Preston, David
banker, philanthropist, was born Sept. 20, 1826, in Harmony, N. Y. He established himself as a banker in Detroit and Chicago. He gave about $200,000 to charities, and pledged himself to raise from the people of Michigan $60,- 000, giving himself nearly one-half of this sum, for Albion college, of which he was a trustee from 1862 till his death. He died April 24, 1887, in Detroit, Mich.
PRESTON, FRANCIS, congressman, was born Aug. 2, 1765, in Botetourt county, Va. He was a member of congress from Virginia from 1793 to 1797. He died May 25, 1835, in Columbia, S. C.