Perkins, Edmund H. Miller, Stephen C. Williams, Roswell D. Hitchcock, Woolsey Johnson, C. E. Detmold, Joseph C. Hutchinson [sic: misspelling of “Hutchison”], Aaron J. Vanderpoel, James B. Johnston, George P. Pomeroy, E. P. Carpenter, George H. Palmer and Chas. A. Rapallo.

These names were illustrious in nearly every sphere of life, and represent the highest stations on the Bench, in science, theology, law, medicine and mercantile pursuits.

Henry E. Howland
1888 Century Association Reports