Preston Davie

Preston Davie (January 31, 1881 – May 21, 1967) was an American lawyer and colonel during World War I. Davie received a Distinguished Service Medal for his efforts.

Early life Davie was born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 31, 1881, a son of George M. Davie. He was a grandson of Maj. Gen. William Preston of the Confederate Army who was a member of Congress and U.S. Minister to Spain, and a descendant of William Richardson Davie, the 10th Governor of North Carolina and U.S. Minister to France who was a General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. E. T. Bedford Davie and Mrs. Emily Davie Kornfeld. She assisted in the donation of many of his collections following his death.

Davie died at his home, 71 East 71st Street, in Manhattan, on May 21, 1967.