NameAbner “Dick” Cress69,6
Birth6 Oct 1888, Burning Springs, Clay co., KY69,6,319
Death13 Jul 1983, High Point, Guilford Co., NC319
BurialFloral Garden Park, Guilford Co., NC319
OccupationTeacher & Groceryman319
Spouses
Birth20 Feb 1894 or May 1896, Oneida, Clay Co., KY146,319
Death29 Feb 1920, Clay co., KY318,319,71
BurialCress Cem., Clay Co., KY319
FatherJohn M. Combs (1871-1904)
MotherAmerica Baker (1873-1910)
Marriage25 Aug 1911, Oneida, Clay co., KY318,319
Birth7 Jul 1897, Clay co., KY318,319
Death26 May 1983, High Point, Guilford Co., NC319
BurialFloral Garden Park, Guilford Co., NC319
FatherJohn Woodson Fields
MotherEmley Shelton
Marriage20 Jul 1920, Clay co., KY318
ChildrenAbner (1921-1926)
Notes for Abner “Dick” Cress
1900 KY census: Living in Clay co., KY with his parents and 3 other siblings (SV-165)
Evelyn Cress Kelly said he had an illegitamate daughter, Naomi Allen by Rachel Allen in 1905. (SV-971)
1909 His father divided his land amongst his 4 younger children with Abner getting 70 ac. including the family homeplace on the Malcomb and High Knob Road. (SV-1038)
1920 KY census: Living in Laurel Co., KY aged 30 with: Mabel (25); Eveline (7); Katharine (5); Vassa Combs (21, B.L.); Clarence Combs (18, B.L.); and John Combs (16, B.L.) (SV-821)
Abt 1923 he & Elizabella moved to Hamilton, OH so he could work at the Champion Paper plant. (SV-1038)
1925 They moved to High Point, NC. (SV-1038)
1930 U.S. Census (Ancestry.com) for KY born CRESS: Aged 40 living in High Point, Guilford Co., NC with wife, Lizzie M. (32) and 5 kids: Emma L. (7), Mabel (10), Robert (5), Elsie P. (3), and .daughter, Dorothy (1). (SV-1327.32)