Born Jan. 1840 according to 1900 census. (SV-164)
1880 Wise Co., VA census says she was 38 (implying born ca 1842) born in VA. (SV-576)
Edgar’s Vol. 2 says she was born in 1844 in Perry Co., KY. (SV-404 pg 318)
SV-142 (Roger Moon) claims she was born in Virginia
1860 Perry Co. census: Living with parents and siblings (SV-292)
1880 census says she and her parents were all born in VA (SV-249)
1900 census (SV-201) says she was born Jan. 1840 in Virginia. She had 13 kids with 8 living in 1900.
Sept. 1903 She and James Cress (SV-297 Q/495)
Feb. 1906 Perry Co. Deed 19/337 calls her Elvira Cress.
Elihu’s marriage to Maude Caudill calls her Eliza Shepperd (SV-204)
1910 VA Census (Ancestry.com): James Cress (85 KY) living in Richmond, Wise Co. with wife, Melvina (69 KY).
1920 VA Census (Ancestry.com): Melvina Cress not found.