Julia Jackson Christian Preston; Granddaughter of Stonewall Jackson

Julia Jackson Christian Preston, 104, granddaughter of Confederate Gen. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson. At age 4 in 1891, she and her brother unveiled a statue in Lexington, Va., of their grandfather, who defeated Union soldiers at Bull Run and in other battles before he was killed in the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863. Mrs. Preston organized a Red Cross chapter in High Point, N.C., and wrote humorous essays, several of which were published. Among them were “On Reaching Maturity at 91” and “The Blessings of Booze.” In High Point on Sept. 14.