I.H. Preston

"Isaac H. Preston was born in Carroll county, Illinois, in 1859. He was educated in the common schools and at Rock River University, Dixon, Illinois. He came to California and located at Los Angeles in 1882. There he studied law under Judge Waldo M. York, and was admitted to the bar in 1892 by the Supreme Court. In 1893 he undertook the management
of the G. W. Morgan estate, which was deeded to him in trust for the benefit of the creditors, and two years later the estate of Ralph Rogers, also deeded to him for the benefit of certain creditors. These were large and valuable estates, which were in an embarrassed condition, and which he succeeded in settling in a satisfactory manor.

In 1900 Mr. Preston was employed in the famous Harris litigation in the state of Washington, consisted of a divorce suit, and five civil suits, resulting therefrom, the whole involving three hundred thousand dollars, and which he succeeded in settling out of court in a remarkably short period of time, to the satisfaction of his client.

Mr. Preston is a man of family, having a wife, and one daughter, twelve years of age. He has a large office practice, and give attention principally to probate business and complicated land matters."

- from History of the Bench and Bar of California, by Oscar T. Shuck (The Commercial Printing House, 1901)