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Margaret Junkin Preston (May 19, 1820 – March 28, 1897) was an American poet and author.
Preston, Margaret Junkin (1820–1897) American poet. Born Margaret Junkin on May 19, 1820, in Milton, Pennsylvania; died on March 28, 1897, in Baltimore, Maryland; first of eight children of George Junkin (a minister and educator) and Julia Rush (Miller) Junkin; sister of Eleanor Junkin (d. 1854, first wife of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson);
PRESTON, Margaret Junkin. Born 19 May 1820, Milton, Pennsylvania; died 28 March 1897, Baltimore, Maryland. Daughter of George and Julia Miller Junkin; married John T. L.Preston, 1857; children: two sons (and seven stepchildren)
Jul 17, 2012 · The life and letters of Margaret Junkin Preston by Allan, Elizabeth Preston, b. 1848; Preston, Margaret Junkin, 1820-1897
May 5, 2022 · Preston, Margaret Junkin, 1820-1897, Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century, Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography, Lexington (Va.) -- Biography Publisher Winston-Salem, N.C. : John F. Blair
Margaret Junkin Preston was the daughter of George Junkin, Washington College president from 1848-1861, and the wife of John T. L. Preston, professor at Virginia Military Institute, as well as a well-known poet.
Margaret Junkin Preston : an Easton lass of long ago who achieved distinction in literature and art, a memoir by Weaver, Ethan Allen, 1853-1929
