Marion-Chattahoochee County GaArchives Biographies.....PRESTON, EDWARD RODOLPHUS February 26, 1853 - July 22, 1927
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EDWARD RODOLPHUS PRESTON WAS B 26 FEB 1853 IN RANDOLPH CO., COTTON HILL 
COMMUNITY, D 22 JULY 1927 IN MARION COUNTY. HE MARRIED 15 JAN 1890 MATTIE 
ANDERSON JOHNSON (TWIN) B 13 FEB 1866 IN CHATTAHOOCHEE CO NEAR ELBECK GA, D 8 
JAN 1848 WHILE LIVING IN COLUMBUS WUTG THEIR BACHELOR SON, THOMAS BRADY 
PRESTON. MATTIE IS BURIED IN CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY NEAR ELBECK IN THE US 
MILITARY RESERVATION AT FT BENNING, GA . SHE IS THE DAUGHTER OF MARTHY TINSLEY 
AND JAMES ANDERSON WHO WAS BORN 1825 IN BLOUNT, CORK CO, IRELAND; ARRIVING ON 
THE SHIP ELSINORE 22 DEC 1845 IN NEW YORK FROM LIVERPOOL. SHE IS THE 
GRANDDAUGHTER OF MARY HARRELL AND WILLIAM TINSLEY, BOTH OF S.C. AND THE GREAT 
GRANDDAUGHTER OF WILLIAM TINSLEY OF VA. MATTIE FIRST MARRIED A JOHNSON WHO 
LATER DIED OF TYPHOID FEVER HAVING NO CHILDREN BY THIS MARRIAGE. 
EDWARD THOUGHT THE COTTON HILL AREA OF RANDOLPH CO TOO WET WITH TOO MANY 
MOSQUITOS. HE MOVED TO MARION CO WHERE HIS FATHER EDWARD "NED" HAD MOVED FROM, 
BUT ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE CO.,ALMOST IN CHATTAHOOCHEE CO LINE. HE BEGAN 
FARMING AS A SHARECROPPER FOR MUNO AND CROXTON , LATER BUYING FARM LAND FROM 
THEM, THE BROADNIX FAMILY AND OTHERS TO A TOTAL OF A 406 ACRE FARM. 3000 ACRES 
OF LAND IN CHATTAHOOCHEE CO WAS LATER ADDED TO THIS PROPERTY. EDWARD'S SON ABB 
LIVED HERE AND IN ADDITION TO FARMING, SET UP A NAVAL STORES OPERATION 
HANDLING TURPENTINE AND RESIN. ABB WAS OWNER OF THE PROPERTY DURING WWII WHEN 
THE US GOVERNMENT CONDEMNED FT BENNING. THE 3000 ACRES IN CHATTAHOOCHEE CO WAS 
LOST TO THE GOVERNMENT. THE ORIGINAL 406 ACRES IS STILL IN THE FAMILY OWNED BY 
TWO OF ABB'S SONS, DRUID AND RICHARD. RICHARD, WHO LIVED ON THE OLD HOMEPLACE 
DIED LAST YEAR.
EDWARD IS BURIED IN MARION CO AT UNION BAPTIST CEMETERY ON THE OLD BUENA VISTA 
ROAD TO COLUMBUS; HWY 137. THIS CEMETERY IS ADJACENT TO THE PRESTON PROPERTY 
AND WHERE OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS FAMILY ARE BURIED. ERNEST IS PRINTED ON THE 
HEADSTONE OF EDWARD RODOLPHUS PRESTON IN ERROR.
THERE WERE ELEVEN CHILDREN FROM HIS MARRIAGE.

Additional Comments:
THERE IS A MARKER AT THE OLD HOME PLACE CONCERNING THE LAND THAT WAS 
CONDEMNED. A PHOTO IS ONLINE AT 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/marion/photos/prestonm5209ph.txt

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