_Samuel S. PRESTON _________+
                                              | (1833 - 1904) m 1854       
                       _James Monroe PRESTON _|
                      | (1857 - 1901)         |
                      |                       |_Mahala Jane WARD __________+
                      |                         (1838 - 1886) m 1854       
 _Guy W. PRESTON _____|
| (1889 - 1952) m 1909|
|                     |                        ____________________________
|                     |                       |                            
|                     |_Mary Ann LEMASTER ____|
|                       (1857 - 1937)         |
|                                             |____________________________
|                                                                          
|
|--James Edgar PRESTON 
|  
|                                              _James Hereford PRESTON ____+
|                                             | (1848 - ....) m 1865       
|                      _Edgar Luther PRESTON _|
|                     | (1872 - 1950) m 1892  |
|                     |                       |_Julina PRICE ______________+
|                     |                         (1849 - 1883) m 1865       
|_Gertrude PRESTON ___|
  (1893 - 1953) m 1909|
                      |                        _William Jefferson WARD Sr._+
                      |                       | (1828 - 1904)              
                      |_Laura WARD ___________|
                        (1875 - 1962) m 1892  |
                                              |_Sarah HICKS _______________+
                                                (1844 - 1902)