John Montgomery Preston I

1788-1861

Other Walnut Grove Prestons

John Montgomery Preston I, son of Walter Preston and Anne Montgomery, married 2ndly, Maria T. C. Preston, daughter of General Francis Preston of the Smithfield Prestons. They had two sons.

  1. John Montgomery Preston II, b.10-14-1838 d. 9-27-1928 born in Abingdon and married Miss Mary Lewis Cochran b.10-21-1840 d. 4-26-1932. They were married 2-3-1864 in her home in Charlottesville, Va. They lived at Seven Mile Ford, VA and had 8 children.
    1. Margaret Lynn Preston b.7-27-1865 d.7-16-1949 m. Rev. T. E. P. Woods on 8-26-1909. Lived in Chattanooga, TN and had no children.
    2. John Montgomery Preston III b.7-17-1866 d.2-13-1951 m. Sallie Mitchell on 11-4-1913. No children.
    3. Elizabeth Cummings Preston b.6-3-1868 d.8-28-1956 m. Mr. Robert Gray of Harrisonburg, Va. on 9-4-1895. They had four children. Info available.
    4. Rev. Cochran Preston b.5-9-1871 d.5-12-1935 m. Miss Virginia Graham. They had 2 children.
      • Ellinor Graham Preston b. 6-5-1903
      • John M. Preston b.7-4-1906 d.xxxxx m. Lula White Ellis (see below) and they had 3 sons.
        • John Montgomery Preston V b.1938 m. on 7/15/1961 Elizabeth Dean Sessions b.12/5/1939 in Eufaula, AL. dau. of Walker Sessions, Presbyterian Minister. John and Elizabeth had 3 children:
          • Louise Virginia Preston b.7/19/1962 in Chapel Hill, NC. m. on 12/30/1988 Matt Trice and divorced 12/2002. They had 2 children:
            • Virginia Carroll Trice b.9/10/1993
            • Emily Elizabeth Trice b.3/31/1998.
          • Elizabeth 'Betsy' Dean Preston b.3/22/1970
          • John Montgomery Preston VI b.12/15/1970 in Chattanooga, TN.
        • Charles Dean Preston b.1938 twins m. Patricia Owens b.3/8/1939 of Kings Mountain, NC. Charles and Patricia have two children:
          • Charles Dean Preston II b.10/14/1966.
          • Ellinor Catharine Preston b.12/19/1968 m. on 8/8/1992 Craig BeVier b.7/4/1968. They have one dau. Olivia BeVier.
        • Leslie Draffin Preston b.11/24/1939 m.on 8/26/1962 Esther Carla Kirkpatrick of Newport, TN. They have a daughter:
          • Miriam Graham Preston b.5/2/1968 m. Kevin Davie.

        Lula White had married previously to Mr. Ellis. They had a son:

        • John White Ellis b.12/25/1928 d.10/21/1990 m. on 7/1/1956 Mary Julne Walstrand of Springfield, MO. They had 4 children:
          • Julia 'Julie' Rebecca Ellis b.10/10/1958.
          • Tim Ellis b.11/15/1961 d.2/4/1966
          • Amy Ellis b.3/23/1967 d.5/14/1977
          • Mary Christina 'Christy' Ellis b.8/3/1969 m. Matt McKinsey b.12/26/1960. They have a daughter:
            • Megan McKinsey
    5. Sarah Buchanan Preston b.11-11-1873 d.2-24-1949 m. Alvin Henry Dean b.3-22-1863 in Spartanburg, SC and died 8-18-1929 in Greenville, SC. He was a lawyer and Mayor of Greenville at the time of his death. No children.
    6. Mittie Preston b.10-21-1875 d.10-21-1875
    7. Maria Preston b.4-5-1878 d.7-24-1878.
    8. Nelly Cummings Preston b.9-1-1880 d.6-23-1966. She wrote and published two books, "Hitching Posts for Memories" and "Paths of Glory".
  2. Charles Henry Campbell Preston b.9-12-1840 d.1931, second son of John M I and Maria T.C. Preston, was married 3 times. First to Miss Mary Woodson. They had 3 children:
    • Charles H. C. Preston b.7-21-1866 d. 1891 never married.
    • Twins, died in infancy

    Secondly, Charles married Miss. Kitty Dabney (1836-1881) They had one son.

    Charles third marriage was to Miss Lucy Walker Taylor (1849-1893). They had 4 children.


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