Preston Family Papers, 1819-1984 1850-1870

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Preston Family Papers, 1819-1984 1850-1870

St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan family. Papers of family members, primarily correspondence of Ann G. Loomis Preston with her father, Jonathan Loomis, and with her sons Wallace and Fowler, sailors in the Union navy during the Civil War; typescript of excerpt of Civil War diary of Wallace Preston; paper, 1978, of Harriet N. Preston based upon family Civil War experiences; photographs, clippings and miscellanea concerning family and St. Joseph, Michigan.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6389483

Bentley Historical Library

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Preston Family

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The Preston family included some of the first settlers to southwest Michigan (Berrien County). Sons of those early pioneers went on to become sailors on the Great Lakes and Union Navy veterans of the Civil War. After the war, the Prestons became one of the more prominent families in St. Joseph, Michigan as a result of successful business and political endeavors. Fowler Preston was the first member of the family to travel west to Michigan. He arrived by way of the Erie Ca...

Preston, Ann J. Loomis, 1812-1892

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Preston, Fowler S., 1844-1896.

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Preston, Wallace A., 1842-1924.

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Loomis, Jonathan.

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Preston, Harriet N.

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