Preston, John Thomas Lewis
Biography
A.B., 1828(?); LL.D., W&L, 1881. Acting professor belles-lettres, 1884-85. Professor of Latin and English literature, etc., VMI, 1839-82. See Elizabeth Preston Allan, The Life and Letters of Margaret Junkin Preston, 1903; Crenshaw, I, index.
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Grace Memorial Church Records
This collection is the minutes of a February 4, 1884 committee meeting at the church describing the funeral of former Virginia governor John Letcher (1813-1884) the week before, and the decision to name a group consisting of Lexington, Virginia notables to write a sketch of Governor Letcher's life. This group included G. W. C. Lee, Francis H. Smith, J. T. Preston, A. T. Barclay, and Col. Edmund Pendleton.