Re: Cress Family- Harold Cress and Joseph
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In reply to:
Cress Family- Harold Cress and Joseph
Caitlin Mann 3/17/08
Hi Caitlin,
My name is David Attride.I live in Jonesborough, TN (about an hour's drive from Johnson Co., TN where Joseph Baxter Cress Sr. was born.I just happen to specialize in my genealogy in tracing all known descendants of Revolutionary War Veteran George Cress (b. ca 1739d. 1823).Joseph B. Cress Sr. was George's great great grandson.Here are my details for his family:
First Generation
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1. Joseph Baxter Cress Sr. [1], [2], [3] Born on 10 Oct 1881 in Johnson Co., TN. [2], [3], [4] Joseph Baxter died in Nampa, ID, on 17 Jun 1967; he was 85. [1], [3], [4]
On 24 Jun 1903 when Joseph Baxter was 21, he first married Lilly McEwen [3], in Johnson co., TN. [5] Lilly died bef 1983. [3]
Joseph Baxter second married Lydia Judd [3]. Born on 19 Mar 1885 in South Dakota. [3], [6] Lydia died on 4 Feb 1969; she was 83. [3]
They had the following children:
2 i. Charles M. (ca1917-)
3 ii. Chester (ca1919-)
4 iii. Harold (ca1922-)
5 iv. Joseph Baxter (ca1923-)
Second Generation
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2. Charles M. Cress. [3], [4] Born ca 1917 in Idaho. [6]
3. Chester Cress. [3] Born ca 1919 in Idaho. [6]
4. Harold Cress. [3] Born ca 1922 in Idaho. [6]
5. Joseph Baxter Cress Jr. [3], [4] Born ca 1923 in Idaho. [6]
Sources
1. “SV-184 Gedcom from J. Trobisch re. Cress family.”
2. “SV-241 1900 Johnson co., TN census for Cress.”
3. SV-348Book: History of Johnson co., TN for Cress.
4. SV-1133 Peter Cress e-mail of 6 Aug. 2003 re. his family.
5. SV-355Cress marriages in Johnson co., TN 1881-1905.
6. SV-1314 1930 U.S. Census (Ancestry.com) for CRESS born in TN.
Please send me an e-mail to:
[email protected] I will send you a jpeg graphic showing what I know of your pedigree