Leonidas A. Preston   1828-1913
Georgia Prestons

Leonidas Archibald Preston 1828-1913, son of Archibald Preston and Nancy Hill, m. Sarah Ann Elder and they had 11 children:(Much of the detail of this page was supplied by Cheryl Preston Kuntz.)

  1. John Elder Preston b.4-20-1850 d.12-7-1933 m. Mollie Baker. John and Mollie had at least one son:.
  2. James Archibald Preston b.6-18-1852 d.9-13-1855.
  3. William Tigner Preston b.5-26-1855 d.1936 m. Ella Harper.
  4. Emma Eugenia Preston b.8-17-1857 d.10-10-1948 m. Odus Ward.
  5. Flora Lee Preston b.4-18-1860 d.9-25-1932 m. W. W. Fore.
  6. Katie Preston b.5-10-1862 d.6-16-1863.
  7. Mancil M. Preston b.9-19-1863 d.10-10-1883.
  8. Robert Henry Preston b.7-3-1866 d.1945 m. on 7-19-1885 Alice Cornelia Harper. Robert and Alice had 4 children:
    1. Edgar Franklin Preston b.12-24-1904 d.10-1970 m. on 10-23-1924 Audrey Wright. Divorced. Edgar married 2nd Jessie Viola Payne on 8-20-1935. Edgar married two other women. His fourth wife had 4 children whom Edgar F. Preston adopted. Edgar and Jessie had one child:
      • Edgar Franklin Preston, Jr. b.8-19-1937 d.7-8-1998 m. on 10-2-1954 Nancy Lou Sears. They were divorced in 1962. Edgar and Nancy had 4 children:
        • Edward Franklin Preston b.10-3-1955.
        • Deborah Lynn Preston b.12-4-1956 m. on 3-15-1975 Stanley G. Wilson. Deborah and Stanley had one child:
          • Crystal Necole Wilson b.1-9-1977.

          Deborah Preston Wilson m. on 3-7-1986 Roger Wayne Wilson. Deborah and Roger had 1 child:

          • Chance Ethan Wilson b.9-12-1989.
        • Thomas Ray Preston b.12-27-1957.
        • Cheryl Ann Preston b.9-9-1959 m. on 11-17-1978 Daniel Charles Mack. Divorced 4-1984. Cheryl m. on 7-17-1987 Lyle Kenneth Kuntz. Cheryl and Daniel Mack had one child:
          • Cori Danielle Mack b.10-27-1980.
    2. Henry Preston b.2-8-1888 d.5-14-1941.
    3. Emma Lee Preston b.11-20-1889 d.2-22-1907 of pneumonia.
    4. Beaulah Alice Preston b.7-20-1900 d.1993 m. on 7-4-1937 John T. Young.
  9. Leonidas Preston Jr. b.7-10-1869 d.6-23-1949 m. Mattie McCollum.
  10. May Preston b.10-19-1871 d.6-25-1965.
  11. Frank W. Preston b.4-19-1875 d.10-21-1953 m. on 11-27-1898 Camie Somers Parish. Frank and Camie had 4 children:
    1. Flora Camille Preston b.10-21-1899 d.4-1-1977 m. on 7-31-1920 Harry L. Way.
    2. Lawrence Archibald Preston b.10-10-1901 d.6-14-1964 m. on 12-2-1922 Myrtle Alborn. Lawrence and Myrtle had 1 child:
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    3. Mary Frances Preston b.4-2-1905 d.10-31-1978 m. on 11-24-1923 Karl Woodward.
    4. Anna Agnes Preston b.2-27-1910 d.3-2-1910.


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Original 1/22/1999
Last updated 1/5/2007
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