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... Hon. William Ballard Preston, b. 26th May 1805, ...
... HON. WILLIAM BALLARD PRESTON, son of Gov. James Patton Preston and Ann Taylor, was a member of Congress 1847-1849, Secretary of the Navy under President Taylor, 1849-1850, a Senator in the Congress of the Confederate States, and d. 16th Nov. 1862. He m. 28th Nov. 1839, Lucinda Staples Redd, and had child., viz.,
- Waller Redd (who m. 20th Feb'y 1867, Harriet Means, dau. of Edward Means, who d. 22d March 1869),
- Ann Taylor (who m. 1st Dec. 1864, Walter Coles, and d. 12th July 1868, leaving child., viz., Lucy, - Walter, and Nannie Preston Coles, d.),
- James Patton,
- Lucinda Redd (who m. 27th Feb'y 1866, William R. Beal, and had child., viz., Ballard Preston, d., - and Annie Preston Radford Beal),
- Jane Grace, and
- Mary Rezin Preston, b. 29th March 1854, d. 12th Jan'y 1861. ...
