_Isaac PRESTON ______+
                                              | (1786 - 1849)       
                       _Thomas PRESTON _______|
                      | (1805 - 1865) m 1830  |
                      |                       |_Sarah DOWNING ______
                      |                         (1789 - 1856)       
 _Samuel S. PRESTON __|
| (1833 - 1904) m 1854|
|                     |                        _____________________
|                     |                       |                     
|                     |_Mary MURRAY __________|
|                       (1818 - 1840) m 1830  |
|                                             |_____________________
|                                                                   
|
|--James Monroe PRESTON 
|  (1857 - 1901)
|                                              _Solomon WARD _______+
|                                             | (1775 - 1849)       
|                      _Hezekiah WARD ________|
|                     | (1803 - 1852)         |
|                     |                       |_Susan ONEY _________
|                     |                         (1780 - 1870)       
|_Mahala Jane WARD ___|
  (1838 - 1886) m 1854|
                      |                        _Adam F BOWEN _______
                      |                       | (1783 - 1868)       
                      |_Elizabeth Jane BOWEN _|
                        (1808 - 1903)         |
                                              |_Rhoda WOOTEN _______+
                                                (1788 - 1855)