NameDerrell Mitchell Cress Sr.5,158,1
Birth14 Nov 1844 or 4 Nov 1849 (prob. 1844), Lee Co., VA5,6,261
Death25 Feb 1895, Mt Vernon, Rockcastle Co., KY1,6,262
BurialSkeggs Creek Bap. Cem., Rockcastle Co., KY1,255
Spouses
Death25 Apr 1869, Rockcastle Co., KY6,261
BurialDysart-Kirtley Cem., Rockcastle Co., KY261,255
FatherJesse Bloomer
MotherRachel Livesay
Marriageabt 1864, Mount Vernon, Rockcastle co., KY1
Birth16 Nov 1836, Virginia262
Death5 Feb 1874, Rockcastle Co., KY6,262
BurialSkeggs Creek Bap. Cem., Rockcastle Co., KY1,262,255
FatherWilliam Francisco
MotherMartha Kilgore
Marriage1869, Rockcastle Co., KY1,263
Birth25 Apr 1855, Pulaski Co., Kentucky190,6
Death22 Apr 1930, Mt Vernon, Rockcastle Co., KY6,262
BurialSkeggs Creek Cem., Rockcastle Co., KY262,255
FatherRev. Fielden Langford Warren (1826-1913)
MotherMary Jane Keeny (1832-1915)
Marriage4 May 1874, Rockcastle Co., KY1,258,194
Notes for Derrell Mitchell Cress Sr.
Edgar says he was born in 1844. (SV-404 pg 10)
1850 Lee Co., VA census: Living with parents, aged 6 and 3 siblings (SV-363 & SV-404 pg 726)
1860 Lee Co., VA census: Aged 16, living with parents and 6 siblings. (SV-404 pg 93 & SV-715)
He served in the Union Army (13th TN Calvalry) and moved to Rockcastle Co., KY after the war. Robt W. Cress Jr says that he was “lost to the family after he fought for the Union side.” (SV-404 pg 10 & 93)
1870 VA census: Not living with parents in Lee Co. (SV-713)
1870 Rockcastle Co., KY Census (Ancestry.com): Derrill Cress (24 VA) living in with wife, Mary (32 VA) and children: Thomas J. Cress (4 KY); William R. Cress (3 KY) and George W. Cress (1 KY) and Wm J. Baker (14 KY); George W. Baker (10 KY) and Andrew J. Baker (6 KY); Ellen Cress (16 TN); William M. Cress (21 TN) and Mary J. Cress (21 KY) and Green S. Cress (2/12 KY).
1880 KY census: Living in Rockcastle Co., KY with wife, Sarah E., and 7 kids (SV-169 & 345)
Geo F. Cress (cousin to Derrill) lived with them in 1880 - how are they related??
SV-242 says he was born in 1844