Résumé

Partner, J. N. Preston and Son, Architects, Austin, TX, and San Antonio, TX, 1883-1887.

Partner, J. N. Preston and Son, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1888-1889.

Professional Activities

Member, Western Association of Architects, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1889.

Member, Western Association of Architects, Los Angeles, CA, Committee on Organization of State Societies, Los Angeles, CA, 1889.

College

Coursework, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA. (See "In Memoriam," Los Angeles Times, 08/28/1889, p. 7.)

Relocation

He resided at 446 Hope Street in 1888, and registered to vote on 03/14/1888. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 20; FHL Roll Number: 977994, accessed 03/30/2017.) He remained at this residence on Hope Street in 1889, the year of his death.(See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4-2A; CSL Roll Number: 20; FHL Roll Number: 977994, accessed 10/09/2025.)

Samuel A.J. Preston died at age 37, following a 22-day bout with typhoid fever, and was buried in the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA. (See "In Memoriam," Los Angeles Times, 08/28/1889, p. 7.)

Parents

His parents were the architect Jasper Newton Preston (born 10/05/1832 in Wayne County, NY-d. 12/08/1922 in Alameda County, CA) and Janet J. Preston(born c. 06/1834 in Canada-d. 02/03/1911 in Los Angeles County, CA). He worked with Jasper in the partnership of Preston and Son, from 1883-1889 in TX and CA.

His siblings includedGeorge Jones Preston (born c. 1847 in MI, who died at the age of 28 days.), Clark Gilbert Preston (born c. 1850 in MI), and Ruth Preston (born c. 1854 in MI), Sarah R. Preston Marshall (born c. 1859 in MI), Flora C. Preston Hotchkiss (born c. 1863 in MI-died 12/23/1946), and Georgiana Preston (born c. 1868 in MI.) (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1870; Census Place: Oneida, Eaton, Michigan; Roll: M593_670; Page: 264B; Image: 417891; Family History Library Film: 552169, accessed 03/30/2017.)

Spouse

At age 26, he married Clara May Bloomburg (born 05/16/1860 in Coldwater, MI-d. 02/09/1949 in Los Angeles County, CA), on 11/01/1884 at Grand Ledge, Eaton County, MI. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 27; Film Description: 1884 Allegan-1884 Livingston, accessed 10/09/2025.)

Children

He and Clara had one daughter, Janet Maria Preston (born 1889 in Los Angeles, CA).