Obituary of Cyprian Preston, Crawford County, Illinois Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Copyright 2000 Jim Admire Note: I have no connection to this family. I'm just posting an Obit that was sent to me by Barbara Dix who is transcribing old news articles for the website. CYPRIAN  PRESTON  DEAD Cyprian Preston died in New York City Tuesday of last week at the age of 83 years. He was born at York, and was one of the Preston brothers who was engaged in business along the Wabash and interest at Hutsonville, almost a half centry ago. He accumulated much money and while yet a young man went to Evansville, where he became one of the prominent wholesale merchants. Thirty years ago he removed to New York City, where he has been extensively engaged in business and made a fortune. He was the last survivor of the Preston brothers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb Archivist with proof of this consent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jim Admire