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Smith Oscar Fritz Preston

13 Mar 1881 – 29 Feb 1912

Birth	13 Mar 1881
Death	29 Feb 1912
Cemetery	Altoga Cemetery Altoga , Collin County , Texas , USA
Added by	Virginia Brown on 25 Jun 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5982524

Bio

The group photo on the right shows Smith and his brother, Walter, and their sister, Dora. It was taken at the home of Dora's father and mother-in-law, James & Fannie McFerrin in the summer of 1903. Top Row L to R: Walter Preston, Smith Preston, Jake Skaggs, Jr., Dora (Preston) McFerrin holding her daughter, Izora, James "Calvin" McFerrin Bottom Row L to R: Elizabeth Jane (Cain) McFerrin Maxwell, Frances "Fannie" L. McFerrin, John McFerrin holding his granddaughter, Lee McFerrin Clark ***** Smith Calvin William Jesse Rufus Samuel was the second child of John Foster & Cynthia Caroline Melissa Frances (Vance) Preston. Smith married Montie Lee Russell in McKinney, Collin Co, TX, on August 17, 1908. They had one son, Alva Preston, on March 25, 1910. He died from tuberculosis on February 29, 1912, when their son was two years old. "Death from Tuberculosis. Smith Preston passed away in McKinney; buried in Princeton. Smith died last night in this city of tuberculosis. The deceased leaves a wife and little child. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. G. B. Dodson, of Princeton at which town his remains were laid to rest Friday afternoon." Source: Collin County Democrat, March 7, 1912