Elizabeth Johnston Evans Johnston

Elizabeth Johnston Evans Johnston (May 3, 1851 – December 20, 1934) was an American philanthropist, social worker, and clubwoman. She served as president of the board of control of the Alabama boys industrial school, and was the vice-regent of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association from Alabama. In 1981, Johnston was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame.

Early life and education Elizabeth Johnston (nicknames, "Johnsie" or "Lizzie") Evans was born May 3, 1851, at Greensboro, North Carolina. Her parents were Peter Gustavus and Anne Eliza (Morehead) Evans, who lived at New Bern, North Carolina, captain of a volunteer company of cavalry, and afterwards colonel of the 63rd North Carolina cavalry regiment, Confederate States Army. She was a granddaughter of Peter and Nancy (Johnston) Evans, of Egypt, North Carolina, and of John Motley and Anne Eliza (Lindsay) Morehead, of Greensboro. She was descended from Juduthun Harper, who served in the Colonial congress and was an officer in the Revolutionary Army. Another forebear was Karenhappuck-Norman Turner, a noted war nurse who had seven sons in the Revolutionary Army, who rode horseback from her home in Maryland to Guilford, North Carolina, reaching there just after the Battle of Guilford Court House, and saved the life of Colonel Forbes and one of her own sons, and in recognition of her patriotic services throughout that period, a monument was erected to her memory on the Guilford battle grounds (now, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park.

Personal life The greater part of her time, since 1915, was spent on her apple orchard, near Winchester, Virginia. She also had a summer residence in Port Dover, Ontario.

Death and legacy Elizabeth Johnston Evans Johnston died at Birmingham, Alabama, December 20, 1934. Interment was at that city's Elmwood Cemetery.

Her papers are held at the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon.

Awards and honors 1931, outstanding Woman of the Year, Birmingham News Loving Cup