James T. Preston (1824-1883)

Other Walnut Grove Prestons

James Tecumseh Preston b.4-1-1824 d.12-9-1883, son of Col. John Preston and Margaret Brown Preston, married Frances (Fannie) Rhea of Blountville, Tenn. in 1850. Frances Rhea was the daughter of James Rhea and Elizabeth Snapp and granddaughter of Rev. Joseph Rhea and Elizabeth McIlwaine. She was born 1-22-1826 and died in 1888. They had 6 children:

  1. John Preston IV b.7-12-1851 d.6-27-1938 married Annie Lewis White. John died in Austin, TX. See the page on Margaret Rhea Preston.
  2. James Rhea Preston b.1-22-1853 d.4-3-1922 married Elizabeth Vaughan b.5-1-1875 d.6-2-1972 on 12-19-1902 in Natchez, Miss. James was born in Wash. Co., VA and died in Jackson, Miss. James was a Superintendent of Schools. Elizabeth was born in Clinton, LA and died in Jackson, Miss. They had 3 children:
    • Elizabeth McIlwaine Preston who married Kenneth Kraft and lived in Highland Park, Illinois.
    • Frances Rhea Preston married Henry P. Mills in 1930 and lived in Mississippi.
    • James Rhea Preston.
  3. Walter Eugene Preston b.12-19-1854 d.7-28-1882. Walter was a lawyer and died in Texas unmarried.
  4. Robert Fairman Preston b.4-1-1857 d.10-16-1928 married Miss Elizabeth McDonald Preston b.3-26-1870 d.5-3-1934 in 1896. She was a daughter of Amelia and Robert A. Preston of Abingdon, Va.(Granddaughter of Alexander Preston and Great Granddaughter of Robert Preston Jr. (Irish Bob)) Robert was a farmer. Both Robert and Elizabeth are buried in Walnut Grove Cem. They had 7 children: See Amelia Cummings Preston under Robert Robinson Preston.
  5. Fannie Rhea Preston b1859 d.1881, unmarried. Buried in Walnut Grove Cem.
  6. Frances McIlwaine Preston b.3-18-1864 d.1907, unmarried. Buried in Walnut Grove Cem.


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