Margaret Rhea Preston (1806-1860)

Other Walnut Grove Prestons

 Margaret Rhea Preston b.8-26-1806 d.3-26-1860, third child of Col. John Preston and Margaret Brown Preston, married James Lowery White b.12-21-1805 d.12-8-1838 of Abingdon, VA. They married on 12-27-1825 and had 8 children. (Source "The Family Tree", Mary Preston Gray, also additional information on #7, Ellen Sheffey White provided by Robert E. Rhea.)

  1. Elizabeth Wilson White b.5-12-1827 d.7-9-1905 married David C. Cummings and they had 3 sons.
    1. Dr. James W. Cummings b.9-19-1855 d.7-9-1924 married first, Elizabeth Preston, his cousin, daughter of Henry Preston and Anne Cary Carter. No Children. He married secondly on 2-19-1907, Mrs. Fannie Summers Clark b.3-22-1878 d.1-15-1963 and they had 3 daughters.
      • Frances Cummings who married Mr. Moore in 1925. They have two children.
      • Mary Campbell Cummings married Mr. Willetts.
      • Eliza Preston Cummings married and lives in Miss.
    2. Robert Preston Cummings b.2-8-1857 married Susan Keller and had one son, Arthur Campbell Cummings.
    3. David Cummings b.6-23-1861 d.4-24-1913, Judge of Washington Co. Court, died unmarried.
  2. Margaret Rhea White b.1828, second child of Margaret Preston and James White, married Gen. Y. W. C. Humes and they had 2 children.
    1. James Lowery Humes
    2. Newton White Humes
  3. Jane Conn White married Cordon Ogdon and they had two children.
    1. James Ogdon
    2. Preston Ogdon
  4. John Preston White (1832-1905) married Annie Stuart Lewis of Texas, a granddaughter of Mary Preston Lewis of Sweet Springs, WVA. They had 7 children:
    1. James Lewis White b.1857 married Ellen Douglas Clark and had 2 children.:
      • Annie Preston White b.1880 married Dr. George Gilbert Crawford and had 4 children.
        • Ellen Clark Crawford
        • Annie Preston Crawford
        • James Jamison Crawford
        • Jean Maxwell Crawford
      • Colin Clark White b.1884 married Ethel Halloran and had one child, Phyllis Halloran White.
    2. Annie Lewis White b.1861 dau. of John and Annie Lewis White, married Dr. John Preston IV, son of James T. Preston of Walnut Grove. They had 7 children:
    3. Milton White (1865-1893) third child of John Preston White and Anne Lewis. No children.
    4. Mary Magdalene White (1867-1927) married Benjamin Mills Crenshaw. They had 2 children.
      • Benjamin Mills Crenshaw II
      • Margaret White Crenshaw
    5. Walter Lewis White (1869-1927)
    6. Montgomery Lewis White (1871-1916) married Mary Belle Nelson in 1903 and had one child, Nelson Lewis White.
    7. Bessie Lelia White (1873-1944).
  5. James Lowery White, child of Margaret Rhea Preston and James White. No Children.
  6. William Young Conn White (1835-1904) child of Margaret and James White, was a physcian in Abingdon, VA, married Elizabeth Campbell Carter of Russell Co. VA and had two children.
    1. Pauline Campbell White married Thomas Hill Mason of West Virginia. They had no children. He died in 1920 and she died in late 1950's.
    2. Stuart White b.1870 went to California and married Emily West. Has 2 children.
  7. Ellen Sheffey White b.5-26-1836 at "Fruit Hill" in Washington Co., VA and d.7-13-1912 married Dr. Edward McDonald Campbell on April 29, 1857 and they had 11 children. Edward was born in Hall's Bottom, VA. on 10-31-1825. He was the son of Edward Campbell and Rhoda Trigg. Edward died 6-11-1878 in Warm Springs, NC.
    1. Daniel Trigg Campbell b.1-20-1858 d.4-11-1920 in Bonham, Fannin Co., TX.
    2. James White Campbell b.6-25-1859 and died 9-4-1860. Interred in Abingdon, VA.
    3. Edward Donald/McDonald Campbell b.5-4-1861 d.9-25-1871, killed by accidental gun shot.
    4. Mary/Margaret Preston Campbell b.3-23-1863 d.3-18-1938 married Col. Laurens Winkler Yeomens of South Carolina 11-18-1886. Laurens was the son of William Yeomans Jr. and Salina Maria Houston Johnston. Laurens died 2-16-1908 in Atlanta, GA. (Another source stated he died in Hampton Co., SC.)(Another source uses the name 'Youmans') They had three children.
      • McDonald Campbell Yeomens b.8-26-1887 and died Aug. 1869 in SC.
      • Margaret Preston Yeomens b.6-21-1889 married Joseph William Cox.
      • Lucille Yeomens b.12-20-1891 married William Walter Haines.
    5. Josephine Trigg Campbell b.9-23-1864 d.8-4-1865).
    6. Bessie Cummings Campbell b.3-1-1866 married Henry Ramsey Lenoir b.1864 in Lenoir City, TN in 1889. Henry was the son of Benjamin Ballard Lenoir and Henrietta Ramsey. He died in 1934. Bessie resided in Baton Rouge, LA. They had 3 children.
      • Ellen White Lenoir b.1890
      • Virginia Ballard Lenoir b.1894 m. Wyatt H. Stover.
      • Edward Campbell Lenoir b.1896.
    7. Susan/Susie Trigg Campbell b.3-3-1868 d.1957 married Edward Elisha Hundley of Prince Edward Co. on 1-2-1895 and they had 4 children. She resided in Farmville, Prince Edward Co., VA.
      • Elizabeth Estes Hundley b.1895.
      • Campbell Hundley b. 1896.
      • Margaret Preston Hundley b.1898
      • Thomas/Frances ? Edmunds Hundley b.1902.
    8. William White Campbell b.10-18-1869 married Hallie McCracken on 6-14-1899, and had one child, Mary Ellen Campbell. He was residing in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, LA in 1947.
    9. Frank Campbell b.8-22-1871 d.10-23-1945 in Bonham, Fannin Co., TX. He married Sallie Juett/Jouett and they had 3 children.
      • Juett Campbell married Hope "Campbell".
      • Ellen Frances Campbell
      • Malcolm Campbell
    10. Preston White Campbell b.1-24-1874 d.7-2-1954 was a Judge in Abingdon, VA married Louise Elwood/Edward ? Howard b.6-22-1891 d.8-17-1956 of Lynchburg, VA on 4-9-1914 and they had 3 sons.
    11. Malcolm Campbell b.7-10-1875 in Abingdon, VA. He died 6-1-1947 in New York City. He was a physician, married Charlotte Luella Brader on 1-6-1913. No children.
  8. Susan Preston White (1838-1908) married Abram Byrd Trigg of Abingdon, VA. They had two children.
    1. Mary Byrd Trigg (1872-1961) married Robert Robinson Campbell. No children.
    2. Margaret Preston Trigg.


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