The Prestonville Cemetery is named for the lost village of Prestonville at the junction of 25 Mile and Schoenherr roads. John Tupper and Ira Preston, buried at the Prestonville Cemetery, started the community after Preston purchased five 80-acre land parcels on the Clinton River's middle branch from the United States Government in 1826. The oldest maker in Prestonville Cemetery is for John Milton Keeler, who passed Oct.6, 1829, at 1-yer-old. Prestonville Cemetery is home to memorials for 32 veterans of the U.S. Civil War. Three families have more than one Civic Wat veteran memorialized at Prestonville. The Giddings family is represented by brothers Arthur E. Giddings, Eugene C. Giddings and Lafayette W. Giddings. Brothers Byron Norton, Watson Norton and Windsor Norton have memorials at Prestonville. Watson Norton, who died in combat, is buried at Nashville National Cemetery. The Warren family is represented by Stephen Warren and his nephew Rev. Joy M. Warren. Prestonville Cemetery is also home to Anna Wilcox and Harold L. Warnes, who donated 45-acres of land to the Michigan Nature Association to become the Wilcox-Warnes Nature Sanctuary. The land was part of a 160-acre land grant signed to Anna's grandfather David Wilcox in 1833. Anna Wilcox became joint tenant of the property with Harold L. Warnes and allowed the property to pass to him upon her death in 1956. While it has a storied history, the Prestonville Cemetery is still active. Adjacent to the Prestonville Cemetery, the Saint John Cemetery administered by the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Washington Township.