The wife of Albert William Preston, the daughter of General Edward Ortho Cresap Ord, and the mother of Ord Preston, she was born at Monterey, California, February 17, 1851.
She died at Englewood, New Jersey on October 17, 1915 and was buried among other family members in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery.
Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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