Son of Bernard Preston and Mary Forwood. Born in Somerset Township, Washington County the youngest child of the family. John married Margaret Clark February 18, 1836. The couple had 5 children.
Excerpt from Beers Biographical, Washington County, Pennsylvania; page 1248
John Preston, the youngest son of Bernard and Mary (Preston) Preston, was reared on the home farm, and early in life was married to Margaret, daughter of Robert and Jane Clark, the latter of whom died in 1866. To this union were born five children, viz.: Mary J. (deceased wife of Dr. W. L. S. Willes, of Washington county, Penn.),Clark (subject of sketch), Loammi (deceased), John F. (living in Neosho county, Kans.), and Lacy A. (unmarried), a resident of Monongahela City, Penn. The father died September 24, 1884, the mother in 1851, the former a member of the M. E. Church, the latter a Presbyterian.
Excerpt from Beers Biographical, Washington County, Pennsylvania; page 1248
John Preston, the youngest son of Bernard and Mary (Preston) Preston, was reared on the home farm, and early in life was married to Margaret, daughter of Robert and Jane Clark, the latter of whom died in 1866. To this union were born five children, viz.: Mary J. (deceased wife of Dr. W. L. S. Willes, of Washington county, Penn.),Clark (subject of sketch), Loammi (deceased), John F. (living in Neosho county, Kans.), and Lacy A. (unmarried), a resident of Monongahela City, Penn. The father died September 24, 1884, the mother in 1851, the former a member of the M. E. Church, the latter a Presbyterian.
Son of Bernard Preston and Mary Forwood. Born in Somerset Township, Washington County the youngest child of the family. John married Margaret Clark February 18, 1836. The couple had 5 children.
Excerpt from Beers Biographical, Washington County, Pennsylvania; page 1248
John Preston, the youngest son of Bernard and Mary (Preston) Preston, was reared on the home farm, and early in life was married to Margaret, daughter of Robert and Jane Clark, the latter of whom died in 1866. To this union were born five children, viz.: Mary J. (deceased wife of Dr. W. L. S. Willes, of Washington county, Penn.),Clark (subject of sketch), Loammi (deceased), John F. (living in Neosho county, Kans.), and Lacy A. (unmarried), a resident of Monongahela City, Penn. The father died September 24, 1884, the mother in 1851, the former a member of the M. E. Church, the latter a Presbyterian.
Excerpt from Beers Biographical, Washington County, Pennsylvania; page 1248
John Preston, the youngest son of Bernard and Mary (Preston) Preston, was reared on the home farm, and early in life was married to Margaret, daughter of Robert and Jane Clark, the latter of whom died in 1866. To this union were born five children, viz.: Mary J. (deceased wife of Dr. W. L. S. Willes, of Washington county, Penn.),Clark (subject of sketch), Loammi (deceased), John F. (living in Neosho county, Kans.), and Lacy A. (unmarried), a resident of Monongahela City, Penn. The father died September 24, 1884, the mother in 1851, the former a member of the M. E. Church, the latter a Presbyterian.
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