Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Dwight PRESTON, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Gooding's Grove; was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., 
Feb. 21, 1823; he moved with his parents to Otsego Co. when he was 4 years old, and lived 
there until 1852, when he came to this county and settled on See. 11; in 1857, went to 
Marion Co., IL. In 1861, enlisted in Co. F, 39th Reg. IL. Inf., and was promoted to 1st 
Sergeant Nov. 15, 1862, serving until the close of the war; he was wounded at Warebottom 
Church, Va. May 2O, l864, and remained in hospital until his discharge June 8, 1865; he 
then came to Will Co., and has remained here ever since. Has been Collector and Constable. 
He married Emeline BROOKS, of Otsego Co N.Y. Dec. 1, 1844; she died Nov. 28, 1872; they 
have two children - Adelbert D., born Sept. 13, 1845, and Hannah E., June l5, 1848. His 
son Adelbert D. married Lydia COON Dec. 26, 1869; they had four children - Marion D., 
born Oct. 2, 1870; Grace E., Feb. 28, 1873; William Adelbert, June 23, 1875, died June 
21, 1877 and Mary L., Aug. 25, 1877.