Uncle James Preston
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Old Uncle James Preston died at his home in Fayette County on Wednesday of last
week with congestion of the lungs. He was an old citizen of this county, and
for many years a consistent member of Sandy Creek church. He was 77 years old
and the most of his days from childhood was spent where the new town, East
Indian Spring is now building up; on the eminemce between the present residence
of Mr. J. W. Lemon and Miss Fannie Dunn, and Miss Sallie Mayo, is the site of
his shops, where he spent many years of hard honest labor. He may be justly
termed one of the pioneers of Butts County; as his strong arm and steady frame
aided in felling the trees of the forest that sheltered the �red man� when he
roamed in his savage glee over the hills and valleys. He lived the life of an
honest man, faithfully adhering to that divine injunction; �Thou shalt live by
the sweat of they brow, and died a Christian. Peace to his ashes.
(Middle Ga. Argus � Week of February 2, 1884)
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