Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-05-27

Brecklnrldge, Jr., his son, Col. In u. 5. army
married Miss Kate Morrison, of Lexington
Va. and had one son. Marie L. P. Breckir
ridge married Rev. W. G. Handy, Presbyte
rian minister OF Md. and had six children
Col. VIM. G. P. Breckenridge, of G. S. army
! married twice-frst to Miss Ciay. daughter 9
Hon. Thos Hart Clay and next to daughte
of DR.. J. r. Desha, Of Ky. All the Breckin
| ridges in Kentucky are from the original stoc
and they are quite numerous. The CANDLES
Shepherds, Holladays, now of Baltimore; tn
Lstrobes, of Baltimore, through marriage @
the widow Holladay (Letitia Ganble) to G. II
Latrobe, Esq. ; the Watts, of Virginia, fron
Gen. Edward Watts. who married Elizabetl
Breckinridge; the Hocombes, through Hon
j. 7. Hocombe, who married Ann S. Watts
the Sorrels, the Robertsons, through Judge w
j. Robertson-one Of Virginia's giant intel
lects-formerly Of Va. Court of Appeals, VIII
married Alice M. Watts, widow of George w
Morris; the Cars. through Col. G.. w. Carr
who married Emma G.. Watts; the Woodvilles
of Miss, through DR.. j. WoodQille, who mar
ried Nancy Breckinridge; the Gilmers, tn
Antonys, the Bowers, Of Va, through FL. M
Bowyer, ESQ.,, of Botetourt, who married Ma
tilda Breckinridge; the Burchs, the Merediths
of Ky.-descendant of Patrick Henry-th
Dallams, the Peters. the Fraziers, the Cole
mans Tarltons, Dickeys, Smiths, Shotwells
all Of Kentucky, are all the descendants of LIE
titia Preston and Col. Robt. Breckenridge ant
numbered 1885, in July, 1870, SO far as they
could be counted
MARGARET PRESTON.
The Rev. Jno. Brown and Margaret Pres
ton. End daughter of John Preston died-he
in 1903, and she in 1902, in KY, leaving
children Elizabeth, the eldest, married Rev
Thos. B. Craighead, of Tennessee, and left I
children; David, her brother, married Mrs
Goodloe, in Arkansas. and left 5 children, o.
these, Mary married her cousin, Thomas Pres
ton, of Walnut Grove, Va, who was killed al
Shiloh. The Craigheads are numerous and
respectable in Tenn, Alabama apd Georgia
and originally went from the Valley. John
Brown Brown represented Kentucky in Con
gress, while District of Virginia. and after
wards the State of Kentucky. He married
Miss Mason, of New York Mason Brown,
his son, married first Miss Bledsoe, daughter
of Hon. Jesse Bledsoe, Of Ky, (the BIedsoes
and Deshas all first went FROM the S. w. Val
ley, and Col. Bledsoe Desha Harman descend
ed from the original stock, and next Miss
Mary Yoder, of KY. and had three children,
his oldest son by first wife-B. Gratz Brown,
Gov. of Missouri and candidate for Vice Presi-
dent with Greeley. B. Gratz Brown married
Miss Gum, of Missouri, and has children
the Browns are very numerous in Missouri and
other States. Mary Brown married DR.. Alex-
ander Humphries, of Staunton, and after his
death moved to Kentucky with seven children,
and their descendants inter- married with the
Laures, of Kentucky; Gibsous, Clarks, Ken
ners. Todds, and the ScratehIeys, of Louisiana;
the Sproules, of Kentucky; the Norrises and
Kelloggs, of Ohio; the Alexanders, Helms
and Kerrs, of Kentucky, and the Dawsons, OF
Alabama. Hon. james Brown, q. s. Secre-
tary, from Louisiana, married Ann Hart, sis
ter to Mrs. Henry Clay, George Campbell
Brown married daughter Of Gen'l Leonidas
Turner's of Missouri Iugersolls and Hutchin.
sons of Pennsylvania the Rusks, Yergers
Valiants, Reeses, of Mississippi; the Scots
Majors, of Kentucky, and Perkins of Tennes-
see, 10 all 227 Of the descendants of Rev. John
Brown and Margaret Preston.
