Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Preston, George 1822 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

George Preston, farmer, P. O. Mazon, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, in 
September, 1822. He moved to Grundy County in 1851, and settled on his present 
farm. His father, Elijah Preston, came at the same time, but died soon 
afterward. At that time, there were but few settlers between Mazon Creek and 
Johnny Creek, both north and south, and the grass was so high that two persons 
on horseback could scarcely discern each other, if only separated but by a 
short distance. The subject's brother, William Preston, had already come and 
settled about two years previous. Mr. Elijah Preston entered an eighty-acre 
tract of Government land, which was the only Government land near him at that 
time. Mr. Preston's farm now consists of 400 acres, besides property in Mazon. 
He was married, in Virginia, in 1840, to Elizabeth Carnes, who was born in 
Tuscarawas County, Ohio. She died about 1854. He has three children living by 
this wife, two sons and one daughter - William C., George W. and Mary E. Mr. 
Preston was married a second time, in this county, a short time before the 
war, to Jane Johnson, born in Ashland County, Ohio, but raised in Guernsey 
County, Ohio. When Mr. Preston first came here, he came together with several 
other families, all of whom moved in wagons. At that time, it was about three 
miles to any school. There were no bridges, roads, or anything to make hauling 
easy, so that twenty bushels of corn were all that could be hauled most of the 
year. There was a small boat at the river, which could carry two teams across 
at a time. Mr. Preston is now building a new residence in Mazon, to which he 
will shortly move, having sold his old homestead. He is a Republican.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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