Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-14
Miss Christians Romantic Mar
riage to- Mr.. Preston

Miss Chrferian'B Romantic Ma
riage to Mr.. Preston
Mr.. Edmund Randolph Presto
reached Lexington last Frida
with his bride, who was Miss JUL
jackson Christian, grand.dargt
ter of General Stonewall jackson
aid they are now the guests O
Mrs. Thomas L. Preston on Wash
ington street. Mr.. Preston is thI
son Of the late Rev. John A. Pres
ton, D. D., who was the son o
Colonel John T. L. Preston, dc
ceased, of Lexington. Mr.. Pres.
ton was born at Haupden-Sidney
and was reared Iii Florence. Ala.
end Charlotte, N. c., where hi
father served as pastor OF promi
nent Presbyterian churches. He
was educated at Washington anC
Lee University in letters and law,
taking the degrees Of bachelor OF
arts and bachelor of law IN 1902.
He located in Charlotte to practice
his profession, and has there es-
tablished fine reputation.
Mrs. Preston, as the grand
daughter of Stonewall Jackson,
has many admirers in Lexington,
where her distinguished grand.
father is buried, and where he
once made his home. On former
visits here she won many friends.
She is charming young woman,
possessing many graces of form
and mind and heart.
Following is the report of the
elopenent and marriage that ap-
peared in last Saturdays Lynch
burg News:
"When Miss Julia jacks
ChIistian, of Charlotte, N. c.,
boarded the first section of South
ern train No, SO in Atlanta at
noon Thureday. the final scene in
one of the prettlest romances ever
enacted in the South was ushered
upon the stage.
"Miss Christian, who is not only
a charming girl, but a type of the
Souths best womanhord, is the
only granddaughter of Stone
WALL Jackson, and since infancy
she has made her home with her
grandmother, the widov OF the
South's great cheiltain IN Char.
Iotte.
"Several months ago Miss
Christian became engaged to Mr..
Edmund Randolph Preston, a
member of one of Vi-ginia's oldest
families, now prof lrnt lawyer
of Charlotte and 4 lLemb Der of the
North Carolina State Legislature.
This match has from the first
been unalterably opposed by
Miss Christians father, who, as
general passenger agent of the
Seaboard Air Line railway. lives
in Atlanta, Ga.
CAT the close of the recent Con-
federate reunion at Richmond,
which Miss Christian attended as
sponsor for North Carolina, she
spent several weeks visiting rela-
tives and friends In different sec
lions of Virginia, going finally
from Lexington to Atlanta to Wis
1t her father. During the few
weeks which followed, her fance
Was not permitted to see her in At
anita. Then Miss Christian told her
father dutlfully that it was her
mention to return to Charlotte,
and this plan was carried into
execution on Ihutsday afternoon.
"When her train reached Green
,ille, S. g., however, she WI
landed a telegram from her father
elling her that he was following
IN the second section of No. 38,
which was running in the block |
behind her, and that she must get
IF at Greenville and wait for him.
instead, however, she wired her
lance to meet her when she arrived |
II Charlotte, ard this he did.
SAT Charlotte the second sec
ion of the train was bearing
lown closely upon the first and as
he Jackson home in Charlotte
vas closed for the summer,
urther plans had to be made in a
urry. AS result, when the father
fteen minutes later sought his
laughter at the home of a friend,
elegrams had been sent to minis
er of the Presbyterian church and
o the clerk Of the court in Sails
ury to have things in readiness for
peedy work, and Mr.. Preston and
lisss Christian were quietly sitting
D the observation car planning
heir wedding trip. At little be-
pre- midnight they reached Sails
ury and the ceremony was per
ormed."
Springfield PER- Snals
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