Butts-Fayette County GaArchives Obituaries.....James Preston January 1884 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Don Bankston http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00024.html#0005864 April 27, 2004, 3:25 pm Middle Ga. Argus – Week of February 2, 1884 Old Uncle James Preston Old Uncle James Preston died at his home in Fayette County on Wednesday of last week with congestion of the lungs. He was an old citizen of this county, and for many years a consistent member of Sandy Creek church. He was 77 years old and the most of his days from childhood was spent where the new town, East Indian Spring is now building up; on the eminemce between the present residence of Mr. J. W. Lemon and Miss Fannie Dunn, and Miss Sallie Mayo, is the site of his shops, where he spent many years of hard honest labor. He may be justly termed one of the pioneers of Butts County; as his strong arm and steady frame aided in felling the trees of the forest that sheltered the “red man” when he roamed in his savage glee over the hills and valleys. He lived the life of an honest man, faithfully adhering to that divine injunction; “Thou shalt live by the sweat of they brow, and died a Christian. Peace to his ashes. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb