Notes:

On the 5th of June, 1895, in Chattanooga, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Preston to Miss Roberta Clift, a daughter of Moses H. and Attie (Cook) Clift, both residents of this city. Her parents were both descended from pre-Revolutionary stock and Mrs. Preston is an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is a true southern gentlewoman, inheriting from her ancestors a charming and magnetic personality, which has won for her many friends. She is socially prominent. To the Union of Mr. and Mrs. Preston two children have been born: Arwin Clift and Thomas Ross, Jr. Politically Mr. Preston gives his allegiance to the democratic party and he has been a delegate to several national conventions, including the last two. In 1912 he was candidate for governor. Fraternally he is a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine and his religious faith is that of the First Presbyterian church, in which church he has been a deacon for a number of years. During the World war he was state chairman of the War Savings Stamps drives, chairman of two Liberty Loan drives and active in the promotion of all others. He was likewise chairman of the loan committee, war finance, for the district of Tennessee, North Georgia and North Alabama. Mr. Preston is identified with all organizations that have for their purpose the development and improvement of the general welfare and he holds membership [p.13] in the leading clubs here. Although for the most part a self-educated man, Mr. Preston is a man of high scholarly attainments and he is the author of a splendid work, entitled, “The Real Andrew Johnson,” a story of the president as he was. Mr. Preston is in the prime of life and there is no telling what things he may yet accomplish in the world of finance. His career is a good example of the fine business man who began with absolutely nothing, and has gone ahead by virtue of sheer pluck and merit, until his name has become a by-word in the financial circles of his native state and throughout the south.

Thomas married Mary Roberta Clift on 5 Jun 1895 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Moses Haney Clift and Charlotte Attaline Cooke) was born in 0Jul 1870 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Arwin Clift Preston
2. Thomas Ross Preston