WILLIAM PRESTON.
William Preston, ouly son Of John and Eliz
abeth Preston, was born in Ireland and brought
to Virginia in his Sth year. He married Miss
Susanna Smith, daughter of Francis Smith aud
Elizabeth Wsddy, Of Hanover county, and bad
IL children. They have $50 known descen
dants The eldest, Elizabeth Preston, married
W. S. Madison, who died during the revolu
tionary wsr and left two daughters, the eldest
Susanna Madison, married John Howe Peyton
Of Staunton, distinguished lawyer, and LEFT
one son, William Madison Peyton, who mar
ried Miss Saliie Taylor, Of Botesourt county
and left children. Agatha Garnett Peyton
4th child, married Walter Preston, of Abiog
don, member Of G. s. Congress. Agatha
Strother Madison, married Garnett Peyton, g
soldier Of the Revolution. and brother TO J. II
Peyton. John Preston, Treasurer of Virginia,
married Miss Mary Radford, and after hel
death, Mrs. Elizabeth Mayo. nee Carringtou
and left children. The oldest, William L
Preston, married Miss b. Cabell, of Lynchburg
and afterwards moved to Missouri. His chill
dren married the Talleys, of Virginia, and Ran
dolphs. John B. Preston married Miss Jor
dan. of Rockbridge, and moved TO Kentucky
and from them came the Bybees Of Kentucky
Eliza NJ. Preston married j. Preston johnson
Eliza M, the second child, married Robert M
Hughes, of Abingdon, distinguished writer ant
leader of the Radical party, in Virginia. Susal
| Preston married her cousin, William Radford
and her daughter Elizabeth married Col. Johl
| Mumford ard from them came the Mumtord
of Va. Sarah Preston married Henry Bowyer
lawyer of Rockbridge-and from them tn
Bowyers. Edward G. Preston, second son o
John Preston, Jr., by I'd wife, married. a Mis-
Hawkins, of Kentucky. Francis, third son @
VIM Preston, Brig. Gen. in 1912, marie,
Miss Susan B. Campbell, daughter of Gen
VIM. Campbell, the hero of Kings Mountain
and neice of Patrick Henry. From this mar
riage came the Carringtons, the Cochran con
nexion of Albemarle and Augusta, through
Eliza Henry Preston, who married Gen. W. c
Darlington. Susan S. Preston, Sd daughter
married her cousin, Gov. James Mcdowell, O
| oot-b oll,
married her cousin, Gov. John B. Floyd. So
phonisba Preston, 5th child, married her rela
tive, DR.. Robt J. Breckipridge, of KY, an
Maria, 9th child, married John NJ. Preston, G
Smythe county, Va, and left two sons, gaan
captains in the G. S. A., John NJ, Jr. an
Charles Ell. G. John M. Jr. married his cousin
Mary Z. Cochran, Of Charlottesville, and ha
four children. Charles married Miss Mar
Beal. John s. Preston, Sth child, member G
u. S. Congress, from South Carolina, Brig
Gen. in the G. s. Army, married Miss Care
line Hampton, daughter of Gen. Wade Hamr
ton, and their children intermarried with tn
Hugers and Darbys. Gen. Wade Hampton
the chevalier Bayard of the Lost Cause, 10,
of Baltimore, married Margaret B. Preston
tenth child of Francis Preston. Sarah, At
child of VIM. Preston, married Col. Jane
Mcdowell, of Rockbridge, and their daughter
| Susan D., married w ~. layl0r, lawyer and vi
| c., from Alexandria, Va, and their daughter
Susan, married Senator Jno. B. Weller, G
California. Elizabeth Mcdowell, daughter Q
Col. James Mcdowell, married Hon. Thoma
H..Benton, for 80 years years y. s. Senate
from Missouri-their daughter, Eliza Benton
married Wm Carey Jones, of San Francisco
Jessie Benton. (after whom were named tn
Yankee Jessie Scouts, of the late war, maj
ried Gen. ohm &. Fremont, and Sarah mai