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

Venable, distinguished officer of Gen Lee'
staff and now chairman of the Faculty of the
University of Virginia Thos. L. Mcdowell
married Miss G. Warwick, of Powhatan couu.
ty, Va. VIM. Preston, Jr., fifth child of VIM
Preston, was Captain in Gen. Wayne's army,
and married Miss Hancock, of Va, and after
wards resided In Louisville, Kentucky. His
daughter Henrietta, married the immortal Al
bert Sidney Johnston, General in the Republic
riously at Shiloh. Their son, Col. VIM. Pres
ton Johnston was Colonel in G. s. A. and con-
| fdential Aide to President JEFF. Davis, and is
now Prof in Washington 4 Lee University,
| and married Miss Duncan, of Mississippi. VIM.
| Preston's other children intermarried with the
| Popes, Woollys, Rogers, Bars, Brents and
| Satterwhites, (original stock from the Valley
of Va) VIM. Preston, 5th child Of William
Preston and Miss Caroline Hancock, of Va,
Lieut.. Col. of Kentucky Volunteers, In Mexi.-
CO, u. s. Minister to Spain and Maj. General
in G. s. A. married his relative. Margaret
Wickliffe, of Kentucky, and his sister, Susan,
terwards Ell. P. Hepburn, of California. Su-
sauna Preston, 9th child of VIM. Preston, Sr.,
married Nathaniel Hart, Esq, Of Kentucky,
and from them descended the Thompsons,
Vances, Wallaces, Taylors, Gibsons, Hum
phries, Voorhies and Shebys, of Indiana and
Tennessee. James P. Preston, 7rh child of
VIM. Preston, Gov. of Va, married Miss Ann
Taylor, of Norfolk, and left 8 sons and 2 daugh-
tiers. VIM. Ballard Preston. of Va, Secretary
of the U. s. Navy, under Taylor, and Senator
in G. s. Congress, married Miss Lucy Redd.
and had children. His son. Walter, married
Miss Mears, of South Carolina. His daughter,
Mamie T., married DR.. Walter Coles. of Albe-
marie, and Lucy r. married Capt. Walter
Beall, Of Botetourt. His son, Robert T., mar
ried Miss Mary Hart, of South Carolina. Jas
2. Preston, Jr., married Miss Sarah Caperton.
Mary, 9Th child of VIM. Preston, Sr., married
John Lewis. of Sweet Springs, and left six
children. Susan married Henry Massie, of
Va, and his daughter, Sarah, married John
Hampden Pleasants, of Richmond, Va
James Peasants married his cousin, Caroline
Massie, daughter of Henry Massie. Ann Eli
"a Peasants married Douglas I'll. Gordon, of
E Baltimore. Eqgeoia Massie married Col.
Sam'l Gatewood, of Bath, and had two sons
and two daughters. Mary P. Gatewood mar
rid Sam'l Goode, E<qr, formerly of Hot
Springs, Va, and now of Augusta White Sui
phur, who is undoubtedly the most thoroughly
posted man living upon the merits of Virginias
mineral waters, as well as one of her finished
scholars aud perfect gentlemen. Susan Gate
wood married VIM Taliaferro, of Texas. Hen.
ry Massie, of the University of Va, married
Miss Susan Smith. Of South Carolina. Mary
Lewis married James Woodville, of Botetourt
county, and left SOD, James, who married his
relative, Mary Ann Breckinridge, daughter of
Gary Breckinridge, of Botetourt VIM. L
Lewis of Sweet Springs, Va, married Miss
ises and Colcocks, of South Carolina and Fla
Letitia Lewis married Thos. l. 2. Cocke, of
Cumberland, Va. Wm. L Lewis married Miss
Dooley, Of Richmond. Ann NJ. Lewis, 5th
child of Jno. Lewis. of Sweet Springs, aud
great granddaughter of Jno. Preston, married
j. Howe Peyton, Of Staunton, and left 10 chill
dren. Jno. L. Peyton, now of London, Eng
land, married Miss Washington, of North Car
olina. Susan NJ. married Col. John B. Bald
win, distinguished lawyer of Staunton. (the
Baldwins will be more fully traced with the
Browns Of the Valley,) Inspector General Of
the Va. State troops in 1861, Col. of the sd
Va Infantry, c. S. A., member Of the G. S.
