Advertisement

Advertisement

Rev Oimai Brewster Preston

Birth
Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa, USA
Death
23 Mar 1956 (aged 74)
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
He graduated from the University of Illinois Jacksonville, B.A.; University of Chicago, M.A.; & Chicago Theological Seminary.

He was ordained in the Congregational Church at Wayne, Illinois on November 10, 1910 and held the following pastorates:

Wayne, Illinois 1910-1914; Canton, South Dakota 1914-1922; Hudson, South Dakota 1922-1928; Allison, Iowa 1928-32; Plymouth Church at Ottumwa, Iowa 1932-1937; Williamsburg, Iowa 1938-1953.

After the death of his sister, Ethel Belle Preston Joachim in 1924, he and his wife, Nannie Dansey-Preston adopted her 3 children. The last name of the three children were legally changed from Joachim to Preston.
He graduated from the University of Illinois Jacksonville, B.A.; University of Chicago, M.A.; & Chicago Theological Seminary.

He was ordained in the Congregational Church at Wayne, Illinois on November 10, 1910 and held the following pastorates:

Wayne, Illinois 1910-1914; Canton, South Dakota 1914-1922; Hudson, South Dakota 1922-1928; Allison, Iowa 1928-32; Plymouth Church at Ottumwa, Iowa 1932-1937; Williamsburg, Iowa 1938-1953.

After the death of his sister, Ethel Belle Preston Joachim in 1924, he and his wife, Nannie Dansey-Preston adopted her 3 children. The last name of the three children were legally changed from Joachim to Preston.


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement