KY Births (Ancestry.com): Henry Cress, born 22 May 1904, Leslie Co. Father: Wm Cress; Mother: Sinda Causey.
1910 Wise Co., VA: Aged 5 living with parents and 7 siblings. (SV-1432.18)
1920 Wise Co., VA Census: Aged 13, living with parents and 2 siblings. (SV-1433.5)
1923 (Harlan) Eva Albert sold land to W. H. Cress for $750. (V-811)
1924 Is this him? W. H. Cress (a single man) of Poor Fork, Harlan Co., KY sold a tract on
Main St. of Poor Fork to D. H. Disney for $1,400. (SV-810)
1927 (Harlan) Wm Cress bought land for $1 from Lee & Lovenia Napier (wife) that they bought
in 1923 from E. V. Albert. (SV-811)
1927 (Harlan) Wm Cress (Wise Co.) sold to J. L. Creech (Harlan) for $1 a tract in
East End Addition or Poor Fork (Now Cumberland) being part of same land conveyed
to Wm Cress by Lee Napier in 1927. (SV-811)
1928 (Harlan) Wm. M. Cress (Wise Co.) sold to J. J. Huff; D. L. Creech & W. C. Helton
for $800 a tract (Lot #179) in Poor Fork (orig. from Lee Napier). (SV-811)
Is this him?? 1930 U.S. Census (Ancestry.com) for CRESS born in KY: Aged 25 living in Bexar Co., TX. (SV-1327.38)
1932 (Harlan) Wm M. Cress (Wise Co.) appointed Ellen Cress (Harlan) his power of
attorney regarding property received in 1927 from Lee Napier. (SV-811)
He was living in Appalachia, VA in 28 Dec. 1940 when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. (SV-202)