William Preston
Born: October 16, 1816
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky
Father: William Preston Sr. 1770 – 1821
(Buried: Preston Cemetery at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, Virginia)
Mother: Caroline Hancock 1785 – 1847
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Wife: Margaret Wickliffe 1819 – 1898
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Children:
Mary Owen Preston Brown 1841 – 1898
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Caroline Hancock Preston Thornton 1843 – 1917
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Robert Wickliffe Preston 1850 – 1914
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)
Susan Christie Preston Draper 1853 – 1919
(Buried: Hopedale Village Cemetery, Hopedale, Massachusetts)
Jessie Fremont Preston Draper 1855 – 1917
(Buried: Hopedale Village Cemetery, Hopedale, Massachusetts)
Education:
Graduated from St. Joseph's College
1835: Attended Yale College
1838: Graduated from Harvard University law school
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Louisville, Kentucky
1847 – 1848: Served in the Mexican War rising to Lt. Colonel
1849: Delegate to Kentucky State Constitution Convention
1850: Kentucky State Representative
1851 – 1853: Kentucky State Senator
1852 – 1855: United States Congressman from Kentucky
1858 – 1861: United States Minister to Spain
Civil War Career:
1862: Volunteer Aide and Colonel to General Albert Sidney Johnston
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army
1864: Confederate States Minister to Mexico
1865: Major General of Confederate States Army
Occupation after War:
1865 - 1887: Attorney in Louisville, Kentucky
1868 – 1869: Kentucky State Representative
Died: September 21, 1887
Place of Death: Louisville, Kentucky
Age at time of Death: 70 years old
Burial Place: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky
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