Congress, and Speaker of the House Of Dele
gates Of Va. in 1866. Lucy Peytou married
Judge John N. Hendren, Of Augusta Co. Court.
Mary P Peyton married Col. Robert A. Gray. Of
Rockingham, Margaret L. Peyton married
Capt. q. NJ. Cochran, of G. s. A, and dis
tinguished lawyer Of Staunton. Lizzie Peyton
married VIM. B. Telfair, Of Wilmington, Ohio
Y. Ii. Peyton, writer, poet and novelist, of Al
exandria, is unmarried. DR.. Jno. B. Lewis,
brother of Ann NJ, married Mrs. Smith, of
South Carolina, and his daughter, Anne S.,
married her relative, John Preston White, of
Texas. Margaret L. Lewis, 7th child of John
Lewis, married John Cochran, of Charlottes-
vile, and from them came J Ohm L. Cochran,
lawyer of Charlottesville, Col. J. q. Cochran,
Of Folly Farm, Augusta, who married Miss
Elizabeth Brooks, daughter Of Capt. Brooks,
OF the u. s. A. Howe p Cochran married his
cousin, Miss Mamie Darlington. and his sis
ter married the Capt. John NJ. Preston before
mentioned. Eugenia z. Lewis married Major
Jno. w. Goss, of Albemarle, and had chill!
dren. Sarah Lewis married Col. John Lewis,
of Kanawha, w. Va. Latitia Preston, 9th
child Of William Preston, married Gov. John
Floyd, OF Kentucky, who returned to Virginia
and had 6 children. Benz. 4. married Miss
Mathews, OF Wythe, and their daughter, NAL
vlna, married Major Peter Otey, of Lyncbburg.
Letitia ?. Floyd married her cousin, Col. Wm.
Lewis, Of Sweet Springs, Va. Lavallette Floyd
married Prot. Geo. d. Holmes, of University
of Virginia. Nickettie Floyd married John w.
Johnston, now U. S. Senator from Va, and
their daughter, Sally P, married Henry Garter
Lee. Major Thomas Lewis Preston, OF the war
of 1872 tenth child of VIM Preston, married
Miss Randolph, daughter of Edmund Ran
dolph, U. s. Attorney General. His son, Col.
John I. L. Preston, of G. S. A. Prof. 10 V.
NJ. l., married twice, first to Hiss Sally
Caruthers, and afterwards to Hiss Margaret
Junkin, of Lexington, Va, "a sister of the first
wife of Stonewall Jackson,) the great Poetess
of the South, whose sweet songs have softened
even the Yankee heart, and made all honest
people, the world over, feel for our stricken
| ones. Margaret Brown Preston, 11th child Of
VIM. Preston, married Col. John Preston, of
| Walnut Grove, Va, son Of Robt. Preston, a
distant relative, and left sons and five daugh-
ters all of whom reached maturity. Susanna,
the eldest, married JOS. Rhea, of Tennessee,
and their daughter, Margaret Rhea, married
Ezra Sheffey, and left three children. Susan
E. Rhea married Col. VIM. Campbell Edmon-
ston, of Washington county. Robt. Preston
married Mss Sarah Marshall, of Pennsylvania.
Their daughters married Dr.. Winston and E.
Sheffey, of Tennessee. Margaret Preston mar
ried JAS. L. White, of Abingdon, and their
daughters married David Cummings, of Abing-
don, and Gen. w. Y. 9. Humes. VIM. Y. G..
White married Miss Lizzie Carter, of Russell
county, Jane White married Gordon Ogden,
of Missouri. Ellen White married DR.. Edward
Campbell, of Abingdon, and had five children.
John Preston, Of Ark, married his relative,
Miss lfary Wickliffe, of Kentucky. Ellen
Preston married Jas W. Sheffey, Of Marion,
and had children. Walter Il. Preston mar:
ried Mss Fanny Hays, of Tennessee. Jane
Preston married her relative, Jas. B. Craig
| head, of Kentucky, and had 6 children; she
then married Mr. Marshall, of Alabama. Hen
ry Preston married Miss Ann Carter, of Abe
marie, and had 10 children aud the descen-
| dants of William Preston numbered over $50
in 1870
ANN ppFSTON