. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. HE BIG SANDY VALLEY. that no family jar rent the bonds that bound thefamily together, after he had left the busy hauntsof men. Mr. Preston was an honest man, thenoblest work of God. Coby, or Moses, Preston took a deep interest inpolitical , although he was never an office-seeker. He ignored, to some extent. Church form-ularies, but squared his life by the Golden portrait will be recognized by the old-time Sandians as oneof peculiar cor-rectness. The modern-built brick
. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. HE BIG SANDY VALLEY. that no family jar rent the bonds that bound thefamily together, after he had left the busy hauntsof men. Mr. Preston was an honest man, thenoblest work of God. Coby, or Moses, Preston took a deep interest inpolitical , although he was never an office-seeker. He ignored, to some extent. Church form-ularies, but squared his life by the Golden portrait will be recognized by the old-time Sandians as oneof peculiar cor-rectness. The modern-built brick man-sion, the Paints-ville residence ofhis son. CaptainFrank Preston,bears testimonyto the progressof architecturein the SandyValley. He is, in some respects, the representative ofthe family. He is a man of wealth, character, andenterprise, and has the confidence of the entirecommunity in which he lives, as a merchant, atimber-dealer, a steamboatman, and general busi-ness man. He married into one of the most prom-inent families of the Sandy Valley, a daughter ofGeneral Daniel Hager. He sends his sons and. Residence of Frank Preston, Paintsville, Ky, THE MARK FAMILY. 81 daughters to the best colleges and schools, to re-ceive their mental training. Himself and familyare members and liberal supporters of the Meth-odist Episcopal Church, South. He, like his father,is a strong Democrat, but not an office-seeker. James, another son, died many years lives in Texas. Martin is, and has al-ways been, a prominent business man of Paints-ville, and has a son engaged in literary pursuits,besides being a lawyer and preacher. Moses roseto eminence as a merchant, but died many yearsago. His wife, another daughter of General Hager,after her first husbands death, married Dr. Turner,a prominent citizen of Paiutsville. William andMontraville are both prosperous farmers and savingbusiness men, living near Paintsville. THE MARK FAMILY, Of the Sandy Valley, is one of French origin, de-s
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