Birth17 Aug 1867, Lee Co., VA5,70,257
Death3 Feb 1932, Atchinson co., Kansas1
BurialWheatland Cem., Atchison co., Kansas1
Spouses
Death26 Dec 1908, Whiting, KS6
BurialWheatland Cem., Atchison co., Kansas1
FatherWilliam Tyree
MotherRhoda Henderson
Marriage8 Sep 1891, Skegg Creek, Rockcastle Co., KY5,1,258,6,194
Notes for George Wesley Cress
SV-242 & 1880 census (SV-314) say he was born 1866
Edgar Cress says he was born in 1867 in Lee co. (SV-404 pg 11) 1870 census agrees. (SV-713)
1870 VA census: Living in Lee co. aged 3 with parents and 6 siblings and James Hutton. (SV-713)
1878 His father’s will left him $50. (SV-404 pg 66)
1880 VA census: Living in Lee co. with mother, sister, 3 brothers and 3 nephews. (SV-314)
He moved to Kansas and lived there the rest of his life (SV-152 pg 213)
1903-4 He moved his family to Kansas. (SV-404 pg 11)
1930 U.S. Census (Ancestry.com) for CRESS born in KY: Aged 62, living in Straight Creek, Jackson Co., KS with son, Pascal (22) and daughter, Ruby (26). (SV-1327.30)