Source: Richmond Times Dispatch, 4 January 1905 - Richmond, Virginia
EAST RADFORD, VA. Jan. 3.- Captain Hugh C. Preston, a prominent citizen of East Radford, died this morning of heart trouble after a long and painful illness. Captain Preston was a son of Colonel James S. Preston, who commanded the Fourth Regiment in the Stonewall Brigade, and also served as a captain in the Mexican War. He was a nephew of William Ballard Preston, secretary of the Navy under President Taylor, and later a member of the Confederate Senate. He was a grandson of Governor Preston and was born at White Thorn, the beautiful old seat of the Prestons, near Blacksburg, forty-seven years ago.
Captain Preston was educated at Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical Institute at Blacksburg, now Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and married Miss Carry Baldwin, a cultured, gifted and charming young lady, the daughter of Dr. R. S. Baldwin of Staunton.
Captain Preston sold his fine estate and came to Radford in the boom days. He was a real estate agent and afterwards Mayor of Radford. He commanded a company of Immunes in Cuba two years during the Spanish-American War, and served two years as lieutenant in the volunteer army in the Philippines.
Captain Preston was secretary of the Southwest Virginia Agriculture and Live Stock Association just after his return from the Philippines. He has had a prominent place in the business and social life of the town. He was a brave, chivalrous and popular man and his death is regretted by a wide circle of friends. He leaves an aged mother, a wife and six children- Robert, Hugh and William Ballard, and Misses Carry, Caperton and Katherine Preston.
The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Edwin R. Carter, rector of Grace Episcopal Church of which Captain Preston was a member. Burial will be made at Smithfield, the old family burying ground of the Prestons, Thursday at 2 P.M.
EAST RADFORD, VA. Jan. 3.- Captain Hugh C. Preston, a prominent citizen of East Radford, died this morning of heart trouble after a long and painful illness. Captain Preston was a son of Colonel James S. Preston, who commanded the Fourth Regiment in the Stonewall Brigade, and also served as a captain in the Mexican War. He was a nephew of William Ballard Preston, secretary of the Navy under President Taylor, and later a member of the Confederate Senate. He was a grandson of Governor Preston and was born at White Thorn, the beautiful old seat of the Prestons, near Blacksburg, forty-seven years ago.
Captain Preston was educated at Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical Institute at Blacksburg, now Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and married Miss Carry Baldwin, a cultured, gifted and charming young lady, the daughter of Dr. R. S. Baldwin of Staunton.
Captain Preston sold his fine estate and came to Radford in the boom days. He was a real estate agent and afterwards Mayor of Radford. He commanded a company of Immunes in Cuba two years during the Spanish-American War, and served two years as lieutenant in the volunteer army in the Philippines.
Captain Preston was secretary of the Southwest Virginia Agriculture and Live Stock Association just after his return from the Philippines. He has had a prominent place in the business and social life of the town. He was a brave, chivalrous and popular man and his death is regretted by a wide circle of friends. He leaves an aged mother, a wife and six children- Robert, Hugh and William Ballard, and Misses Carry, Caperton and Katherine Preston.
The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Edwin R. Carter, rector of Grace Episcopal Church of which Captain Preston was a member. Burial will be made at Smithfield, the old family burying ground of the Prestons, Thursday at 2 P.M.
Source: Richmond Times Dispatch, 4 January 1905 - Richmond, Virginia
EAST RADFORD, VA. Jan. 3.- Captain Hugh C. Preston, a prominent citizen of East Radford, died this morning of heart trouble after a long and painful illness. Captain Preston was a son of Colonel James S. Preston, who commanded the Fourth Regiment in the Stonewall Brigade, and also served as a captain in the Mexican War. He was a nephew of William Ballard Preston, secretary of the Navy under President Taylor, and later a member of the Confederate Senate. He was a grandson of Governor Preston and was born at White Thorn, the beautiful old seat of the Prestons, near Blacksburg, forty-seven years ago.
Captain Preston was educated at Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical Institute at Blacksburg, now Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and married Miss Carry Baldwin, a cultured, gifted and charming young lady, the daughter of Dr. R. S. Baldwin of Staunton.
Captain Preston sold his fine estate and came to Radford in the boom days. He was a real estate agent and afterwards Mayor of Radford. He commanded a company of Immunes in Cuba two years during the Spanish-American War, and served two years as lieutenant in the volunteer army in the Philippines.
Captain Preston was secretary of the Southwest Virginia Agriculture and Live Stock Association just after his return from the Philippines. He has had a prominent place in the business and social life of the town. He was a brave, chivalrous and popular man and his death is regretted by a wide circle of friends. He leaves an aged mother, a wife and six children- Robert, Hugh and William Ballard, and Misses Carry, Caperton and Katherine Preston.
The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Edwin R. Carter, rector of Grace Episcopal Church of which Captain Preston was a member. Burial will be made at Smithfield, the old family burying ground of the Prestons, Thursday at 2 P.M.
EAST RADFORD, VA. Jan. 3.- Captain Hugh C. Preston, a prominent citizen of East Radford, died this morning of heart trouble after a long and painful illness. Captain Preston was a son of Colonel James S. Preston, who commanded the Fourth Regiment in the Stonewall Brigade, and also served as a captain in the Mexican War. He was a nephew of William Ballard Preston, secretary of the Navy under President Taylor, and later a member of the Confederate Senate. He was a grandson of Governor Preston and was born at White Thorn, the beautiful old seat of the Prestons, near Blacksburg, forty-seven years ago.
Captain Preston was educated at Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical Institute at Blacksburg, now Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and married Miss Carry Baldwin, a cultured, gifted and charming young lady, the daughter of Dr. R. S. Baldwin of Staunton.
Captain Preston sold his fine estate and came to Radford in the boom days. He was a real estate agent and afterwards Mayor of Radford. He commanded a company of Immunes in Cuba two years during the Spanish-American War, and served two years as lieutenant in the volunteer army in the Philippines.
Captain Preston was secretary of the Southwest Virginia Agriculture and Live Stock Association just after his return from the Philippines. He has had a prominent place in the business and social life of the town. He was a brave, chivalrous and popular man and his death is regretted by a wide circle of friends. He leaves an aged mother, a wife and six children- Robert, Hugh and William Ballard, and Misses Carry, Caperton and Katherine Preston.
The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Edwin R. Carter, rector of Grace Episcopal Church of which Captain Preston was a member. Burial will be made at Smithfield, the old family burying ground of the Prestons, Thursday at 2 P.M.
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