1850 VA census: Living in Lee Co., VA aged 22; with mother and 5 siblings (SV-225, 363 & SV-404 pg 509 & SV-715)
1860 U.S. Census (Ancestry.com): John Cress (30 VA), Laborer living in Dist. 1, Augusta Co. next door to Uncle Joshua T. Cress, VA with wife, Mary J. (26 VA) and 4 kids: William J. (7 VA); Jane A. (5 VA); Matilda M. (3 VA) and Sallie A. (1 VA).
SV-205 says he died 1860-6 in Lee co., VA
SV-210 says he died 1860-1863 in Camp Douglas, IL. He was a Union prisoner.
1860 VA census: Living in Lee co. (SV-730)
Death date of Bef 1865 based upon Lee Co., VA marriage on 1 Dec. 1865 of his widowed wife, Margaret Mills Cress to John Sarver. (SV-746)