JOHN H. PRESTON
John H. Preston, a farmer near Jerome and a native of Licking County, Ohio, was born October 7, 1816. His parents, Jonathan and Harriet ( Homer) Preston, were respectively natives of Washington and Fayette Counties, Penn. The former was born February 26, 1791, and the latter February 5, 1796. They married December 5, 1813, and in 1816 migrated to Licking County, Ohio, where they both died, Mr. P. September 29, 1856, and Mrs. Preston July 17, 1881, They had born to them twelve children, of whom our subject is the second child. April 7, 1847, he came and located on his present farm. May 27, 1841, he was married to Miss Eliza Wagner, daughter of John and Nancy (Cross) Wagner, and a native of Licking County, where she was born September 12, 1820. Their children are as follows: Thomas ff., born December 23, 1842; Milligan A., born March 28, 1844; Loammi R., born July 26, 1846; Harriet M., born July 22, 1852, wife of J. C. Barker; and Martha J., born January 3, 1858, wife of James Andrews. Mr. Preston owns eighty acres of land, which he cleared up. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.