Thomas Ross Preston

Background

Preston, Thomas Ross was born on November 29, 1868 in Woodbury, Tennessee, United States. Son of Hugh L. and Thankful C. (Doak) Preston.

Education

Graduate Woodbury Academy, 1888.

Career

Began in employ of Traders National Bank, Tullahoma, Tennessee, 1889. Removed to Chattanooga, 1889, became clerk in South Chattanooga Savings Bank. An organizer, 1905, Chairman of the Board, director Hamilton National Bank, Chattanooga.

President, director Hamilton National Associates, Incorporated.

Director Hamilton National Bank (Knoxville), Penn-Dixie Cement Corporation, Standard-Coosa-Thatcher Company, North Carolina&Saint Louis Railroad, Volunteer State Life Insurance Company, Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company, O. B. Andrews Company, Ross-Meehan Foundries, Crown Cotton Mills (Dalton, Georgia). Candidate for Democratic nomination for government, 1914.

Achievements

• Thomas Ross Preston has been listed as a noteworthy banker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American, (president 1927-1928), Tennessee (past president) bankers associations, Dixie Highway Association (director), Chattanooga, United States (past director) C.’s of C. Mason. Clubs: Golf and Country, Mountain City.

Connections

Married Roberta C. Clift, June 5, 1895. Children: Mistress Arwin Preston Lawson, Thomas Ross.

Father:

Hugh L. Preston

Mother:

Thankful C. (Doak) Preston

Spouse:

Roberta C. Clift

child:

Thomas Ross Preston

child:

Mistress Arwin Preston Lawson Preston